Flood Control in Florida and Elsewhere: Hearings...1929 - 254 psl. |
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... lives of the local interests that are going to be destroyed . Senator SACKETT . The other question raised with us was as to there not being a very definite statement as to the amount necessary . If it were made to read , " the sum of ...
... lives of the local interests that are going to be destroyed . Senator SACKETT . The other question raised with us was as to there not being a very definite statement as to the amount necessary . If it were made to read , " the sum of ...
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... lives , buildings were swept away , and farm lands were inundated . I think in that hurricane , first and last , there were five or six hundred lives lost , beginning on the Atlantic side and running on back of Moore Haven . But the ...
... lives , buildings were swept away , and farm lands were inundated . I think in that hurricane , first and last , there were five or six hundred lives lost , beginning on the Atlantic side and running on back of Moore Haven . But the ...
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... lives along the coast until you got to the region of Lake Okeechobee . There the people were drowned , and there were the most tremendous losses of human life in the history of the country ; only in one instance was it exceeded , and ...
... lives along the coast until you got to the region of Lake Okeechobee . There the people were drowned , and there were the most tremendous losses of human life in the history of the country ; only in one instance was it exceeded , and ...
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... live out in the open in the midst of that blow of wind and the torrents of rain . But here is the point , the Government requires that the water in that lake shall be maintained at a certain level . The elements , as in the case of the ...
... live out in the open in the midst of that blow of wind and the torrents of rain . But here is the point , the Government requires that the water in that lake shall be maintained at a certain level . The elements , as in the case of the ...
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... lives were lost . Senator FLETCHER . Nearly 2,000 ; approximately 2,000 is the latest estimate . The CHAIRMAN . And in dollars and cents , what was the loss ? Senator FLETCHER . Close to $ 100,000,000 . I have some detailed reports that ...
... lives were lost . Senator FLETCHER . Nearly 2,000 ; approximately 2,000 is the latest estimate . The CHAIRMAN . And in dollars and cents , what was the loss ? Senator FLETCHER . Close to $ 100,000,000 . I have some detailed reports that ...
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15 feet acres age district bank bill board of review bonds Caloosahatchee Canal Caloosahatchee River CHAIRMAN channel Chief of Engineers Clewiston Colonel BROOKE commissioners of Everglades committee Congress construction cost COTTRELL Creek cubic feet DAVIS depth dikes district engineer drain DRANE elevation ELLIOT estimated Everglades drainage district Federal Government feet per second flood control Florida Fort Myers Fort Thompson FREAR FRIERSON hurricane improvement interests JADWIN Kissimmee River Lake Okeechobee land levee Lucie Canal Miami miles Mississippi Missouri River Moore Haven navigation Niobrara North New River outlet overflow proposition protection question RAGON reclamation recommended Red Cross relief Rivers and Harbors Rough River SEARS Senator FLETCHER Senator HOWELL Senator MCMASTER Senator NORRIS Senator TRAMMELL SKIPPER south shore statement storm survey SWING tion United waterway West Palm Beach WHITTINGTON WILSON wind
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232 psl. - February 27, 1934, requested the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the reports on waterway connecting the Tombigbee and Tennessee Rivers, submitted in House Document No.
148 psl. - Everglades drainage district and trustees of the internal improvement fund of the State of Florida. The attorney general and I are here primarily to show the interest of the State in this project.
42 psl. - That the proceeds of said lands, whether from sale or by direct appropriation in kind, shall be applied, exclusively, as far as necessary, to the purpose of reclaiming said lands by means of the levees and drains aforesaid.
235 psl. - The report of the district engineer has been referred, as required by law, to the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, and attention is invited to its report herewith. The board...
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