Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa Forks, Ky., W. Va., and Va: Hearings Before the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, House of Representatives, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session. May 6 and 7, 1946 |
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... savings in transportation costs would amount to $ 7,500,000 annually . The district and division engineers present a plan for canalizing the Big Sandy River and with the two forks to provide 9 - foot navigation between the Ohio River ...
... savings in transportation costs would amount to $ 7,500,000 annually . The district and division engineers present a plan for canalizing the Big Sandy River and with the two forks to provide 9 - foot navigation between the Ohio River ...
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... saving on every ton moved . The Board took a different view , feeling that there is a rich deposit here not moved ; therefore , like any other branch line we figure that the benefits would accrue to the entire country and would be the ...
... saving on every ton moved . The Board took a different view , feeling that there is a rich deposit here not moved ; therefore , like any other branch line we figure that the benefits would accrue to the entire country and would be the ...
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... savings of about 80 cents per ton , or $ 6,700,000 annually . That is less than the district engineer esti- mated . We disagreed with him as to the certainty that the consumers will use that much coal . The Board feels certain that the ...
... savings of about 80 cents per ton , or $ 6,700,000 annually . That is less than the district engineer esti- mated . We disagreed with him as to the certainty that the consumers will use that much coal . The Board feels certain that the ...
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... saving in freight be passed on to the consumer ? Is it not a fact that coal , whether moved by rail or water and is sold at a price based upon the rail rate ? Colonel FERINGA . I believe that is right . I have one of the Board's ...
... saving in freight be passed on to the consumer ? Is it not a fact that coal , whether moved by rail or water and is sold at a price based upon the rail rate ? Colonel FERINGA . I believe that is right . I have one of the Board's ...
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... saving . Wo do not try to deter- mine to whom that saving will accrue . If the saving is there , we feel that we ... savings in transportation charges , source to destination , at $ 6,700,000 . When compared with the Board's estimate ...
... saving . Wo do not try to deter- mine to whom that saving will accrue . If the saving is there , we feel that we ... savings in transportation charges , source to destination , at $ 6,700,000 . When compared with the Board's estimate ...
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