 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control - 1932 - 172 pages
...cultivating, and the larger portion of it, is between the new levee and the river, and is used for carrying the flood waters of the main channel of the Mississippi River. Mr. RICH. I appreciate the fact that a man whose property is inside a levee should have some consideration.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control - Floods - 1932 - 168 pages
...cultivating, and the larger portion of it, is between the new levee and the river, and is used for carrying the flood waters of the main channel of the Mississippi River. Mr. RICH. I appreciate the fact that a man whose property is inside a levee should have some consideration.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control - 1932 - 176 pages
...cultivating, and the larger portion of it, is between the new levee and the river, and is used for carrying the flood waters of the main channel of the Mississippi River. Mr. RICH. I appreciate the fact that a man whose property is inside a levee should have some consideration.... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control - 1935 - 240 pages
...do. would be very expensive, of course. So they decided to abandon that and build a levee line Зу% miles long, saving something over $900,000 to the...this land is exposed to the flood waters of the main chanлel of the Mississippi River. Mr. ZIMMERMAN. When was that 3y2 miles built? The CHAIRMAN. In 1932.... | |
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... before the setback is made. Here is Mr. Wolfe's property, [indicating]. They take the levee around, and the levee comes over here [indicating]. Practically the part of his property that he is cultivating, and the larger portion of it, is between the... 