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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... months . We may have two pipe lines across Florida , but it would require 4 to 5 months to build them . So that we have that problem to deal with . We may be able to procure 8 to 10 - inch second - hand pipe . It further appears that ...
... months . We may have two pipe lines across Florida , but it would require 4 to 5 months to build them . So that we have that problem to deal with . We may be able to procure 8 to 10 - inch second - hand pipe . It further appears that ...
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... months would be necessary at that time ; that is , if the present situation should last that long . I gathered from the testimony that there was not a great deal to be hoped for from barge transportation . A canal across Florida would ...
... months would be necessary at that time ; that is , if the present situation should last that long . I gathered from the testimony that there was not a great deal to be hoped for from barge transportation . A canal across Florida would ...
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... months of 1938. The largest tonnage , however , was that between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers , on which section traffic on 9 - foot draft was in excess of 3,500,000 tons for the caledar year 1937. " Based upon the enormous traffic ...
... months of 1938. The largest tonnage , however , was that between the Calcasieu and Sabine Rivers , on which section traffic on 9 - foot draft was in excess of 3,500,000 tons for the caledar year 1937. " Based upon the enormous traffic ...
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... months to 3 years , and what service it can render in this war . Gentlemen , my answer to that is that this is a ... month ago I think it was the 18th of May , as a matter of fact a statement as to the total sinkings up to 16 PIPE LINE ...
... months to 3 years , and what service it can render in this war . Gentlemen , my answer to that is that this is a ... month ago I think it was the 18th of May , as a matter of fact a statement as to the total sinkings up to 16 PIPE LINE ...
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... months or if it takes 3 years , and the war is over before the canal is finished , we can thank the good Lord for that . If I were a member of this committee or a Member of the Congress of the United States and I had an opportunity to ...
... months or if it takes 3 years , and the war is over before the canal is finished , we can thank the good Lord for that . If I were a member of this committee or a Member of the Congress of the United States and I had an opportunity to ...
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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.