Flood Control in the Mississippi Valley: Hearings...1935 - 832 pages |
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151 reservoirs 26 reservoirs acres additional factor adopted project ALLEN April 29 Arkansas and White Arkansas City gage Arkansas River Army engineers assessed value bank believe Boeuf Basin break BUIE build CARLSON Carroll CHAIRMAN Chief of Engineers compensation confined Congress construction crest stages cubic feet cut-offs Cypress Creek damage Delta district diversion effect Eudora floodway Eudora spillway factor of safety favor feet at Arkansas FERGUSON FITZ-HUGH Flood Control Act flood heights flowage rights Franklin Parish fuse fuse-plug levee fuseplug gentlemen going Government grade and section Greenville guide levees Jadwin plan KELLNER land letter levee grade Louisiana lower Mississippi River Madison Parish Markham plan MARTIN MCCLELLAN miles Mississippi Levee Mississippi River Commission Mississippi side overflow plug problem question RANSDELL recommended Red Rivers reduction reservoir report second-feet SHERROUSE statement STONE superflood Tensas tion Vicksburg White and Arkansas White Rivers WHITTINGTON ZIMMERMAN
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Page 89 - a recess was taken until 1 p, m.. this day). AFTER RECESS The committee reassembled, pursuant to the taking of recess, at
Page 18 - pm, the committee recessed until 2:30 pm) AFTER RECESS The committee reassembled, pursuant to the taking of recess, at 2.30
Page 69 - (3) The maintenance of the present river levees between the head of the Eudora floodway and the northern junction with the protection levee, at the 1914 grade and section, except in front of densely populated areas, as a part of a. ring levee.
Page 58 - RESOLUTION Resolved by the Committee on Flood Control of the House of Representatives, That the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army is hereby requested to
Page 35 - pending completion of any floodway, spillway, or diversion channel, the areas within the same shall be given the same degree of protection as
Page 36 - afforded by levees on the west side of the river contiguous to the levee at the head of said floodway.
Page 35 - determine the best method of securing flood relief in addition to levees, before any flood-control works other than levees and revetments
Page 81 - If you want to ask me any questions, I will be glad to do my best to answer them. Mr.
Page 59 - on Flood Control of the House of Representatives, That the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army is hereby requested to