ANNUAL REPORTS, WAR DEPARTMENT FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1943 REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS U. S. ARMY, 1943 IN TWO PARTS PART I Vol. 1 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1944 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS UNITED STATES ARMY 1943 III REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS UNITED STATES ARMY * WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, Washington, D. C., October 30,1943. Subject: Annual Report. To: The Secretary of War. I present for your information the following report on river and harbor and flood-control operations under the charge of the Corps of Engineers for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943. APPROPRIATIONS AND EXPENDITURES During the fiscal year 1943 net funds made available to the Depart- ment for river and harbor and allied operations amounted to $36,- 332,689.12 and for flood-control operations, $16,214,350.34, a total of $52,547,039.46. The expenditures from the appropriations thus made available and from balances on hand at the beginning of the fiscal year amounted to $209,851,293.35, of which $84,378,672.97 was for river and harbor work and allied operations and $125,472,620.38 for flood-control work. New work was completed on 18 river and harbor and flood-control projects, materially advanced on 77 other projects, and maintenance operations were in progress on 324 projects. The approximate quantities in the major classification of the work accomphshed for river and harbor and flood-control operations dur- ing the year were as follows: Dredging and excavation ----------------------- cubic yards. 240, 685, 400 Levee construction ---------- ---------------------- do - 20, 421,400 Rock removal ------------------------------------ do ----- 2,478,000 Concrete placed---------------------------------- do __ 1, 346, 200 Dikes and bulkheads --- ------------------- linear feet- 64,200 Revetment ---------------------- ---------------- do... 164,900 Stone placed in jetties and breakwaters--------------tons 1,482, 000 Embankment_ ---------- -. cubic yards- 11,691, 900 1 2 REPORT OF CIE~F O OF EI1Gill1ES, U. S. ARiMY, 1943 The policy of the Department to have work performed by contract, except when the best interests of the United States require hired labor operations, has been followed closely during the year, 61.7 percent of all work performed having been done by contract and 38.3 percent by Government plant and hired labor. The continuation of an adequate check on the cost of work per- formed on river and harbor and flood-control projects has been maintained. Efforts to prevent human injury and property damage by acci- dents were continued throughout the Department during the year. RIVERS AND HARBORS The present program for Federal improvement of rivers and har- bors for navigation and allied purposes as authoiized by Congress includes projects located throughout the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska,'and the Hawaiian Islands, there being approxi- mately 1,000 projects now in force. Public Law No. 75, Seventy- eighth Congress, approved June 17, 1943, provided for the acquisition and enlargement of the Gulf County Canal, Fla. In conformity with national policy governing wartime construction in the interest of conservation of manpower, equipment, and materials, the new work program on river and harbor projects was restricted to improvements having direct importance to the war effort. Improve- ment and maintenance operations were carried out on 323 separate projects of which 6 projects were fully completed. The following brief outline of new work operations includes typical examples of the improvements accomplished: Dredging and rock removal to provide a channel in the Kennebec River, Maine, from the mouth to the shipbuilding facilities at Bath, were advanced to 90 percent completion. Ledge rock removal and dredging were carried out at Portland Harbor, Maine, to eliminate obstructions interfering with the operation of deep draft vessels. Dredging to provide additional anchorage space in New York Har- bor was performed in the Liberty Island and Red Hook Flats sections of the harbor. Dredging and rock removal in the Kill Van Kull section of the New York and New Jersey channels were continued. In the Delaware River channel leading from Philadelphia to the sea, rock removal in the westerly 400-foot half of the channel in the vicinty of Marcus Hook was advanced from 4 percent to 57 percent completion. In all other sections of the channel leading to the Phila- delphia Navy Yard a minimum width of 800 feet has been provided. Bank protection work in the deep cit section of the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal was commenced during April and was 20 percent com- pleted at the end of the year. Work of enlarging channel dimensions in sections of the Sabine- Neches waterway, involving the removal of some 7,000,000 cubic yards of material, was carried out. Dredging of the final middle section of the waterway extending from Lake Michigan to Sturgeon Bay, Mich., was completed, thus providing a through channel 22 feet deep. RIVERS AND HARBORS Construction of the new MacArthur lock in the St. Marys River at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. which was started during the spring of 1942, was completed during August 1943. Reconstruction of the southwest pier and corrective dredging at the mouth of the power canal were commenced during June 1943. Construction of the power plant and operating works at Fort Peck, Mont., was advanced to 63 percent completion. Installation of the initial generating unit of 35,000 kilowatts was completed and produc- tion of power commenced on July 1, 1943. Water impounded by the completed Fort Peck Dam was released to augment the natural stream flow during low-water periods in order to provide more adequate channel depths for navigation in the Missouri River and the critical Chain of Rocks section of the Mississippi River near the mouth of the Missouri. Construction operations on the project for development of hydro- electric power at the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River were continued during the year. Power units Numbers 1-8, inclusive, are completed and in operation, the available rated capacity being 410,400 kilowatts. Manufacture of the turbine for unit No. 9 was completed and that for unit No. 10 was 90 percent completed. Manufacture of generator No. 9 was 95 percent completed and generator No. 10 ap- proximately 77 percent completed. Installation of the turbine for unit No. 9 was 80 percent completed and the installation of the gener- ator about 70 percent completed. The completed dam, navigation locks, and fishways were maintained and operated during the year. The output of energy generated with the completed power units dur- ing the fiscal year amount to 2,815,954,000 kilowatt-hours. Widening of a section of the Cuyahoga River, Ohio, and enlargement of the turning basin under way during 