Waterway Connecting the Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers, Ala. and Miss: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session. May 1, 2, 1946 |
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... DONDERO , Michigan WILLIAM A. PITTENGER , Minnesota ROBERT L. RODGERS , Pennsylvania HOMER D. ANGELL , Oregon GEORGE H. BENDER , Ohio SID SIMPSON , Illinois JAMES C. AUCHINCLOSS , New Jersey JOHN C. BUTLER , New York WILLIAM C. COLE ...
... DONDERO , Michigan WILLIAM A. PITTENGER , Minnesota ROBERT L. RODGERS , Pennsylvania HOMER D. ANGELL , Oregon GEORGE H. BENDER , Ohio SID SIMPSON , Illinois JAMES C. AUCHINCLOSS , New Jersey JOHN C. BUTLER , New York WILLIAM C. COLE ...
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... DONDERO , Michigan WILLIAM A. PITTENGER , Minnesota ROBERT L. RODGERS , Pennsylvania HOMER D. ANGELL , Oregon GEORGE H. BENDER , Ohio SID SIMPSON , Illinois JAMES C. AUCHINCLOSS , New Jersey JOHN C. BUTLER , New York WILLIAM C. COLE ...
... DONDERO , Michigan WILLIAM A. PITTENGER , Minnesota ROBERT L. RODGERS , Pennsylvania HOMER D. ANGELL , Oregon GEORGE H. BENDER , Ohio SID SIMPSON , Illinois JAMES C. AUCHINCLOSS , New Jersey JOHN C. BUTLER , New York WILLIAM C. COLE ...
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... waterway systems that your committee has approved , will greatly exceed what we estimate the tonnage is at the present time . Mr. DONDERO . Mr. Chairman , I got here a WATERWAY CONNECTING TOMBIGBEE AND TENNESSEE RIVERS 181.
... waterway systems that your committee has approved , will greatly exceed what we estimate the tonnage is at the present time . Mr. DONDERO . Mr. Chairman , I got here a WATERWAY CONNECTING TOMBIGBEE AND TENNESSEE RIVERS 181.
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... DONDERO . Mr. Chairman , I got here a few minutes late this morning and so I did not hear the general's opening statement . Certainly the Tombigbee is a " lady with a past . ” How long have the Army engineers been making studies and ...
... DONDERO . Mr. Chairman , I got here a few minutes late this morning and so I did not hear the general's opening statement . Certainly the Tombigbee is a " lady with a past . ” How long have the Army engineers been making studies and ...
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... DONDERO . I think he included the other three items , I men- tioned also . General WHEELER . Yes , sir ; I stated , Congressman Dondero , that it was economically justified on a money basis . Mr. DONDERO . But he did say , however ...
... DONDERO . I think he included the other three items , I men- tioned also . General WHEELER . Yes , sir ; I stated , Congressman Dondero , that it was economically justified on a money basis . Mr. DONDERO . But he did say , however ...
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9 feet Alabama annual Barge Line bauxite benefits bigbee Board of Engineers bridges Cairo canal section carriers channel Chief of Engineers Colonel FERINGA committee commodities connecting the Tombigbee construction cost cubic feet cut-off Demopolis diversion divide cut DONDERO drainage elevation estimated Federal feet per second flood freight Gulf Gulf Intracoastal Waterway highway increase Interstate Commerce Commission lateral canal located Lock and Dam lockages Mackeys Creek miles Mississippi River Mobile Mobile River move movement navigation Ohio River operation Orleans Paducah percent PETERSON of Georgia plan of improvement PRINCE proposed waterway prospective rail railroads RANKIN rates river section Rivers and Harbors ROBY rock savings seepage Special Board spillway Tennessee River Tennessee Valley Tennessee Valley Authority territory tion Tombigbee and Tennessee Tombigbee River Tombigbee Valley ton-miles tonnage tons traffic transportation tributary area Tuscaloosa up-bound upstream Warrior River water route waterway connecting WHEELER Yellow Creek
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