Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical ParkU.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 - Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park - 220 pages Committee Serial No. 29. Considers establishing the park and the park's possible conflict with proposed River Bend Dam and Reservoir construction on Potomac River. |
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Page 61 - House is in session, and the committee stands adjourned until tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. (Whereupon, at 12 o'clock noon, the subcommittee recessed, to reconvene at 10 a, m., Tuesday, July 1, 1958.) CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO CANAL NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1958 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON...
Page 196 - February 26, 1919, provided that "whenever consistent with the primary purposes of said park, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to permit the utilization of areas therein which may be necessary for the development and maintenance of a Government reclamation project.
Page 194 - The projects for flood protection on the Mississippi River at St. Paul and South St. Paul, Minnesota, are hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 223, 85th Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,705,500.
Page 213 - If there are no further questions, the committee will stand adjourned, subject to the call of the Chair. (Whereupon, at 12 noon, the subcommittee adjourned, subject to the call of the Chair...
Page 90 - OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to other business, in the committee room, New House Office Building, Hon.
Page 196 - Weighing all the evidence in thoughtful consideration, I am impelled in the interest of the greatest public good to approve the completion of the Upper Colorado River Basin report, including the construction of the dams in question, because : (a) I am convinced that the plan is the most economical of water in a...
Page 207 - ... integrated lines of local control similar to the Tennessee Valley Authority. Such projects should generate maximum amounts of public power with full respect to preference clauses, irrigation improvements aimed to benefit development of family-type farms, and wisest possible wildlife management Provision must also be made for continuation and expansion of the small watershed flood prevention and agricultural soil, water, and related resources conservation program both before and after establishment...