1942 was completed during the early part of the current year. Closing of the gap in the west breakwater at Oswego Harbor, com- menced during 1942, was advanced to completion. At San Diego Harbor, Calif., construction of a seaplane basin and anchorage facilities was continued. Work on the construction of the 13,500-foot breakwater extension at Los Angeles and Long Beach Harbors was actively prosecuted until terminated in the spring of 1943 to permit use of the contract equipment on naval operations. Construction of an 8,000-foot breakwater, extending from Waadah Island to the westerly shore of Neah Bay, Wash., was advanced to 94 percent completion. Extensive dredging operations were executed on the Intracoastal Waterway system, extending for more than 2,300 miles along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, providing a more adequate channel for coastwise barge and other light-draft vessel traffic carrying petroleum products and other essential commodities. A channel of 12 feet or more in depth heretofore authorized has been made available through- out the Atlantic coast section of the waterway from Trenton, N. J., to Jacksonville, Fla. On the Gulf coast section of the waterway, work was actively prosecuted on enlargement of the waterway between Carrabelle, Fla., and Corpus Christi, Tex., to provide a depth of 12 feet in accordance with Public Law No. 675, Seventy-seventh Congress, approved July 23, 1942, which authorized such improvement from 4 RLEPORT OF CH~EF OF EE tiEERS, V. S. ARMY, 1943 Apalachee Bay, Fla., to the vicinity of the Mexican border. Funds were made available by the second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act approved October 26, 1942, and work was com- menced promptly thereafter. Work on the section of the waterway in the Mobile District, extending from Apalachee Bay, Fla., to The Rigolets,\La., was advanced to 43 percent completion and involved the removal of about 14,000,000 cubic yards of material. In the New Orleans section of the waterway, extending from The Rigolets, La., to the Sabine River, Tex., 20,283,000 cubic yards of material were re- moved, advancing this section of the improvement to 47 percent com- pletion. In the reach of the waterway in the Galveston district, presently under improvement, extending from the Sabine River to Corpus Christi, Tex., 3,050,000 cubic yards of material were removed, the enlargement of the waterway to 12 feet from the Sabine River to Galveston being advanced to 40 percent completion. The section of the waterway between Carrabelle, Fla., .and The Rigolets, La., was completed to full project dimensions during August 1943, that between The Rigolets and the Sabine River is scheduled for completion during February 1944, and that between the Sabine River and Corpus Christi is scheduled for completion during June 1944. When presently sched- uled work is completed, a continuous improved waterway having a least depth of 12 feet will be available from Carrabelle, Fla., to Corpus Christi, Tex. In addition to the maintenance of channels previously completed, and the new work projects outlined in preceding paragraphs, im- portant channel and harbor improvements have also been effected on waterways and at ports on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific coasts, on inland rivers, and on the Great Lakes. These include improve- ments at Weymouth Back River, Mass.; Providence River and Harbor, R. I.; Connecticut River below Hartford, Conn.; Hudson .River, N. Y.; Great Lakes to Hudson River Waterway; Fishing Creek, Md.; Norfolk Harbor, Va.; Caloosahatchee and Lake Okeechobee drainage areas, Florida; Southwest Pass and South Pass, Mississippi River, La.; Mississippi River between the Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn.; Missouri River mouth to Sioux City, Iowa; Ohio River, Alle- gheny River, Pa.; Manitowoc Harbor, Wis.; Calumet Harbor and River, Ill. and Ind.; Indiana Harbor, Ind.; Illinois Waterway, Ill.; Buffalo Harbor, N. Y.; San Pablo Bay and Mare Island Strait, Calif.; and Bodega Bay, Calif. In accordance with the provisions contained in section 1 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938, stating that Federal improvement of rivers, harbors, and other waterways shall be pros- ecuted by the War Department, the Corps of Engineers performed work during the year on 19 projects of a river and harbor nature, not previously authorized by Congress but required in connection with the war effort by the Navy Department and other Government agencies, with funds transferred to the Chief of Engineers by those agencies. Expenditures on such projects amounted to $8,746,324. - The water-borne commerce of the United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and the Hawaiian Islands, for the calendar year 1942, aggre- gated 589,900,000 tons. RIVERS AND HIARBORiS SPECIAL WARTIME PROJECTS The following is a brief resume of two special wartime projects of major character related to river and harbor operations undertaken for other governmental agencies. Construction of a vessel fleet for and with funds furnished by the Defense Plant Corporation has been in progress to augment available floating equipment for the barging of essential commodities over the Mississippi River network and the Gulf and Atlantic Intracoastal Waterways. In October 1943 the program, as curtailed from the original directive, called for the building of 100 steel hull tugboats, 155 welded steel barges, 269 wooden and composite barges, and 21 twin-screw steel hull towboats. The Office of Defense Transportation is the claimant agency. Construction at Escanaba, Mich., of two large ore docks and appur- tenant facilities has been completed to the point where same can be placed in operation within a prescribed period for maintaining the flow of iron ore from the mines to furnaces in case of an emergency. The project was executed for and with funds furnished by the Defense Plant Corporation at the direction of the War Production Board. SACRAMENTO RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, CALIFORNIA (DEBRIS CONTROL) Two of the four debris dams in the Sacramento Valley authorized in 1935 have been completed; one on the North Fork of the American River was completed during the fiscal year 1939 and one at Upper Narrows on the Yuba River was completed in January 1941. Both of these dams are in use for the storage of mining debris, the North Fork Dam having a debris storage capacity of 26,000,000 cubic yards and the Upper Narrows Dam a storage capacity of 118,000,000 cubic yards. The construction of the Ruck-a-Chucky Dam on the Middle Fork of the American River and the Dog Bar Dam on the Bear River has been postponed. A review report on the Sacramento River and tributaries, requested by the Committee on Rivers and Harbors of the House of Representatives, with a view to determining whether any change should be made in the previously proposed location of the Dog Bar Dam on Bear River is now being prepared. GENERAL FLOOD CONTROL This section describes the