Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349...1935 - 226 pages |
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... Flood Control. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF NEW ORLEANS , FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION ... under these conditions . Yours very truly , SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT LOAN ... built to choke some sand- boards that they had there that were a source of ...
... Flood Control. FEDERAL LAND BANK OF NEW ORLEANS , FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION ... under these conditions . Yours very truly , SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT LOAN ... built to choke some sand- boards that they had there that were a source of ...
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... FLOOD CONTROL , Washington , D. C. The committee met at 10:30 a . m . , Hon ... under a special agreement made a week ago , so they should be given an ... built in 1931 and 1932 by the Government as one example that stands out in the ...
... FLOOD CONTROL , Washington , D. C. The committee met at 10:30 a . m . , Hon ... under a special agreement made a week ago , so they should be given an ... built in 1931 and 1932 by the Government as one example that stands out in the ...
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... Flood Control. going into the lake , which had it been filled would have resulted in the lake silting up and closing itself off completely . That levee was built as shown on Bayou Vidal , flooding out about 20,000 acres of fine land in ...
... Flood Control. going into the lake , which had it been filled would have resulted in the lake silting up and closing itself off completely . That levee was built as shown on Bayou Vidal , flooding out about 20,000 acres of fine land in ...
Page 39
... Flood Control Act calls for levees , after their com- pletion , to be turned over to the State for maintenance . To put those gates in there is impractical . If a gate was built in there and it was built as it should be , it would be ...
... Flood Control Act calls for levees , after their com- pletion , to be turned over to the State for maintenance . To put those gates in there is impractical . If a gate was built in there and it was built as it should be , it would be ...
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... under your jurisdiction ? Mr. JACOBS . Yes ; and also the district in ... built under Flood Control Act of 1928 RECAPITULATION , BY.LEVEE DISTRICTS ... Under the laws of Louisiana payments for land and improvements are made based on the ...
... under your jurisdiction ? Mr. JACOBS . Yes ; and also the district in ... built under Flood Control Act of 1928 RECAPITULATION , BY.LEVEE DISTRICTS ... Under the laws of Louisiana payments for land and improvements are made based on the ...
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100 percent acre ally paid Act of 1928-Continued amount obligation paid Amount taken Assessed Amounts not paid Arkansas Ascension Parish Atchafalaya Basin Levee Atchafalaya levee district Basin Levee District Bayou Boeuf Bayou Goula Black River built under Flood CHAIRMAN Charles Parish construction material_ Contract construction of United cost of project district for construction Flood Control Act Highway Levee Highway Highway Total amount Iberville Parish James Parish Lafourche Levee District Lake Borgne Landry length levee board Levee Highway Levee levee highway project Levee Highway Total levees built material_ Contract payments ments actu miles miscellaneous expenses Mississippi River old levee paid by Atchafalaya paid to date plantation Plaquemine Parish Pointe Coupee Parish Pontchartrain Levee District Port Allen Price per ments right-of-way acquired Right-of-way and miscellaneous river edge set-back levees Tabulation of right-of-way taken Assessed value toe of old Total amount obligation Total cost United States levees value of land WHITTINGTON
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Page 204 - District is composed of the parishes of East Carroll, Madison, Tensas, and Concordia.
Page 33 - ENGINEER OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA Mr. JACOBS. Mr. Chairman and members of the committee: The levee boards and the board of State engineers of Louisiana are very much impressed with the statements made here by General Brown and General Ferguson on the development of the problems of flood control and the execution of the adopted plan, insofar as it affects Louisiana, at the recent hearings...
Page 202 - ... accountability, it would transfer the responsibility for the administration of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act from its Board of Directors appointed by the President for that purpose to the General Accounting Office in Washington. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will meet at 3 o'clock this afternoon. (Whereupon the committee recessed until 3 pm of the same day.) AFTER RECESS (The committee reassembled at 3 pm, pursuant to recess.) The CHAIRMAN. The committee will please be in order. I believe...
Page 10 - ... is worthy of your consideration. I am not asking for an increase in the appropriation. It is just a matter of getting the most for the money that you are going to spend. I thank you, gentlemen. Mr. WOODRUM. Thank you, Mr. McClellan. THURSDAY MAY 6, 1937. RELIEF APPROPRIATION Mr. WOODRUM. Mr. Lasser, if you desire to make a statement, we will be very glad to year you at this time. STATEMENT OF DAVID IASSER, REPRESENTING THE WORKERS' ALLIANCE OF AMERICA Mr. LASSER. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of...