Control of Floods on the Mississippi River: Hearing.. on S. 3531...1936 - 67 páginas |
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Página 44 - That penstocks or other similar facilities adapted to possible future use in the development of hydroelectric power shall be installed in any dam herein authorized when approved by the Secretary of War upon the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers and of the Federal Power Commission.
Página 1 - TRIBUTARIES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL, Washington, DC The committee met at 10 am, Hon. Riley J. Wilson (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. Some time ago the committee held hearings at which there appeared the Chief of Engineers of the Army, Gen. Lytle Brown ; Gen. Harley B. Ferguson, president of the Mississippi River Commission ; and the district engineers from Memphis, Vicksburg, and New Orleans to testify in respect to the progress...
Página 44 - States, or other qualified agencies, shall have furnished satisfactory assurances that they will undertake, without cost to the United States, all alterations of highways made necessary because of the construction of the...
Página 42 - ... in support of the Overton bill in January, and here is what he said in April 1935 Mr. RICH (interposing). Is Mr. Jacobs the State engineer for the State of Louisiana? Mr. MILLER. Yes; and he is a very able man. Both of these gentlemen are able men. On April 12, 1935, Jacobs said this: I would just like to make a brief statement, Mr. Chairman and members of the committee, and in my remarks I am going to be as brief as I can all the way through. The first thing that I want to call the attention...
Página 56 - I would like to have made a part of the permanent record. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, they will be inserted in the record at this point. (The telegrams referred to are as follows:) PONCE, PR, February 12, 1934.
Página 47 - ... (c) To report to Congress whether the proposed construction and operation of reservoir or system of reservoirs is consistent with the comprehensive plan for flood control of the Mississippi River, designated as plan II; and, if so, the Federal expenditure that would be justified by reason of general benefits and the local contribution that should be required because of local benefits.
Página 44 - States all lands and easements necessary to the construction of levees and drainage ditches constructed under this project: Provided, That the reservoirs for control of headwater flow of the Yazoo River system may be located by the Chief of Engineers, in his discretion : And provided further, That the Chief of Engineers may, in his discretion, substitute levees, floodways, or auxiliary channels, or any or all of them, for any or all of the seven detention reservoirs recommended in his report of February...
Página 28 - And provided further, That the Chief of Engineers, with the approval of the Secretary of War, may modify the project for the flood control of the Saint Francis River as recommended in said report, to include therein the construction of a detention reservoir for the reduction of floods, and the acquisition at the cost of the United States of all lands and flowage necessary to the construction of said reservoir except...
Página 37 - Our disastrous floods, our sometimes almost equally disastrous periods of low water, and our major problems of erosion, to which attention has been called by the reports of the National Resources Board, the Mississippi Valley Committee, the Soil Erosion Service, and other agencies, do not come full-grown into being. They originate in a small way, in a multitude of farms, ranches and pastures. It is not suggested that we neglect our main streams and give our whole attention to these little waters...
Página 40 - While the estimates presented in the report, based upon the saving in property, do not establish complete justification of this reservoir project, the loss and suffering occasioned by the recurring floods throughout the region establish substantial additional justification from a humanitarian standpoint. Moreover, the project is particularly well adapted to public-work relief.