authorized general flood-control program exclusive of that for the alluvial valley of the lower Mississippi River and that for the Sacramento River. The authorized programs for those two rivers are discussed in the sections immediately follow- ing this one. Congress in the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, estab- lished, and in the amendatory and supplemental general Flood Con- trol Acts approved August 28, 1937, June 28, 1938, August 11, 1939, and August 18, 1941, reaffirmed the general policy that flood control throughout the United States is a proper activity of the Federal Gov- ernment, in cooperation with the States and local communities, and that the Federal Government should improve or participate in the improvement of navigable waters or their tributaries for flood-con- trol purposes, if such projects are economically justified and if the 6 REPO!RT OF CHRIEF OF EtNIGN~AEER.S, U. S. A'RMY, 1943 lives and social security, of people are otherwise adversely affected. Those acts also specified the local cooperation required for the projects authorized therein. These requirements of local cooperation, in brief, are as follows: (a) Dam and reservoir projects authorized in any of the afore- nientioned flood-control acts are constructed entirely at the expense of the United States and are maintained and operated with the use of Federal funds No local cooperation is required for dam and reser- voir projects unless specifically prescribed by special provisions of law. (b) For local flood-protection projects, except channel improve- ment or channel rectification projects authorized by the acts of 1936, 1937, and 1938, local interests must provide without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-of-way necessary for the construction of the projects, hold and save the United States free from damages due to the construction works, and maintain and operate all the works after completion in accordance with regula- tions prescribed by the Secretary of War. Channel improvement and channel rectification projects authorized by the acts of 1936, 1937, and 1938 are built entirely at Federal expense, and no local cooperation is required. Exceptions to these general rules are pro- vided by law in the case of certain specific projects. Up to the end of the fiscal year 1943, authorizations totaling $930,- 400,000 had been provided by Congress for the construction of nearly 500 projects widely dispersed throughout the United States. To June 30, 1943, funds in the total amount of $565,400,000 have been provided by Congress for the prosecution of the general flood-control program. In addition to these authorizations Congress has approved general comprehensive plans covering most of the important river basins of the country and including many additional projects for flood control, hydroelectric power, and allied water uses. All of these projects are parts of comprehensive coordinated plans for the river basins of the Nation to provide desirable and economic flood protection and allied benefits for a large number of centers of industry and population and for many thousands of acres of rich agricultural land. A. number of reservoirs in the authorized program also provide favorable possi- bilities for the economic development of large quantities of hydro- electric power. Several of the projects now authorized include power generating machinery in the initial developments. The general flood-control program has been affected to a large ex- tent by the war emergency. In accordance with present Federal poli- cies, those projects not directly connected with the war effort have been suspended. This curtailment has been necessary to release for the war effort critical materials, manpower, and construction equipment. Since fiscal year 1942, all projects then under way and not vitally necessary to the war effort have been brought to a state of completion where work could be safely suspended with due regard to protecting lives and the work already accomplished. Some of these suspended projects provide substantial flood-protection benefits, although the projects will not be fully effective until construction is completed. During the fiscal year 1943 work was suspended on 11 dams and res- ervoir projects and on many of the local protection projects under way at the start of the year and construction was continuing at the close of the year on only 7 dam and reservoir projects and 16 local RIVERS AND HARBORiS 7 protection projects. Maintenance work was carried on where re- quired by existing law. The work under way in fiscal year 1943 in- cluded the Franklin Falls Reservoir in the Merrimack River Basin, N. H.; the Youghiogheny Reservoir in the Monongahela Basin, Pa.; the Berlin Reservoir in the Ohio River Basin; the Denison Reservoir in the Red River Basin, Okla. and Texas; the Norfork Reservoir in the White River Basin, Ark.; and the Barker Dam in Buffalo Bayou Watershed. Texas. The local flood-protection projects under way during fiscal year 1943 were widely dispersed and included levee and flood-wall projects in the Connecticut, Susquehanna, and Ohio River Basins; and channel improvements at Los Angeles, Calif. Work was initiated at the close of the year on the Mosquito Creek Dam and Res- ervoir project, Ohio, which is a multiple-purpose dam and reservoir project to provide flood protection and increased water supply for an important steel producing region. Work was also undertaken oil two local protection projects which will afford direct flood protection for industries supplying materiel for the Army and Navy. By the end of June 1943, a total of 44 reservoirs and 101 local protection projects had been placed in operation. The fiscal year 1943 has been a flood year throughout the United States. The flood of June 1942 along the lower Missouri River equalled the great flood of 1903, overtopped many levees built by local people, and inundated tens of thousands of acres of much-needed fer- tile farm land. The river proper remained in the stabilized channel, reducing considerably the damage which might have been experi- enced. Later in the summer, record-breaking floods hit communities in the upper Allegheny and Susquehanna Basins and on tributaries the Delaware River in Pennsylvania. ofThe flood of October 1942 on the Potomac River exceeded the great flood of March 1936. At Washington, D. C., the flood structures built in accordance with the Flood Control Act of 1936 effectively reduced flood damage and enabled the continuation of flight operations at the military air bases at Bolling Field and Anacostia Naval Air Station. During the same month, floods occurred in a wide area in the south- eastern States, notably on the Rappahannock, Tombigbee, Coosa, and Pearl Rivers and tributaries. Completed flood protection projects secured Rome, Ga., and Collinsville, Ala., against damage. Damage from a flood in the upper Ohio in late December and early January was substantially lessened by six flood control dams in full or partial operation above