Flood Control: Hearings, Seventy-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 6597, an Act Authorizing the Construction of Certain Public Works on Rivers and Harbors for Flood Control, and for Other Purposes. June 24-26, 1946Considers (79) H.R. 6597. |
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... believe it is significant that we have entered a number of contracts with excellent contracting firms at prices that are not unexpectedly high . In the Flood Control Act approved June 28 , 1938 , Congress ap- proved general ...
... believe it is significant that we have entered a number of contracts with excellent contracting firms at prices that are not unexpectedly high . In the Flood Control Act approved June 28 , 1938 , Congress ap- proved general ...
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... believe not . I assume that Colonel Feringa , or one of the Army men , will testify as to individual projects ? Senator OVERTON . Yes ; one of them will testify with respect to the individual projects , and we will have an opportunity ...
... believe not . I assume that Colonel Feringa , or one of the Army men , will testify as to individual projects ? Senator OVERTON . Yes ; one of them will testify with respect to the individual projects , and we will have an opportunity ...
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... believe it has helped the Army engineers in carrying forward the work . We wish to commend the procedure which this committee laid down for the first time in that bill , which , I believe , was the last flood- control bill to come ...
... believe it has helped the Army engineers in carrying forward the work . We wish to commend the procedure which this committee laid down for the first time in that bill , which , I believe , was the last flood- control bill to come ...
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... believe it is just as well up there . Colonel HERB . The drainage area of the basin under consideration : consists of about 1,600 square miles . It lies in the Piedmont Plateau and the foothills region . Reddies River , with a drainage ...
... believe it is just as well up there . Colonel HERB . The drainage area of the basin under consideration : consists of about 1,600 square miles . It lies in the Piedmont Plateau and the foothills region . Reddies River , with a drainage ...
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... believe that if the flood - control project as recommended by the Army engineers for the Yadkin River and its tributaries is approved and put into operation , it will eliminate these losses . The town of Elkin urges your committee to ...
... believe that if the flood - control project as recommended by the Army engineers for the Yadkin River and its tributaries is approved and put into operation , it will eliminate these losses . The town of Elkin urges your committee to ...
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acre-feet acres ALLEN amendment Anderson Ranch Dam annual Arkansas River Army engineers Arrowrock Dam average benefits bill Board of Engineers Boise project Boise River Boise Valley Bureau of Reclamation Carden's bottom Chairman Chief of Engineers Colonel FERINGA Colonel HERB construction County Covington crops Department detention dams district engineer DIXON drainage Elkin estimated cost farm Federal feet FERGUSON flood damage flood protection flood-control project flow Fredericksburg Gathright going hearings HICKMAN House Document Idaho improvement interests Interior inundated irrigation Jackson River James River June levee Lucky Peak Reservoir miles Mississippi River North Wilkesboro operation percent Petit Jean River Polecat Creek Queen Creek recommendations record River Basin Rivers and Harbors SCHEIDENHELM second-feet Secretary Senator GOSSETT Senator HART Senator HOEY Senator MCCLELLAN Senator OVERTON Senator OVERTON interposing Senator ROBERTSON statement storage stream STRICKLAND substantially in accordance tion town upper Yadkin River
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Page 44 - That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, created under Section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby requested to review the...
Page 60 - ... the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries, including watersheds thereof, for floodcontrol purposes if the benefits to whomsoever they may accrue are in excess of the estimated costs, and if the lives and social security of people are otherwise adversely affected.
Page 47 - Act shall be expended on the construction of any project until States, political subdivisions thereof, or other responsible local agencies have given assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 15 - After full consideration of the reports secured from the district and division engineers, the Board recommends that the existing project for...
Page 69 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers...