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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... ask him questions in the course of his statement , you disrupt his argument , and then there is no way to determine how long it will be . There seems to be no objection to a 20 - 10 PIPE LINE AND BARGE CHANNEL ACROSS FLORIDA.
... ask him questions in the course of his statement , you disrupt his argument , and then there is no way to determine how long it will be . There seems to be no objection to a 20 - 10 PIPE LINE AND BARGE CHANNEL ACROSS FLORIDA.
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... course , appeal to the good judgment and common sense of this committee that if any part of this great waterway is enlarged it should be enlarged in its entirety on the basis of like dimensions . As you will note from the engineers ...
... course , appeal to the good judgment and common sense of this committee that if any part of this great waterway is enlarged it should be enlarged in its entirety on the basis of like dimensions . As you will note from the engineers ...
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... course , is vital and important . But this project goes far beyond that . It goes into the question of trying to meet a very critical transportation situation which I think we are all agreed is quite likely to become more acute as we go ...
... course , is vital and important . But this project goes far beyond that . It goes into the question of trying to meet a very critical transportation situation which I think we are all agreed is quite likely to become more acute as we go ...
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... course , they are not as desirable as steel barges . But I think this statement can be made without fear of contradiction , that there is not a commodity which will use these inland waterways which cannot be transported satisfactorily ...
... course , they are not as desirable as steel barges . But I think this statement can be made without fear of contradiction , that there is not a commodity which will use these inland waterways which cannot be transported satisfactorily ...
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... course , be merely a question of the availability of dredging equipment . Senator CLARK of Missouri . Of course , it would take a good deal longer to build the new portion than to deepen the old portion . Mr. MILLER . That is a question ...
... course , be merely a question of the availability of dredging equipment . Senator CLARK of Missouri . Of course , it would take a good deal longer to build the new portion than to deepen the old portion . Mr. MILLER . That is a question ...
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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.