Pittsburgh. This reservoir operation reduced the crest stage at Pittsburgh by 3 feet and prevented property damage estimated at $15,000,000 and made possible continued operation of cer- tain vital war industries. The flood at Johnstown was carried in the completed concrete channel without damage to local industries. The reservoir control reduced stages as far downstream as Wheeling, pre- venting damage estimated at $14,000,000 between Pittsburgh and Wheeling. Recently completed flood walls at Huntington protected that city and the International Nickel Co. plant, which was shut down for 30 days after the March 1936 flood. Ceredo-Kenova, W. Va., and Ironton, Ohio, were safe behind completed flood walls. Two subse- quent rises on the lower Ohio subsided below major flood stages. In November and December 1942 and January 1943, major floods occurred on the Pacific coast on the Willamette and Sacramento Rivers 8 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 19.43 and in the Los Angeles area. Cottage Grove and Fern Ridge Reser- voirs, on tributaries of the Willamette, were operated to reduce flood stages. Flash floods of major proportions on the Los Angeles, San Gabriel, and Santa Ana Rivers were reduced by Hansen, Sepulveda, Fullerton, Brea, and Prado Dams, and the flood waters passed safely through the completed paved portions of the Los Angeles River chan- nel. Emergency construction by departmental forces saved the Lock- heed Aircraft plant in Burbank from damage and stoppage of produc- tion. Serious damage occurred near San Bernardino when waters of Lytle and Cajon Creeks, tributaries of Santa Ana River, tore out the tracks of the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific Rail- roads and the Pacific Electric Railway, suspending all service to and from the east for 48 hours. SFloods in January and in March 1943 covered thousands of acres of farm land in the southern part of the San Joaquin Valley. Large tracts in the reclaimed areas of Tulare Lake were also flooded. In April 1943 a record flood occurred on the upper Missouri River, followed by major floods in May on the Verdigris, Grand, Arkansas, White, St. Francis, Missouri, Illinois, and Wabash Rivers. In some areas unprecedented floods occurred, and although Federal levees held, many private structures failed. Hundreds of thousands of acres of farm land were flooded, railroads and highways were washed out, and towns were threatened. Emergency action saved important manufac- turing plants and prevented loss of life and much other damage that might otherwise have occurred. The necessity for emergency repair work on flood control struc- tures damaged or destroyed by these widespread disastrous floods was such that Congress deemed further authority desirable in addition to that contained in section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1941, which granted authority to the Department to expend $1,000,000 per year from flood-control appropriations in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of flood control works threatened or destroyed by floods. An act approved July 12, 1943, Public, No. 138 Seventy-eighth Con- gress, authorized the amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration. and strengthening of levees and other flood control works which had been damaged or destroyed by the iecent floods. The Second Deficiency Appropriation Act approved July 12, 1943, Public, No. 140, Seventy-eighth Congress, appropriated the amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the emergency flood control work authorized in Public, No. 138. The provisions of this act are additional and supplemental to, and not in lieu of, existing general legislation authorizing allocation of flood control funds for restora- tion of flood control works threatened or destroyed by flood. Under the authority of the Flood Control Act of 1941, emergency repairs were accomplished during the year at many points in the country. Immediately subsequent to the close of the fiscal year, when funds were made available under the authority of the Second De- ficiency Appropriation Act approved July 12, 1943, for emergency repair along those streams on which severe floods had been recently experienced, repair work under these authorities was started and will be carried out as rapidly as possible in such widely distributed areas RIVERS AND HARBORS 9 as the Willamette, Sacramento, Missouri, upper and lower Missis- sippi, Arkansas, White, Ohio, and Potomac River Valleys. In the fiscal year 1943 limited progress was made in the prosecu- tion of authorized examinations, surveys, and review investigations for flood control and other purposes. A summary of the work ac- complished is contained in the report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. Those investigations are undertaken in close cooperation with other Federal agencies, with the States and with local interests, in order that the recommendations submitted to Con- gress in the reports on those investigations may contain full consider- ation of the views of all concerned. Those studies which'are author- ized primarily for flood control include also thorough studies of all other feasible water uses of the streams under consideration. The survey program of the Department was limited during the year in accordance with instructions from higher authority to only those surveys necessary to the proper integration of basin plans: During the fiscal year 1943 planning studies have been prosecuted within the limits of available manpower with a view to completing the preparation of contract plans and specifications for authorized projects and for the uncompleted portions of suspended projects. Those plans for authorized projects, together with the large volume of uncompleted work on projects once initiated but deferred during the war will constitute a reservoir of carefully selected and approved projects of value to the national economy for a post-war construction program. During the fiscal year 1944 preparation of plans will con- tinue throughout the entire country, as far as possible without detri- ment to the war activities of the Department in order that con- struction operations may be undertaken on a large scale when desir- able to assist in post-war adjustment from military to civil activities. SACRAMENTO RIVER FLOOD CONTROL The construction of the flood-control project for the Sacramento River Valley, which was authorized by the Flood Control Acts ap- proved March 1, 1917, May 15, 1928, August 26, 1937, and August 18, 1941, was continued during the year. This project provides for the enlargement of river channels, the excavation of cut-offs, the construc- tion of levees, weirs, bank protection and pumping facilities in the lower Sacramento River Valley, and for channel clearing, rectification, and snagging on the Sacramento River and tributaries in Tehama County, and from Red Bluff southerly, all at an estimated Federal cost of $30,750,000. Up to the present time, Federal funds in the total amount of $25,345,000 have