91739

No. 81-2

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 5472
(Title 1)

AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR, AND
PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN PUBLIC WORKS ON
RIVERS AND HARBORS FOR NAVIGATION, FLOOD
CONTROL, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

APRIL 26, 27, 28, 29, MAY 2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, AND 31, 1949

Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1949

CONTENTS

Page

Abbett, Robert W., American Merchant Marine Institute, Inc., statement-

Allegheny-Genesee canalization project, survey.

Allin, B. C., Port of Redwood City, Calif., statement-

339

445, 449

422

Alma, Wis., harbor, project--

Amendment, proposed, to section 6 of act of July 3, 1930_.

Anderson, Hon. Jack Z., Member of Congress, statement-

Andresen, Hon. A. H., Member of Congress, statement.

Appropriations, maintenance, past 5 years_

371, 514

512

422

451

6

Arkansas River and tributaries, Ark. and Okla. (printed separately).

Arthur Kill, N. Y. and N. J., project__.

506

Auchincloss, Hon. James C., Member of Congress, statement_

Back River, Baltimore County, Md., survey--

77

125

Barden, Hon. Graham A., Member of Congress, statement_.

134

Ball, Munger T., Port Arthur (Tex.) Chamber of Commerce, statement__

360

Basin Bayou-Choctawhatchee Bay waterway, Fla., survey_

Bennett, Hon. Charles E., Member of Congress, statements_

Bentsen, Hon. Lloyd Millard, Jr., Member of Congress_.

209, 230, 240

490

Big Sandy River and Tug and Levisa Forks, Ky., W. Va. and Va. (printed

separately).

Bishop, L. R. Port of Palm Beach Commission :

Statement

Letter

Black, Robert L., Jr., statement__.

Bland, Hon. S. O., Member of Congress, letter.

Bonner, Hon. Herbert C., Member of Congress, statement-

Cape Fear River at and below Wilmington, N. C., project_

Burns, Billy, Palm Beach (Fla.) Port Commission, statement_

Carlyle, Hon. F. Ertel, Member of Congress, statement_

Carrabelle, Fla., channel, survey-

Cefalo, Nicholas, Port of Boston, statement_

Charlotte Harbor, Fla., project----

Charlton County, Ga., Commissioners, resolution_.

Charlton Timber Protective Organization, resolution.

Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Co., letter_

Chief of Engineers, United States Army, statement_

Chocolate Bayou and Bastrop Bayou, Tex., project_.

Cochtawhatchee Bay-Basin Bayou waterway, Florida, survey.

Christiansted Harbor, St. Croix, V. I., project__

Clinton, Iowa, damage claim_.

Colmer, Hon. William M., Member of Congress, statement_

247

249

23

121

143

119

482

165

183, 191

510

269

149

152

338

49

477

224

225

306

1

398

337

442

392, 447

469

352

46

123

370

464

III

Cummings, George M., Davenport (Iowa) Chamber of Commerce, letter_.

Dallas County flood-control district, brief_