Amistad Dam and Reservoir: Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 12263, an Act to Authorize the Conclusion of an Agreement for the Joint Construction by the United States and Mexico of a Major International Storage Dam on the Rio Grande in Accordance with the Provisions of the Treaty of February 3, 1944, with Mexico, and for Other Purposes. June 21 and 22, 1960Considers H.R. 12263, to authorize State Dept to conclude agreement with Mexico for joint construction, operation and maintenance of Amistad Dam and Reservoir on Rio Grande River. |
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... loss of property . The characteristics of the Rio Grande are peculiar . Many times you have a very small flow in the ... loss of life , as I mentioned before , and the tremendous loss of commercial facilities . Now in the 1954 and 1958 ...
... loss of property . The characteristics of the Rio Grande are peculiar . Many times you have a very small flow in the ... loss of life , as I mentioned before , and the tremendous loss of commercial facilities . Now in the 1954 and 1958 ...
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... losses in life and prop- erty , both in the United States and Mexico . I again thank the committee for its courtesy , and I urge that H.R. 12263 be favorably reported as soon as it is convenient for the committee to do so . REPAYMENT OF ...
... losses in life and prop- erty , both in the United States and Mexico . I again thank the committee for its courtesy , and I urge that H.R. 12263 be favorably reported as soon as it is convenient for the committee to do so . REPAYMENT OF ...
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... losses which occur in Del Rio , Eagle Pass , Piedras Negras , Laredo , Nuevo Laredo , and Ciudad Acuña , too , involving a population of 120,000 on the U.S. side alone . REPAYMENT OF WATER SUPPLY AND IRRIGATION COSTS The CHAIRMAN . What ...
... losses which occur in Del Rio , Eagle Pass , Piedras Negras , Laredo , Nuevo Laredo , and Ciudad Acuña , too , involving a population of 120,000 on the U.S. side alone . REPAYMENT OF WATER SUPPLY AND IRRIGATION COSTS The CHAIRMAN . What ...
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... loss of life on both sides of the river . The CHAIRMAN . How many people were killed there last year by floods ? Mr. HEWITT . None last year . The CHAIRMAN . How many the year before ? Mr. HEWITT . We have had two floods during recent ...
... loss of life on both sides of the river . The CHAIRMAN . How many people were killed there last year by floods ? Mr. HEWITT . None last year . The CHAIRMAN . How many the year before ? Mr. HEWITT . We have had two floods during recent ...
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... losses on the Rio Grande waters in 1958 were estimated at $ 42,500,000 . This amount of loss on one flood alone corresponds to almost 90 percent of an estimated $ 49 million of the total cost of the project . These heavy losses of ...
... losses on the Rio Grande waters in 1958 were estimated at $ 42,500,000 . This amount of loss on one flood alone corresponds to almost 90 percent of an estimated $ 49 million of the total cost of the project . These heavy losses of ...
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2½ percent 50 percent 50-year basis acre-feet acreage acres additional Amistad Reservoir amount of water annual Anzalduas Dam believe benefit-cost ratio benefits Boundary and Water Brownsville build Ciudad Acuña Commissioner COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN Congress DAM AND RESERVOIR DAM Senator downstream estimated facilities Falcon Dam Falcon Reservoir FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION Federal Power Commission figure firm power flood damages gulf HEWITT Hoover Dam House bill hydro impounded International Boundary international dam international storage dam irrigation joint construction kilowatts land Laredo LELAND H located Matamoros MELVILLE E Mexican Government Mexican side miles million Nuevo Laredo operation OSBORNE penstocks plant POWERPLANT Senator HICKENLOOPER President proposed Amistad Dam pursuant question railroads RECOMMENDATION AGAINST FEDERAL relocate Rio Grande River Senator CARLSON Senator GREEN Senator MANSFIELD Senator WILLIAMS statement steamplants Texas total cost treaty of February U.S. Govern U.S. share U.S. side United States share Water Commission water supply