Flood Control: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventieth Congress, First Session, Relative to Flood Control of the Mississippi River. January 23 to February 24, 1928. Printed for Use of the Committee on CommerceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 - 693 psl. |
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... build or commence the building of any levee or other structure in said alluvial valley , or in any flood way therein unless the work has been recom- mended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War . Any person or ...
... build or commence the building of any levee or other structure in said alluvial valley , or in any flood way therein unless the work has been recom- mended by the Chief of Engineers and authorized by the Secretary of War . Any person or ...
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... build the same out of the funds herein authorized to be appropriated . SEC . 5. That the act of June 28 , 1879 , providing for the appointment of a Mississippi River Commission , and for other purposes , be , and is hereby , amended by ...
... build the same out of the funds herein authorized to be appropriated . SEC . 5. That the act of June 28 , 1879 , providing for the appointment of a Mississippi River Commission , and for other purposes , be , and is hereby , amended by ...
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... build up the bottom of the river . Such material dredged from a straightened river bed above Cape Girardeau and piled in great mass along as levees and straightened river bank would reduce the flood many feet and there would be no ...
... build up the bottom of the river . Such material dredged from a straightened river bed above Cape Girardeau and piled in great mass along as levees and straightened river bank would reduce the flood many feet and there would be no ...
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... build for flood ways we build for navigation at the same time . The two are inseparable . They can not be separated . Discussing the matter legally , I am entirely satisfied and am pre- pared to contend that the authority of the Federal ...
... build for flood ways we build for navigation at the same time . The two are inseparable . They can not be separated . Discussing the matter legally , I am entirely satisfied and am pre- pared to contend that the authority of the Federal ...
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... raise the water , we are asked to pay 20 per cent of the cost of lowering this levee , and then pay 20 per cent of the cost to build a levee 5 miles back . Senator WILLIS . If the Jadwin plan were modified so 48 FLOOD CONTROL.
... raise the water , we are asked to pay 20 per cent of the cost of lowering this levee , and then pay 20 per cent of the cost to build a levee 5 miles back . Senator WILLIS . If the Jadwin plan were modified so 48 FLOOD CONTROL.
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