been appropriated by Congress for the prosecution of this project, including $2,300,000 at the close of the fiscal year 1943. In addition to that amount, local interests have contributed a total of approximately $5,872,000 for the construction of protective works related to the authorized project. The project works of the Sacramento flood-control project, in addi- tion to providing protection to cities and to thousands of acres of farm land, are vital to adequate flood protection of strategic rail and high- way routes running eastward from the Pacific coast, running north and south through the valley, and to Army airports and other installa- tions in the area. The Sacramento Basin is in that military area des- ignated by the War Department as the Western Defense Command 10 REPORT OF CHIEF OF E TNIG ~IEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Levees were constructed along sections of the Sacramento, Feather, Bear, and Yuba Rivers, and along the Yolo and Sutter bypasses dur- ing the year. Bank protection and levee set-back activities continued along the main channel. The existing project was approximately 78 percent complete at the ehd of the fiscal year. FLOOD CONTROL OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER Progress was made during the fiscal year 1942 on the flood-control project for the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River, adopted by the Flood Control Act approved'May 15, 1928, and amended by the acts ap- proved June 15, 1936, Jude 28, 1938, and August 18, 1941. The 1936 amendment retained the purpose of the 1928 Act and the features completed under that authority, and authorized an additional $272,: 000,000 for extension of flood-control work on the lower Mississippi River. The. 1938 amendment removed legislative restrictions with respect to certain features of the amended plan and authorized $40,000,000 for work in addition to that contemplated for the project as amended in 1936. The 1941 amendment provided for the aban- donment of the Boeuf and Eudora floodways and extension, for raise ing main Mississippi River levees to confine within those levee lines between the mouths of the Arkansas and Red Rivers the project flood without a floodway west of the Mississippi River. That amendment also authorized certain minor modifications and backwater protection in the Yazoo and Red River backwater areas at an estimated ad- ditional cost of $25,982,000. The total authorization for the project as amended and supplemented is now $662,982,000. Of this amount $486,107,424 has been appropriated (including $14,000,000 for fiscal year 1944 made available by the War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943). In accordance with the provision of the act approved August 18, 1941, "that funds hereafter expended for maintenance shall not be considered as reducing present remain- ing balances of authorizations" it is estimated that $28,227,000 ex- pended for maintenance since August 18, 1941, or scheduled for expenditure during fiscal year 1944, will not be deducted from the total authorizations for the project. With the approval of the 1938 Flood Control Act, work in the Atchafalaya Basin which had not been initiated because of legal re- strictions was freed from such restrictions and placed under way. Noteworthy progress has been made on these features, namely, the Morganza Floodway, the Wax Lake Outlet, the Charenton Drainage and Navigation Canal, and related works. At the same time urgent main river work has been prosecuted and work on the tributary proj- ects for headwater protection of the St. Francis and Yazoo Rivers, including the construction of the Wappapello, Sardis, and Arkabutla Reservoirs, and backwater protection for the White River, has been pushed vigorously within the limits of funds available for such work. Under section 6 of the 1928 act, flood-control work was undertaken on the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Ill., and Cape Girar- deau, Mo., and on outlets and tributaries affected by backwaters of the Mississippi River, wherever the local contributions of one-third of the costs were provided as required by law. The iepartment was able to assist localities in the emergency repair of flood-control works on tributaries of the Mississippi River threat- RIVERS AND HARB'ORS 11 ened or destroyed by flood, under the provisions of section 9 of the act approved June 15, 1936. Work accomplished on the adopted project for the alluvial valley of the Mississippi River has demonstrated its effectiveness by afford- ing unbroken protection for a period of 15 years to date. However, because of the elimination of the Eudora floodway by the Flood Con- trol Act of 1941, the levee system which constitutes the major part of the project is not yet sufficiently complete to afford protection against predicted floods. Even a partial overflow of the valley may interrupt postal service, transcontinental and interstate commerce, and produce widespread destruction and disorder, national in scope. As flood control of this vast alluvial valley and navigation of the lower Mis- sissippi River are most important to the orderly and efficient progress of the war emergency, this project is being prosecuted at the maximum rate consistent with the successful prosecution of the war. SURVEYS During the year reports in response to 74 items of law enacted by Congress and resolutions adopted by congressional committees author- izing investigations of potential river and harbor and flood-control improvements were completed and transmitted to Congress with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers. Of these investigations 11 were preliminary examinations and 28 were surveys prepared in response to authority contained in previously adopted river and har- bor and flood-control acts, while 35 were reexaminations submitted in response to committee resolutions. The Beach Erosion Board completed cooperative studies at Niagara County, N. Y., and Mission Beach, Calif. At the end of the fiscal year cooperative investigations and studies were pending at 10 loca- tions. The Shore Protection Board completed studies at Leland Harbor, Mich. Studies were pending at 4 localities at the close of the fiscal year. Under instructions received from higher authority surveys have been limited to those determined to be necessary for .the proper integration of plans for an area. The gathering of hydrological data in Nicaragua, under authority contained in the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938, was continued. On July 21, 1943, the Secretary of War transmitted to Congress the report of the Ohio River Committee on the survey of the Ohio River and its tributaries for pollution control, authorized in section 5 of the River and Harbor Act approved August 26, 1937. The report is published in house Document No. 266, Seventy-eighth C6ngress, first session. This survey is the most complete and comprehensive examination ever made into the sanitary conditions of a major river and its tributaries. About 5 years were required to obtain and analyze the necessary field data, to consider the many problems in- volved, and to develop a plan for remedial improvements. The Public Health Service and the Corps of Engineers collaborated fully at all times on this comprehensive pollution study. The cooperative programs with the Weather Bureau and the United States Geological Survey for the purpose of more adequately meeting the requirements of the Department in the planning of flood-control and river and harbor improvements were continued. 