Civil Functions, Department of the Army Appropriations, 1953, Hearings Before ... 82-2, on H.R. 72681952 - 1569 pages |
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... miles of levee are incomplete , below accepted grade and section , and , consequently , subject to overflow or destruction by floodwaters . These 349 miles of uncompleted levees constitute the weak links in our chain , a menace to the ...
... miles of levee are incomplete , below accepted grade and section , and , consequently , subject to overflow or destruction by floodwaters . These 349 miles of uncompleted levees constitute the weak links in our chain , a menace to the ...
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... miles of main stem levees on the east and west bank of the river extending from Cape Girardeau to the Gulf of Mexico . LEVEE SYSTEM In all of that period of time , we have been only able to complete to grade and section 1,250 miles of ...
... miles of main stem levees on the east and west bank of the river extending from Cape Girardeau to the Gulf of Mexico . LEVEE SYSTEM In all of that period of time , we have been only able to complete to grade and section 1,250 miles of ...
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... miles . Could you bring to this committee something showing how many miles , or so many cubic yards , if that is the unit of measurement this is below section , or whatever other measurements you want to use , starting with the nearest ...
... miles . Could you bring to this committee something showing how many miles , or so many cubic yards , if that is the unit of measurement this is below section , or whatever other measurements you want to use , starting with the nearest ...
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... Miles Miles Miles Miles Feet Cubic yards Miles Cubic yards Little River drainage district , Missouri . 19.7 16.9 2.8 2.8 5.0 730,000 29.3 5.3 24.0 2.0 1.0 300,000 22.0 Cairo and Cairo drainage district , Illinois . 20. 1 12.9 7.2 1.6 ...
... Miles Miles Miles Miles Feet Cubic yards Miles Cubic yards Little River drainage district , Missouri . 19.7 16.9 2.8 2.8 5.0 730,000 29.3 5.3 24.0 2.0 1.0 300,000 22.0 Cairo and Cairo drainage district , Illinois . 20. 1 12.9 7.2 1.6 ...
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... miles we have only protected today 246 miles , leaving 204 miles yet to be completed . The only thing we can say as to that too little too late . I had that called forcibly to my mind several years ago somewhere about 30 miles below ...
... miles we have only protected today 246 miles , leaving 204 miles yet to be completed . The only thing we can say as to that too little too late . I had that called forcibly to my mind several years ago somewhere about 30 miles below ...
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acres additional amount appropriation Arkansas River Army engineers authorized Basin budget estimate Bureau California Celilo Falls Chairman MCKELLAR channel Chief of Engineers CHORPENING Civil Functions Colonel PAULES Columbia River committee completed Congress construction Corps of Engineers cost County Creek Dalles Dam damage delay drainage dredging economic ERDAHL Federal Government feet FERINGA fiscal year 1953 fish fishery flood control flood-control projects Francis River funds going Hartwell Hartwell Dam House increase Indians industrial KENNETH MCKELLAR kilowatts land located lock and dam maintenance miles million Mississippi River Missouri navigation Northwest operation percent planning plant present record reduction referred to follows Representative requested Reservoir river and harbor Sacramento San Joaquin River schedule Senator CAIN Senator CORDON Senator ELLENDER Senator KNOWLAND Senator MCCLELLAN Senator ROBERTSON Senator STENNIS statement tion tribes United United States Senate Valley Washington Yakima
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Page 420 - Are there any further questions? If not, thank you very much, gentlemen, for all of your appearances here today.
Page 575 - The exclusive right of taking fish in all the streams, where running through or bordering said reservation, is further secured to said confederated tribes and bands of Indians, as also the right of taking fish at all usual and accustomed places, in common with the citizens of the Territory...
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Page 206 - Resolved (two-thirds of the Senators present concurring'), That the Senate advise and consent to the...
Page 206 - President of the United States of America, do, in pursuance of the advice and consent of the Senate, as •expressed in...
Page 206 - In testimony whereof, I have caused the Seal of the United States to be hereunto affixed, having signed the same -with my hand. Done at the City of Washington, this 10th day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, and of the Independence of the United States the fifty-seventh.
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Page 370 - This contract obligates the districts and the city to operate their existing storage facilities in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army In order to obtain immediately a degree of control over Tuolumne River floods.
Page 416 - There was a right outside of those boundaries reserved " in common with citizens of the Territory." As a mere right, it was not exclusive in the Indians. Citizens might share it, but the Indians were secured in its enjoyment by a special provision of means for Its exercise. They were given
Page 690 - I am discussing chiefly the area designated, I desire to stress the fact that there is complete unanimity among all the interests throughout the entire basin, and an intense desire for an immediate program of construction, regardless of location. We feel there is a great need for action now...