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Page 97
... TAYLOR . I do not know the full details . I do know that originally the budget allowance was about $ 13,000,000 . This figure , as Gen. Lord explained this morning , was arrived at by taking into consideration the rivers and harbors ...
... TAYLOR . I do not know the full details . I do know that originally the budget allowance was about $ 13,000,000 . This figure , as Gen. Lord explained this morning , was arrived at by taking into consideration the rivers and harbors ...
Page 98
... TAYLOR . Practically nothing . Mr. ANTHONY . I thought you said there was a considerable amount that has been allotted , but which might be reallotted ? Gen. TAYLOR . Of the amount appropriated in the 1921 act there is probably quite a ...
... TAYLOR . Practically nothing . Mr. ANTHONY . I thought you said there was a considerable amount that has been allotted , but which might be reallotted ? Gen. TAYLOR . Of the amount appropriated in the 1921 act there is probably quite a ...
Page 107
... TAYLOR . It is not the only city ; and , as a matter of fact , we have done work on the river at Milwaukee , also - we have done work on the inside , on the inner harbor . Mr. STAFFORD . How much work have you done there , except by ...
... TAYLOR . It is not the only city ; and , as a matter of fact , we have done work on the river at Milwaukee , also - we have done work on the inside , on the inner harbor . Mr. STAFFORD . How much work have you done there , except by ...
Page 118
... TAYLOR . I would say about half and half ; that is , I would say say about twelve to fifteen million dollars will be ... TAYLOR . It is about 65 per cent completed . Mr. STAFFORD . To what point on the Delaware River ? Gen. TAYLOR . It ...
... TAYLOR . I would say about half and half ; that is , I would say say about twelve to fifteen million dollars will be ... TAYLOR . It is about 65 per cent completed . Mr. STAFFORD . To what point on the Delaware River ? Gen. TAYLOR . It ...
Page 127
... TAYLOR . Generally ; yes , sir . MISSISSIPPI RIVER BARGE LINE . Mr. ANTHONY . How about the Mississippi River ? Gen. TAYLOR . The principal carrier on the Mississippi River is what is known as the Mississippi River - Warrior Barge Line ...
... TAYLOR . Generally ; yes , sir . MISSISSIPPI RIVER BARGE LINE . Mr. ANTHONY . How about the Mississippi River ? Gen. TAYLOR . The principal carrier on the Mississippi River is what is known as the Mississippi River - Warrior Barge Line ...
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Page 311 - Congress to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, service, and facilities in connection with the commerce of the United States, and to foster and preserve in full vigor both rail and water transportation.
Page 181 - And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors...
Page 39 - Army active list ; interment, or preparation and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civil employees of the Army in the employ of the War Department who die abroad, in Alaska, in the Canal...
Page 4 - STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (HR 6927) to establish a Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes...
Page 499 - Colon, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nineteen, the necessary portions of such sums as shall be paid as water rentals or directly by the Government of Panama for such expenses.
Page 310 - The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, out of any moneys hereafter made available therefor, to construct or contract for the construction of terminal facilities for the interchange of traffic between the transportation facilities operated by him under this section and other carriers whether by rail or water, and to make loans for such purposes under such terms and conditions as he may determine to any State whose constitution prohibits the ownership of such terminal facilities by other than the...
Page 87 - ... regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Page 35 - USC 916) : travel allowances of attendants accompanying remains of military personnel and civilian employees; for repairs and preservation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States in Cuba and China to mark the places where American soldiers fell...
Page 20 - Roads to National Cemeteries — For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress...
Page 120 - ... water, and advertising, stationery, typewriters, and adding machines, including their exchange, and office furniture, tools, and instruments of service ; for incidental expenses of the Ordnance Service and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance small arms, and other ordnance stores; for...