12 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 MISCELLANEOUS CIVIL WORKS Miscellaneous civil works have, as heretofore, been administered by the Corps of Engineers. These works are varied in character and in- clude the administration of the Federal laws enacted for the protection and preservation of the navigable waters of the United States, which govern the following: Granting of permits for structures or opera- tions in navigable waters; approval of the location and plans of bridges, dams, dikes, or causeways; alteration of obstructive bridges; investigation and removal of sunken vessels or other obstructions en- dangering navigation; establishment of regulations for the use, admin- istration, and navigation of navigable waters, including drawbridge regulations; establishment of anchorage grounds, special anchorage areas, danger zones, dumping grounds, restricted areas, fishing areas, and harbor lines; investigations of the discharge or deposit of refuse matter of any kind in navigable waters; prevention of pollution of coastal navigable waters by oil; determination of the heads of navi- gation and the extent to which the laws shall apply to specific streams; supervision of the harbor of New York to prevent obstructive or inju- rious deposits in the tidal waters thereof, including the waters of Long Island Sound; establishment of reasonable rates of toll for transit across bridges over navigable waters; granting of permits for the oc- cupation and use of Federal works under control of the Corps of Engi- neers; construction of Anacostia Park and the reclamation and devel- opment of Anacostia River and Flats; D. C.; maintenance and repair of the Washington Aqueduct, and increasing the water supply of the city of Washington; surveys and charting of the northern and north- western lakes, including the Lake of the Woods; studies for the preser- vation of Niagara Falls and the supervision of power companies di- verting water therefrom: reports of international boards on operations affecting international boundary waters; acquisition of lands and other interests therein required for the prosecution of river and har- bor and flood-control projects; issuance of instruments authorizing the occupation of Government-owned land under the jurisdiction of the Department; and legislation in connection with the foregoing. PROJECTS UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS AND EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAMS As of June 30, 1943, allocation of funds to the following works and in the amounts indicated have been made available to the Corps of Engineers supplementing the allocations as published in detail in the Annual Report for the fiscal year 1939. The grand total of these amounts is $517,697,444.73. RIVERS AND HARBORS National In- Public Works Emergency Relief acts Ch dustrial Administration - - CA Recovery Act Act 1935 act 1936 act 1937 act 1938 act Total allocations to river and harbor projects to June 30, 1942 (see annual report 0 for 1942, vol. 1, pt. 1, p. 10)...... _...............................----------------------------------------. $183,504,464.73 $94,200,442.23 $103,611, 607.21 .-- --- ----------- Total allocations or rescissions since June 30, 1942, to June 30, 1943: Calumet-Sag Channel, Ill . ..------------------------------------------------------- 148, 679.08 ..-------------------------------------------------- Calumet-Sag Channel, Ill . . . . . . ..------------------------------------------------- 1 -48,769.08 ........................................................ C'3 Missouri River, Kansas City, Mo., to Sioux City, Iowa: (Rulb, Nebr., to Sioux City, Iowa; Kansas City, Mo., to Rulo, Nebr.) ..--------------------- -4.01 -687.56 -. . -..... ................ Fort Peck Dam Reservoir, Missouri River ....- _ ... . . ......------------------------------ -16. 80 -43.10 -------- --------------------------------- _--------- Mississippi River between the 'Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn -- Office, Chief of Engineers, expenses.......------------------------------358.47 - --------------- - -124.90 -1,825.00-------------------- Total, rivers and harbors ...................... ------------------- ................... 183,503,960.55 94,197,796.57 103, 611,607.21 - t FLOOD CONTROL Total allocations to flood control projects to June 30, 1942....------------------- $72, 763,887.60 $3,054,196.70 $20,074,637.79 $10,174,116.53 $19,211,349.12 $2,999,686.64 Allocations or rescissions since June 30, 1942, to June 30, 1943: Connecticut River Basin, Conn., and Mass .......---...---------------.---------------- . .....-------------------------------- ...-----------.. 2700,000.00 700,--- -700,000.00 Do---- --- ---- 68--------------------------------- Sacramento River, Calif ........... ........ . . 1.00 .. -------------- ..----------------------------------------- Total, flood control ...............................................------------------------------------------- 72, 763,886.60 3,054,196.70 20, 074,637.79 10,174,116. 53 19, 911,349.12 2, 238, 822.74 MISCELLANEOUS PROJECTS Total allocations to miscellaneous projects to June 30, 1942.............-......... $1,654, 489. 01 $109,200.00 $6, 384,393.74 $11,395.47 $7,592.70- - - Grand total to June 30,1943......................................... 257,922, 336.16 97, 361,193.27 130, 070, 638. 74 10,185,512.00 19, 918,941.82 2,238, 822.74 1To correct 1940 annual report. 2To correct 1941 annual report. Appropriations. The funds with which the works for the maintenance and improvement of rivers and harbors and flood control were prosecuted during the fiscal year were derived from unexpended balances of prior appropriations and from the following appropriation acts, and from allotments from various Emergency Appropriation Acts: Appropriation title title Appropriation Date of act Rivers and harbors Flood Miscella- Total by appro- control neous priation acts 0 11 War Department Civil Appropriation Act, 1944: Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works-- -- - -- - June 2, 1943 $35,700,000.00 $100. 00 $35, 700,000.00 Flood control, general- .. .... ........... . . ...............------------ . do....... 100.00 Emergency fund for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi River. ................. ...-do .... ------------- 100.00 ---------------- 100.00 Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries.... ...-do ......-- - - -- - - - 14, 000,000.00 14, 000, 000.00 Flood control, Sacramento River, Calif -_ _ ___ ._ ....... .. _do ... 