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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... LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER The project for flood control and improvement of the Lower Mississippi River adopted by the Act of May 15 , 1928 , as amended by subsequent Acts of Congress , is hereby modified in accordance with the ...
... LOWER MISSISSIPPI RIVER The project for flood control and improvement of the Lower Mississippi River adopted by the Act of May 15 , 1928 , as amended by subsequent Acts of Congress , is hereby modified in accordance with the ...
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... lower Missouri River , from Kansas City to the mouth ; and also on the Upper Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri River down to Cairo . I might say that I took occasion to observe those flood waters a short distance up from ...
... lower Missouri River , from Kansas City to the mouth ; and also on the Upper Mississippi River from the mouth of the Missouri River down to Cairo . I might say that I took occasion to observe those flood waters a short distance up from ...
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... lower section of the river the area subject to inundation is 1 to 6 miles in width . Senator OVERTON . Is that lower area under cultivation ? Colonel GOETHALS . Yes , sir ; it is , to a considerable extent . Senator OVERTON . Is it ...
... lower section of the river the area subject to inundation is 1 to 6 miles in width . Senator OVERTON . Is that lower area under cultivation ? Colonel GOETHALS . Yes , sir ; it is , to a considerable extent . Senator OVERTON . Is it ...
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... lower 10 miles of North Fork , with the next upstream 20 - mile portion to be cleared by the county and city of Orangeburg , giving a debris - free channel all the way from Orangeburg to the mouth of North Fork ; similar work in the lower ...
... lower 10 miles of North Fork , with the next upstream 20 - mile portion to be cleared by the county and city of Orangeburg , giving a debris - free channel all the way from Orangeburg to the mouth of North Fork ; similar work in the lower ...
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... lower 3 miles , up to Charlotte , which is the part of Rochester , N. Y. Senator OVERTON . To what depth ? Colonel GOETHALS . Twenty feet , sir . The city of Rochester has already provided importantly for flood control as a private ...
... lower 3 miles , up to Charlotte , which is the part of Rochester , N. Y. Senator OVERTON . To what depth ? Colonel GOETHALS . Twenty feet , sir . The city of Rochester has already provided importantly for flood control as a private ...
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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...