Public Works Appropriations for 1959: Hearings ... 85th Congress, 2d Session |
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... losses amounted to many millions of dollars . Our winter vegetable growers were practically wiped out , some farmers losing two or more separate crops as a result of replanting immediately following the first loss ; thousands of our ...
... losses amounted to many millions of dollars . Our winter vegetable growers were practically wiped out , some farmers losing two or more separate crops as a result of replanting immediately following the first loss ; thousands of our ...
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... loss in freight - car loadings , income lost by processors and packers , and damage to surviving plants . The total loss sustained in the five - county area was $ 37,205,000 . This flood loss demonstrates once again the urgent need for ...
... loss in freight - car loadings , income lost by processors and packers , and damage to surviving plants . The total loss sustained in the five - county area was $ 37,205,000 . This flood loss demonstrates once again the urgent need for ...
Page 78
... loss through enemy action . This Nation , since its birth in 1776 , has been involved in foreign wars on an average ... losses is , therefore , distributable on an annual basis and can be at least roughly approximated in dollars and ...
... loss through enemy action . This Nation , since its birth in 1776 , has been involved in foreign wars on an average ... losses is , therefore , distributable on an annual basis and can be at least roughly approximated in dollars and ...
Page 79
... loss of cargoes only , involved in merchant ship sinkings between latitude of Miami and latitude of Jacksonville and west of longitude 79 ° W. ( Same number and type of cargoes as were actually lost there in World War II ) __ . Category ...
... loss of cargoes only , involved in merchant ship sinkings between latitude of Miami and latitude of Jacksonville and west of longitude 79 ° W. ( Same number and type of cargoes as were actually lost there in World War II ) __ . Category ...
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... loss several times that sustained by reason of each sinking in World War II . Analysis in category 2 Value of avoidance of loss of cargoes : 1. Number of cargoes actually sunk by enemy submarines in World War II off the east coast of ...
... loss several times that sustained by reason of each sinking in World War II . Analysis in category 2 Value of avoidance of loss of cargoes : 1. Number of cargoes actually sunk by enemy submarines in World War II off the east coast of ...
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acres amount Angelina River appropriation approved Army engineers Association barge canal benefits Big Sandy Big Sandy River Brazos River Authority bridge budget CANNON Chamber of Commerce channel Chief of Engineers committee completed Congressman conservation construction Corps of Engineers cost County Creek damage district drainage economic estimated facilities farm Federal Government feet fiscal year 1959 flood control flood-control project Florida Fort Gaines funds gentlemen Gulf House improvement increase industrial interest Intracoastal Waterway irrigation Island Jacksonville Kentucky Lampasas River land levee located lock and dam McGee Bend Dam miles million Mississippi River Missouri Monroe Harbor Muscatine Nacogdoches navigation Neches Neches River Ohio River Ohio Valley percent planning present president RABAUT recommended record request Reservoir River Basin River Valley Senator ships South Dakota statement subcommittee survey tankers Texas Thank tion tons traffic transportation tributaries United urge Washington watershed
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Page 517 - The decision of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 512 - America, hereinafter called the Government, represented by the contracting officer executing this contract, and...
Page 130 - The resolution will be inserted in the record at this point. (The resolution referred to is as follows:) [HJ Res.
Page 539 - Floodway substantially In accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document No.
Page 578 - The Joint Executive Committee for the Improvement and Development of the Philadelphia Port...
Page 517 - Except as otherwise provided in this contract, any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this contract which is not disposed of by agreement shall be decided by the Contracting Officer, who shall reduce his decision to writing and mail or otherwise furnish a copy thereof to the Contractor.
Page 591 - The Secretary of War is hereby authorized and directed to cause preliminary examinations and surveys for flood control and allied purposes, including channel and major drainage improvements and floods aggravated by or due to wind or tidal effects, to be made under the...
Page 517 - ... if no such appeal is taken, the decision of the Contracting Officer shall be final and conclusive.
Page 516 - The Contractor warrants that no person or selling agency has been employed or retained to solicit or secure this contract, upon an agreement or understanding for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee, excepting bona fide employees or bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business.
Page 596 - This case comes within the principle that the destruction of privately owned land by flooding is "a taking" to the extent of the destruction caused. The decisions in Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co., 13 Wall. 166; United States v. Lynah, supra; United States v.