Flood Control: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session on H.R. 4485 ... May 29-June 15, 1944 |
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... build- ing of highways , or the relocation of railways , and things of that character ? Colonel GOETHALS . Yes , sir . Senator BURTON . Mr. Chairman , will that then appear in a general prescription or is that repeated in each one of ...
... build- ing of highways , or the relocation of railways , and things of that character ? Colonel GOETHALS . Yes , sir . Senator BURTON . Mr. Chairman , will that then appear in a general prescription or is that repeated in each one of ...
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... build- ing materials , and furniture . The principal agricultural pursuits are stock raising , tobacco , cotton , peanuts , potatoes , grain , and fodder crops . The manufactured products had a total value of FLOOD CONTROL 23.
... build- ing materials , and furniture . The principal agricultural pursuits are stock raising , tobacco , cotton , peanuts , potatoes , grain , and fodder crops . The manufactured products had a total value of FLOOD CONTROL 23.
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... build a high dam in order to have a major use of it for power . Senator OVERTON . I think in many of these projects ... build a low dam , when you could combine the two and get a multiple - purpose dam and derive a much better economic ...
... build a high dam in order to have a major use of it for power . Senator OVERTON . I think in many of these projects ... build a low dam , when you could combine the two and get a multiple - purpose dam and derive a much better economic ...
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... build was 161 feet high , and they figured 26 feet flood - control portion , balance head for power . Now the Federal Power Commission comes in and asks for 24 feet more , making that dam about 185 feet . Well , I have been to Vicksburg ...
... build was 161 feet high , and they figured 26 feet flood - control portion , balance head for power . Now the Federal Power Commission comes in and asks for 24 feet more , making that dam about 185 feet . Well , I have been to Vicksburg ...
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... build the project . Senator CORDON . Does that not also include who shall operate the project after it is built , with reference to releasing water , and so forth ? Colonel GOETHALS . And the maintenance ; yes , sir . Senator BURTON ...
... build the project . Senator CORDON . Does that not also include who shall operate the project after it is built , with reference to releasing water , and so forth ? Colonel GOETHALS . And the maintenance ; yes , sir . Senator BURTON ...
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acre-feet acres agencies agricultural amendment Arkansas Army engineers authorized BARNES BASHORE benefits Bureau of Reclamation Calif California Central Valley project Chairman channel Chief of Engineers CLARK of Missouri Colonel GOETHALS conservation construction Corps of Engineers County Creek Department Dummerston estimated cost feet flood damage flood protection flood-control bill flood-control project flow going Governor SHARPE harbor bill high dam House Document improvement interests Interior Kern River Kings River land levees low dam ment miles Mississippi multiple-purpose navigation operation percent proposed purposes question recommended record Representative reservoirs REYBOLD river and harbor River project ROBINS Sacramento River San Joaquin River Secretary Senator AIKEN Senator AUSTIN Senator BURTON Senator CLARK Senator CORDON Senator MCCLELLAN Senator MILLIKIN Senator OVERTON Senator ROBERTSON Shasta Dam statement storage streams subcommittee Table Mountain Dam tion tributaries Tulare Lake Tuolumne River United Vermont water supply watershed Williamsville
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Page 715 - ... all surplus water over and above such actual appropriation and use, together with the water of all lakes, rivers, and other sources of water supply upon the public lands, and not navigable, shall remain and be held free for the appropriation and use of the. public for irrigation, mining, and manufacturing purposes subject to existing rights.
Page 343 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 715 - That whenever by priority of possession rights to the use of water for mining, agricultural, manufacturing, or other purposes have vested and accrued and the same are recognized and acknowledged by the local customs, laws, and the decisions of courts, the possessors and owners of such vested rights shall be maintained and protected in the same...
Page 247 - Indian reservations, and other beneficial uses, and for the generation and sale of electric energy as a means of financially aiding and assisting such undertakings and in order to permit the full utilization of the works constructed to accomplish the aforesaid purposes...
Page 715 - That nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting or intended to affect or to in any way interfere with the laws of any State or Territory relating to the control, appropriation, use or distribution of water used in irrigation...
Page 22 - 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 may be advisable...
Page 42 - The Constitution of the United States provides that " the Congress shall have power "" to regulate commerce
Page 669 - Congress to recognize the interests and rights of the States in determining the development of the watersheds within their borders and likewise their interests and rights in water utilization and control...
Page 9 - War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for flood control including floods aggravated by or due to tidal effect at the following-named localities, and the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for run-off and water-flow retardation and soil-erosion prevention on the watersheds...
Page 307 - Electric power and energy generated at reservoir projects under the control of the Department of the Army and, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Army, not required in the operation of such projects...