Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
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Dr. WOLFE . Yes ; that is true . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . Is that right , Mr. Wilson ? Mr. Rich . I understood you to say , as to the drainage from that area , that previous to building the set - back , the water flowed into another river ...
Dr. WOLFE . Yes ; that is true . Mr. ZIMMERMAN . Is that right , Mr. Wilson ? Mr. Rich . I understood you to say , as to the drainage from that area , that previous to building the set - back , the water flowed into another river ...
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Dr. WOLFE . I have . Mr. WHITTINGTON . But you have not been compensated for the property between the new levee , built in the last 3 or 4 years , and the old levee ? Dr. WOLFE . No , sir . Mr. WHITTINGTON .
Dr. WOLFE . I have . Mr. WHITTINGTON . But you have not been compensated for the property between the new levee , built in the last 3 or 4 years , and the old levee ? Dr. WOLFE . No , sir . Mr. WHITTINGTON .
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Dr. WOLFE . Yes.My brother is now dead , but he lived on this property . The CHAIRMAN . Are there any further questions ? RMAN If not , we will call on Mr. Bland . STATEMENT OF GEORGE D. BLAND Mr. BLAND . Mr. Chairman and members of the ...
Dr. WOLFE . Yes.My brother is now dead , but he lived on this property . The CHAIRMAN . Are there any further questions ? RMAN If not , we will call on Mr. Bland . STATEMENT OF GEORGE D. BLAND Mr. BLAND . Mr. Chairman and members of the ...
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Dr. WOLFE . I have here the application that I made to the Federal land bank for a loan , and it was turned down on the ground that the land had no value . The CHAIRMAN . And you want to make that a part of your statement in ...
Dr. WOLFE . I have here the application that I made to the Federal land bank for a loan , and it was turned down on the ground that the land had no value . The CHAIRMAN . And you want to make that a part of your statement in ...
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Dr. WOLFE . I think that in making out their assessment they make out the different characters of the land , so that they have that in their record . Mr. DEAR . Does the record show the amount of money that the Government has spent on ...
Dr. WOLFE . I think that in making out their assessment they make out the different characters of the land , so that they have that in their record . Mr. DEAR . Does the record show the amount of money that the Government has spent on ...
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100 percent acres Amount taken Assessed Amounts not paid Arkansas Atchafalaya Basin Levee Bank Basin Levee District Baton Rouge Bayou bill Black River built under Flood CHAIRMAN Charles Church committee construction material_ Contract construction of United contract executed cost of project County district for construction drainage Engineering farm Flood Control Act going Government Gravel Highway Levee Highway Improve inclusive Interest JACOBS James John Joseph Lake Landside toe length levee board Levee Highway Levee levee highway project levees built Louisiana Mary ments actu miles miscellaneous expenses Mississippi River old levee Owner paid by Atchafalaya paid to date Parish PARISH-Continued plantation Point Pontchartrain Levee District Price per ments RICH right-of-way acquired Right-of-way and miscellaneous Square statement supervision surveys Tabulation of right-of-way taken Assessed value Total amount Total assessed Total cost Total taken United States levees value of land WHITTINGTON WOLFE
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| Title | Set-back Levees on the Mississippi River: Hearings... on H.R. 7349... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Flood Control |
| Published | 1935 |
| Length | 226 pages |
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