Public Works Appropriations for 1957: Hearings ... 84th Congress, 2d Session1956 - 1360 pages |
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... industrial area of the port of Boston . The entrance channel and main harbor channel of Boston Harbor have been dredged to a depth of 40 feet . However , the full benefit of the deepwater port is not realized as long as shipping is ...
... industrial area of the port of Boston . The entrance channel and main harbor channel of Boston Harbor have been dredged to a depth of 40 feet . However , the full benefit of the deepwater port is not realized as long as shipping is ...
Page 82
... industries of the area are the manufacture of shoes and gypsum products , the generation of electric power , and the ... industrial expansion . Of this amount , approxi- mately $ 500,000 was for construction of docks and materials ...
... industries of the area are the manufacture of shoes and gypsum products , the generation of electric power , and the ... industrial expansion . Of this amount , approxi- mately $ 500,000 was for construction of docks and materials ...
Page 88
... industrial and population centers are located on the main river and its tributaries and are subject to flood damages . The 1938 flood , which was basinwide , caused damages amounting to $ 6.490,000 on the Chicopee River and its ...
... industrial and population centers are located on the main river and its tributaries and are subject to flood damages . The 1938 flood , which was basinwide , caused damages amounting to $ 6.490,000 on the Chicopee River and its ...
Page 90
... industrial centers which have numerous manufacturing plants vital to national defense . The project would produce major reductions in flood damages at Webster and Dudley , Mass . , and Thompson ( Grosvenordale ) Conn . , industrial and ...
... industrial centers which have numerous manufacturing plants vital to national defense . The project would produce major reductions in flood damages at Webster and Dudley , Mass . , and Thompson ( Grosvenordale ) Conn . , industrial and ...
Page 97
... industrial properties in the city would be benefited by the reduced flood stage effected by the project . These plants include 10 textile , 2 bulk oil , 2 machine tool , 2 rubber goods , 1 clothing , and 3 fabric manufacturing ...
... industrial properties in the city would be benefited by the reduced flood stage effected by the project . These plants include 10 textile , 2 bulk oil , 2 machine tool , 2 rubber goods , 1 clothing , and 3 fabric manufacturing ...
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Accumulated percent acre-feet acres Appropriations for fiscal Appropriations requested Appropriations to date Appropriations to June Arkansas River authorized Balance to complete benefit-cost ratio benefits BERRIGAN BOLAND bridge budget Bureau of Reclamation canal Cash contributions channel Chief of Engineers Colonel PENNEY Colonel PERSON Columbia River complete after fiscal Completion schedule construction contract Corps of Engineers Creek damages DEXHEIMER drainage dredging Estimated Federal cost Estimated non-Federal cost estimated project cost EVINS facilities financial data Estimated fiscal year 1957 Fiscal year 1957.-The Fort Gaines funds HARDIN HOEFFER initial interests irrigation ITSCHNER JENSEN June 30 JUSTIFICATION kilowatts KIRWAN land levee Major GARRETT miles million Mississippi River Missouri River Basin navigation North Dakota Ohio River operation and maintenance PHYSICAL DATA planning powerplant pumping plant RABAUT railroad Relocations requested for fiscal SEEMAN spillway Summarized financial data TABER Tentative allocation tion Total estimated project unit water supply water users waterway
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Page 622 - That we respectfully urge, request, and petition the Congress of the United States to take what actions are necessary to insure continuance of surveys and planning and assure cooperation in the construction of projects in the State of Kansas that are vital and necessary to the conservation of land and water by the three agencies, namely, the Corps of Engineers, the Bureau of Reclamation, and the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture.
Page 338 - Local interests are required to provide without cost to the United States all rights-of-way for levee foundations and levees on the main stem of the Mississippi River between Cape Girardeau, Mo., and the Head of Passes, except for maintenance setbacks.
Page 445 - State or local interests shall agree to pay for the cost of such provisions on the basis that all authorized purposes served by the project shall share equitably in the benefits of multiple purpose construction as determined by the Secretary of the Army or the Secretary of the Interior as the case may be...
Page 560 - That the Secretary of War is authorized to make contracts with States, municipalities, private concerns, or individuals, at such prices and on such terms as he may deem reasonable, for domestic and industrial uses for surplus water that may be available at any reservoir under the control of the War Department: Provided, That no contracts for such water shall adversely affect then existing lawful uses of such water.
Page 377 - ... upon the transmission of power, but would have power near their project. That, of course, as you know, was recommended as the beginning of the Ice Harbor project of the Army engineers as an alternative solution for the supply picture there. Now, you pointed out that there may be another alternative. I do not want to be in the position of saying that this is the only thing that can be done.
Page 859 - That, in the case of projects authorized to be constructed, operated, and maintained in accordance with the Federal reclamation laws (Act of June 17, 1902, 32 Stat. 388, and Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto), the Secretary of the Interior, in addition to allocations made under section 9 of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (53 Stat.
Page 659 - The project was authorized by a finding of feasibility by the Secretary of the Interior, and approved by the President on December 2, 1935.
Page 308 - States free from damages due to the construction works; (c) maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of the Army...
Page 319 - War that they will (a) provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the project...
Page 445 - Modifications of a reservoir project heretofore authorized, surveyed, planned, or constructed to include storage as provided in subsection (b), which would seriously affect the purposes for which the project was authorized, surveyed, planned, or constructed, or which would involve major structural or operational changes shall be made only upon the approval of Congress as now provided by law. SEC. 302. Title III of this Act may be cited as the "Water Supply Act of 1958".