Construction and Operation of Pipe Line and Navigable Barge Channel Across Florida: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 2426, a Bill to Promote the National Defense and to Promptly Facilitate and Protect the Transport of Materials Needful to the Military Establishemnt by Authorizing the Construction and Operation of Pipe-line and Waterway Facilities Across Northern Florida Between the Intracoastal Waterways Along the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic Seaboard, and H.R. 6999 ... June 29, 30, July 1 and 2, 1942Also considers legislation to authorize Intracoastal Waterway enlargement and extension to Mexican border and additional pipeline construction from Ya. |
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... amount of money . So that so far as dealing with the immediate situation is concerned , we have no relief in sight within 4 or 5 months . I think the railroads are doing prac- tically all they can do . It also appears that the Petroleum ...
... amount of money . So that so far as dealing with the immediate situation is concerned , we have no relief in sight within 4 or 5 months . I think the railroads are doing prac- tically all they can do . It also appears that the Petroleum ...
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... amounts to 2,000,000 tons annually , is now , because of the war demand , more than 3,000,000 tons annu- ally ; and , while I do not have the exact figures , I think it is conservative to say that at least 50 percent of the consumption ...
... amounts to 2,000,000 tons annually , is now , because of the war demand , more than 3,000,000 tons annu- ally ; and , while I do not have the exact figures , I think it is conservative to say that at least 50 percent of the consumption ...
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... amount of commerce estimated as justification for it just a few years ago . Senator VANDEN BERG . I am sorry , but I still do not understand just what this bill does in terms of this map . Will you point it out exactly ? Mr. MILLER . I ...
... amount of commerce estimated as justification for it just a few years ago . Senator VANDEN BERG . I am sorry , but I still do not understand just what this bill does in terms of this map . Will you point it out exactly ? Mr. MILLER . I ...
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... amount of rock ? Mr. MILLER . None whatever . The amount of money it would cost to build that canal - 127 miles from Corpus Christi to the valley- would be nearly $ 2,500,000 . It probably would not take more than a million dollars ...
... amount of rock ? Mr. MILLER . None whatever . The amount of money it would cost to build that canal - 127 miles from Corpus Christi to the valley- would be nearly $ 2,500,000 . It probably would not take more than a million dollars ...
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... amount of motive power used on the railroads for any sort of pur- pose . Mr. MILLER . Yes . I should just like to say a word in conclusion , Mr. Chairman . Important as the transportation of petroleum and its products is , there are ...
... amount of motive power used on the railroads for any sort of pur- pose . Mr. MILLER . Yes . I should just like to say a word in conclusion , Mr. Chairman . Important as the transportation of petroleum and its products is , there are ...
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Page 1 - Establishment, there is hereby authorized to be constructed under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers...
Page 40 - ... FLORIDA SERVICES OF WITNESS IN CONNECTION WITH FLORIDA CANAL Senator THOMAS. Mr. Buckman, will you give your full name to the reporter ? Mr. BUCKMAN. My name is Henry H. Buckman. Senator THOMAS. Please indicate for the record your present position, if any. Mr. BUCKMAN I am a consulting engineer, and I appear here as engineering counsel for the Ship Canal Authority of the State of Florida.
Page 137 - As a member of the Rivers and Harbors Committee of the House for 8 years, I supported those projects.
Page 131 - ... there has been some discussion as to whether or not it is pertinent to the bill.
Page 128 - I just figured out where I would go if I was a mule, and I went there, and there the mule was.
Page 11 - You may put it into the record. (The document referred to and submitted by the witness is here printed in full as follows...
Page 51 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 200 - But after the emergency is over — and we do not know how long it will last — it is...
Page 164 - ... explanation for the notion "grammatical sentence" in terms of "observed sentence," and for the set of grammars constructed in accordance with such a theory. It is furthermore a reasonable requirement, since we are interested not only in particular languages, but also in the general nature of Language. There is a great deal more that can be said about this crucial topic, but this would take us too far afield.
Page 130 - The committee will take a 5-minute recess. (At this time a short recess was taken. The following then occurred :) Senator BROWN.