Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa Forks, Ky., W. Va., and Va. Hearings ... on the Subject of the Improvement of the Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa Forks, Ky., W. Va., and Va1946 - 402 pages |
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... propose for the streams in question ? Colonel FERINGA . Ten . Mr. RANKIN . On each stream ? Colonel FERINGA . No ; a total of 10 on the forks and the main Big Sandy . Mr. RANKIN . The marks on the map indicate proposed locks , do . they ...
... propose for the streams in question ? Colonel FERINGA . Ten . Mr. RANKIN . On each stream ? Colonel FERINGA . No ; a total of 10 on the forks and the main Big Sandy . Mr. RANKIN . The marks on the map indicate proposed locks , do . they ...
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... proposed project . Mr. DONDERO . Is it about 27 miles from the Ohio to the Levisa Fork ? Colonel FERINGA . Yes . Mr ... proposal would open up that part of the country . Mr. DONDERO . Suppose I lived at Huntington and I 6 BIG SANDY RIVER ...
... proposed project . Mr. DONDERO . Is it about 27 miles from the Ohio to the Levisa Fork ? Colonel FERINGA . Yes . Mr ... proposal would open up that part of the country . Mr. DONDERO . Suppose I lived at Huntington and I 6 BIG SANDY RIVER ...
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... proposed improvement would be physically inade- quate and economically unsound because of an overestimate of avail- able coal reserves on the one hand and an underestimate of the cost of water transportation on the other . Advocates ...
... proposed improvement would be physically inade- quate and economically unsound because of an overestimate of avail- able coal reserves on the one hand and an underestimate of the cost of water transportation on the other . Advocates ...
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... proposal would not hurt the railroads . Colonel FERINGA . I do not . think it would . If we calculate just so much traffic in the country , this project would take some of it away . Mr. JACKSON . Would consumers benefit by the proposed ...
... proposal would not hurt the railroads . Colonel FERINGA . I do not . think it would . If we calculate just so much traffic in the country , this project would take some of it away . Mr. JACKSON . Would consumers benefit by the proposed ...
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... proposed project is in Virginia , but we considered in the report flood control reservoirs that would be at the headwaters and therefore we must , by law , and properly did , send a copy of the report to the Governor of Virginia . Mr ...
... proposed project is in Virginia , but we considered in the report flood control reservoirs that would be at the headwaters and therefore we must , by law , and properly did , send a copy of the report to the Governor of Virginia . Mr ...
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Page 199 - The general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Arkansas River Basin, as set forth in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War, and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...