HEARINGS U.S. Congress. Se BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION ON H. R. 6732 AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION, REPAIR WORKS ON RIVERS AND HARBORS 137459 APRIL 22 TO JUNE 4, 1935 Printed for the use of the Committee on Commerce UNITED STATES WASHINGTON: 1935 Cout. Supt. Doc, CONTENTS Argetsinger, J. L., Youngstown, Ohio-‒‒‒ Backert, Hon. Fred L., mayor, Port Arthur, Tex. 519 481 English, W. Y., Lake Erie and Ohio River Canal Board. Fletcher, W., Association of American Railroads___ Forsberg, R. P., Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railway Co-- Fort, J. Carter, Solicitor, Association of American Railways_- 210 517 Green, F. S., Superintendent Public Works, New York State__. Grimes, E. J., Cargill Elevator Co., Minneapolis, Minn_-_. Pillsbury, Gen. G. B., Assistant Chief of Engineers, United States 26 132 365 419 80 Voorhees, B. S., New York Central Railway_. RIVERS AND HARBORS MONDAY, APRIL 22, 1935 UNITED STATES SENATE, The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10:30 a. m., in the Commerce Committee room, Capitol Building, Senator Royal S. Copeland (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators Copeland (chairman), Fletcher, Johnson, Bachman, Gibson, Sheppard, and McNary. Also present: Senator Radcliffe. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. The committee has before it bill H. R. 6732, "an act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes.' [H. R. 6732, 74th Cong., 1st sess.] AN ACT Authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following works of improvement of rivers, harbors, and other waterways are hereby adopted and authorized, to be prosecuted under the direction of the Secretary of War and supervision of the Chief of Engineers, in accordance with the plans recommended in the respective reports hereinafter designated and subject to the conditions set forth in such documents: Criehaven Harbor, Maine; House Document Numbered 310, Seventy-second Congress; Saco River, Maine; Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 11, Seventy-fourth Congress; Lynn Harbor, Massachusetts; Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 7, Seventy-first Congress; Boston Harbor, Massachusetts; House Document Numbered 244, Seventysecond Congress; Gloucester Harbor and Annisquam River, Massachusetts; Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 39, Seventy-second Congress; Weymouth Fore River, Massachusetts; House Document Numbered 207, Seventy-second Congress; Weymouth Back River, Massachusetts; Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 32, Seventy-second Congress; Cape Cod Canal, Massachusetts; Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 15, Seventy-fourth Congress; New Bedford Harbor, Massachusetts; Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 16, Seventy-fourth Congress; Thames River, Connecticut; Rivers and Harbors Committee Document Numbered 18, Seventy-fourth Congress; 1 |