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Title: Advance notice form for construction companies to prepare bid proposals for the Sabine-Neches waterway project, February 19, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001458
Topic: Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1960-02-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The form outlines the scope and estimated cost of the Sabine-Neches waterway project.

Title: Annotated map from Army Corp of Engineers depicting the improvements needed for the Sabine Neches waterway, circa 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001455
Topic: United States--Sabine-Neches Waterway, Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1953
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The map, originally printed by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1938, depicts the Sabine-Neches waterway and the surrounding area. The locations of proposed improvements to the waterway are marked in red pencil.

Title: Letter from the Army Corps of Engineers to the Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co., April 19, 1960
Identifier: camh-dob-001459
Topic: Contracts--Government, Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1960-04-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Colonel E.A. Hansen, the contracting officer for the Sabine-Neches waterway improvement project, alerts the Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co. that their bid for the project has been accepted. The politicians involved in the project, Texas Governor Price Daniel, Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator Ralph Yarborough, and Jack Brooks, were also contacted.

Title: Major industries, waterways & highways, Port Arthur, Beaumont, Orange, & Lake Charles areas, undated
Identifier: camh-dob-001463
Topic: Intracoastal waterways, Industries
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A detailed map depicting the various industries in the area and the locations of these industries in relation to waterways and roads. Port Arthur, Beaumont, and Orange were fledgling industrial centers in Jack Brooks's district. Brooks played an integral role working with his constituents to appropriate federal funding for projects that would benefit industry, including the Sabine-Neches waterway and the McGee Bend Dam.

Title: News release draft regarding recommendations for further improvements to the Sabine-Neches waterway, September 27, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001452
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1953-09-27
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An annotated copy of a news release announcing that the Army Engineers submitted a report to Congress recommending further improvements, totalling $6,875,000, to the Sabine-Neches waterway. The waterway linked the quickly growing industrial cities of Beaumont, Orange, and Port Arthur with intercoastal trade.

Title: News release draft regarding the Sabine-Neches waterway, May 17, 1953
Identifier: camh-dob-001451
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1953-05-17
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An annotated copy of a news release announcing Congressional approval of $695,000 in federal funds in order to begin work on the Sabine-Neches intracoastal canal. Jack Brooks and a delegation of his constituents testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee regarding the need to improve the canal, which linked quickly growing industrial cities in his district, Beaumont, Orange, and Port Arthur, with intracoastal trade.

Title: News release, January 24, 1972
Identifier: camh-dob-002017
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Legislation, Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1972-01-24
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A news release from Jack Brooks's office announcing the appropriations for his district in the proposed 1973 budget.

Title: Note from staff to Jack Brooks, September 15, 1954
Identifier: camh-dob-001456
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: United States--Sabine-Neches Waterway, Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1954-09-15
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A note for Jack Brooks from his staff to let him know that Howard Hicks, the head of the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce, called Brooks's office regarding the fact that the Sabine-Neches waterway project was authorized, but no funds were set aside to pay for the project. An amendment to the note states that Brooks contacted the Army in order to appeal the decision, but did not make any headway on the matter.

Title: Remarks of Congressman Jack Brooks, waterways improvement committee, Monday, April 19, 1965
Identifier: camh-dob-002370
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1965-04-19
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Typed copy of remarks delivered by Jack Brooks regarding infrastructure improvements like the Sabine-Neches Waterway.

Title: Statement of Congressman Jack Brooks (D-Texas) before Transportation and Aeronautics Subcommittee, House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, Tuesday, May 20, 1969
Identifier: camh-dob-001706
Creator: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Intracoastal waterways
Dates: 1969-05-20
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: Statement by Jack Brooks before the Transportation and Aeronautics Subcommittee regarding the Intracoastal Waterway and its economic importance to his district.