2, 300, 000.00 2, 300, 000.00 Power plant, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oregon (construction) .............. ....do ..... - $500, 000.00 500,000.00 M Total----------------------------...........................-............................................ .............. 16, 300,200.00 35,700,000.00 500,000.00 52, 500, 200.00 Special fund (credits to account from licenses under Federal Power Act, Aug. 26, 1935): Mainte- nance and operation of dams and other improvements of navigable waters----------- Aug. 26,1935 152, 525.93 ---------------------- 152, 525.93 Payments to States, Flood Control Act, June 28, 1938, a.s amended.......................... June 28, 1938 ------------- - - - 22, 566.25 22,566.25 Investigation and survey of canal and highway across Republic of Nicaragua ................. Aug. 9,1939 -- 1 -16,776.97 -16,776.97 Flood control, Lowell Creek, Alaska _.._.......................... (2) ..... . 1 -2,759.65 - ------------- -2,759.65 Total. . . . ..------------------ ---- . ...--.. . .. -- -- - . --. ...... -- - - -2,759.65 -16,776.97 -19,536.62 Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942: Development of landing areas for national defense, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics (transfer to War), 1941-43......... (2) ............ - - .. -.-.. . 54, 975, 297.64 54, 975, 297. 64 0o Allotments made from emergency appropriation acts: Emergency Relief, War, Corps of Engineers, public buildings, parks, utilities, flood control, etc. (transfer from W. P. A.), 1938-43 ............................................. June 21, 1938 ------- 1 -105,655. 26 - -105, 655.26 National Industrial Recovery, War, rivers and harbors, 1933-43.................. June 16,1933 1 -504.18 ----------- 504.18 National Industrial Recovery, War, flood control, 1933-43---- ...---- ..-.. do _. _. _... _._ 1-1.00 -1.00 Public Works Administration, allotment to War, rivers and harbors, 1935-43.............. June 19,1934 1 -2, 555.66 ----. ....------------- - -- 2,555.66 Total--------------------------------------------------.....................................................--------.................. .............. -3, 059.84 -105, 656. 26 - --- --- 108, 716. 10 Grand total, all appropriated funds... ........................... .. ........ 35, 849, 466.09 16,191, 784.09 55, 481,086.92 107, 522, 337. 10 Trust funds (contributions and advances): 363,000.00 ------ ----- -- -363,000.00 Funds contributed for improvement of rivers and harbors._...... (2) Funds contributed for flood control, rivers and harbors_. (2) 311.74--------------- 149, ... 149,311.74 Total.-- - - - - - - - - - - - - --------------------- -- - - --.- ---------...... --.-..-.----..-- 363,000.00 149, 311.74---------------- 512,311.74 Funds transferred from other departments as working funds: Working fund, War, Engineers, civil......-------------------------------------------. (2) 8, 028, 563. 12 8,028, 563. 12 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1942 . . ...------------------------------------- (2) ------------ 41, 287.11 41,287.11 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1942-43..---------------------------- (2) 2, 599, 900. 00 2, 599,900.00 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1943........ ....------------------ (2) ------------ 1,000.00 1,000.00 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil (trust fund). . .... .. ..--------------------(2) 750.00 4-----------3,046, 43, 046, 750.00 Total, working funds....................................................----------------------------------------------------.- . . . . . .. .--...... ....- . . 53,717,500.23 53,717,500.23 Grand total, all funds .............................................. . 212, 466. 09 16, 341, 095.83 109, 198, 587. 15 161, 752,149. 07 -36, 1 Represents unobligated balances rescinded since the preceding annual report. 2Various. The following amounts have been advanced by local interests for river and harbor improvements under the pro- visions of section 11, River and Harbor Act, March 3, 1925, and for flood-control works under the provisions of the act of October 15, 1940, and are returnable to the same interests when necessary Government funds are available. __ Balance due from United Amount re- Amount re- Balance due from United District S ,une ceived during turned during States June States, June 30, 1942 fiscal year fiscal year S30, iun( 30, 1943 Arecibo Harbor, P. R....--------- --------------------------- ---- San Juan, P. R $148,000 .-----------------------. $148,000 ..... Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island, N. Y.....................--------------------------. New York, N. Y--..-...------------ 114,500 -- $114, 500 Total, rivers and harbors ..................... ......-------------------------------------------------------------------- 262, 500 - 148, 000 114, 500 Buffalo Bayou, Tex ................................ .....----------------------------------------- Galveston, Tex 2, 500, 000 .... 2, 500, 000 Sacramento River, Calif ....................................------------------------------------- -Sacramento,Calif 950, 000 - ------- 250, 000 700, 000 Total, flood control----------------------............-----------------------------------------.......... 3,450, 000 250,000 3, 200.000 Grand total......................-----------......... 00 ..............------------------------------------------------------------------ 3, 712, 500 --------------. 398, 000 3, 314, 500 I. Expenditures.-The total actually expended under the direction of the Chief of Engineers in connection with the maintenance and improvement of rivers and harbors, flood control, and other miscellaneous works during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1943, is as follows: Expenditures LJ Appropriation title Appropriation 0 act New work Maintenance Total H 0 Rivers and harbors: Maintenance and improvement pf existing river and harbor works__..................... (1) $26, 365.652 $47,205, 528.19 714, $73, 919, 893.84 National Industrial Recovery, War, rivers and harbors, 1933-43......................................... June 16,1933 5.15 5.15 Public Works Adnministration, allotment to War, rivers and harbors, 1935-43....------ ..... June 19,1934 117.44 117.44 Power plant, Fort Peck Dam, Mont, construction... _.................... (1) 2,132, 700.64 2,132, 700.64 Power plant, Bonneville Dam, Columbia River, Oreg., construction ..-............................... (1) 7,751,514.66 7, 751, 514.66 Emergency fund for the President, War (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1940-42 (St. Lawrence Waterway) ..... June 13,1940 30, 035.37 30, 035.37 Emergency fund for the President, national defense (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1942 (construc- tion of submerged weir in the Niagara River) ................................ Apr. 5,1941 265,829.43 116, 044.12 265,829.43 Maintenance and operation of dams and other improvements to navigable waters....................... Aug. 26,1935 152, 200.71 268,244.83 Total, rivers and harbors ..... . ...... . . . . . . . ... . . .... . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 37, 04Q,769.05 47, 321, 572.31 84, 368,341.36 w . ( ).- . Flood control (projects authorized in act of June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented): Flood control, general- 93,474,138.32 3 4,153, 734.07 97,627,872.39 (1) ..r' Flood control, Mississippi River (act May 15, 1928, as amended): to Flood control, M ississippi River and tributaries ...............- - .............. (1) 13,608,181.81 894. '11,366, 13 24, 975, 075.94 0 Emergency fund for flood control on tributariesof Mississippi River ..... 501.37 482, 891.14 131, 392.51 614, Total flood control, Mississippi River...... ..... .. . . . . . .. . . . . . ....... . (1) 785.27 14,090,683.1811,498, 468.45 25,589, Flood control, Sacramento River, Calif ...-------------------- 2, 253, 485. 73---------------- 2,253,485.73 15,1936 May Flood control, Missouri River at or near Niobrara, Nebr............................. May 15,1936 -.....---- - 1,793.81 1,793.81 Total, all flood control..................................................... ..-... .............. . 23 109,818,307. 15, 654, 15 313. 472, 125, 620.38 Miscellaneous appropriations: Investigation and survey of canal and highway across Republic of Nicaragua ------------------------- Aug. 9,1939 5 .... --- 30.35 30.35 Interoceanic canals...-----------------------------------------------------------------------. Mar. 4,1929 403.67 403.67 National Industrial Recovery, Public Works Administration (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 69,975.07- 1933-43....- -------------------------------------. ------------------------------------. . June 16,1933 ----------------- --. ,6, 975.07 cc Public Works Administration, (allotment to War, Corps of Engineers), 1933-43 ..----------------------- July 19,1934 4,000.00 . . 34,000.00 Development of landing areas for national defense, Office of Administrator of Civil Aeronautics (transfer to War), 1941-43 ..... ...................................------------------------------------------------------------------......................................... Apr. 28, 1942 6 80,032,202.37 ...... 80,032,202.37 Total, miscellaneous appropriations 80,106,581. 11 30. 35 80,106,611.46 Contributed and advanced funds: Funds contributed for improvement of rivers and harbors _.....- ..-..-............. (7) 187, 407.67 219, 850. 26 407,257.93 Funds contributed for flood control, rivers and harbors_-..... (7) 470, 985.86 10, 653.82 481,639.68 Funds advanced for improvement of rivers and harbors- .... .......... ......_ Mar. 3,1925 152,062.96 152,062.96 Funds advanced for flood control, rivers and harbors ....- ...... ............. .... Oct. 5, 1940 1,371,096. 79 ----------------- 1, 371,096.79 Total, contributed and advanced funds _------ .--------..................... 2, 181, 553. 28 230, 504. 08 2, 412, 057. 36 .... .. 6, 19 Total, Engineer Department and contributed funds-.................... ............. 229,153, 210.67 63,206, 419.89 292, 359, 630.56 Working funds: (Transfers from other departments): Working fund, War, Engineers, civil (various projects)- _____. ... ------------------------ ... . ............... -- - .-.- --------- -- --- ---- -- . 8 ,746 ,324 .6 9 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1941-42 (Gravelly Point National Airport) .............. --------...-.. -..... ----- . 73.62 W or k in g fun d , W ar, E n gin e e rs , c iv il , 1942 (v ar iou s proje c t s) . _ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ............... --- .. .- --------- -- --- --- -- . 41,519.72 Working fund, War, Engineers, civil, 1942-43 (various projects)- ............... 1,953,278. 21 W orking fund, W ar, Engineers, civil, 1943 _------------ -- ----------------- -33.78 Working fund, War, Engineers (National Industrial Recovery, Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works, allotment Civil Aeronautics Authority), 1933-43: (Gravelly Point National Airport) Working fund, War, Engineers, civil (trust fund) (various projects) .-------------------------- --... -- June 16,1933 ------ ------ --. ..- ------ ----- -. 208,192.37 24 , 420, 936. 24 ........... - --- .. .- -------- -- --- -- .- Total, working funds. --------------------------------------------------------------- 35,370,358.63 .-----------.---.-------------- ............... M. Grand total expenditures by United States Engineer Department .___.__.......... ... 229,153, 210.67 63, 206, 419.89 327,729,989.19 I Annual or supplemental. 2 Includes $365,642.33 transferred for cooperative work to other departments, $205,277 of which was transferred in fiscal year 1942. 3 Includes $821,537.17 transferred for cooperative work to other departments, $507,309 of which was transferred in fiscal year 1942. 4Includes $8,250 transferred for cooperative work to other departments, $4,000 of which was transferred in fiscal year 1942. 5 Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1939. 6 Sixth Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act, 1942, Apr. 28, 1942. 7 Trust funds (various). O Consolidated cost and financial summary as of June 30, 1943 Value of MinusAdditional Oost of new work Cost of main- tenance plant,stocks, Plus accounts and undis- Macouns Total expendi- Balance un- Total to be amount re- Q receivable accouits tures expended accounted for quired for tributed items payae completion Seacoast harbors and channels- ------ $702, 766, 289.78 $318, 319, 567.53 $689, 715.28 $1, 681, 769.47 $2,102, 782.16 $1,021, 354, 559. 9( $35, 610, 987.31 $1,056,965, 547.21 $80, 518,115 Intracoastal canals and other water- w ays ... . . . . . . . . . . 163, 336, 324.53 83,620,955. 85 57,985. 45 258, 318.87 1,180, 279.49 246, 093,305.21 11, 702, 154.86 257, 795,460. 0 78, 326, 275 Mississippi River system ---- Lake harbors and channels....... ---- 839, 897, 579.69 281,722,481.09 219,226,273.22 82, 696,149.54 1,035,459. 9 244, 548.59 1,154, 709.99 1,121, 745, 359.31 22, 758,644.99 1,144, 504,004.3( 62,187, 725 . 329, 458. 8( 94, 958.44 1,170, 708.40 301,176,131.66 10,413,838.73 311,589, 970.3 14, 819,300 235, 851, 415 Examinations, surveys and contin- gencies of rivers and harbors-- Removing sunken vessels- ---- .. 7, 613, 720.34 55, 830, 390.71 9, 717. 67 74, 748.57 244, 864.88 63,283, 712.41 3, 274, 464.71 66, 558,177. 1 ---------------- 7,936, 945.19 -------------- 7, 936, 945. 1 232, 916.34 8,169, 861.53 00 Power installation at Bonneville and Fort Peck_ - - 41, 498, 493.80 618, 812.39 57, 763. 7 149. 00 1,172, 743. 76 41, 002, 475. 22 6, 360,123.97 47,362, 599. 11 Dam No. 2, Tennessee River: Construction............ 46, 613, 947.62 359, 592. 52 46, 973, 540.14 46,973, 540.14 Operation and care of hydro- ....... 1 . .. .. ........... electric development ...... 1, 711, 656.48 1, 711, 656.48 1, 711, 656.48 .............. Passamaquoddy tidal power project, Maine.... ................. 6,384,160.89 ... 25.11 6,384,160.8 6, 384, 160.8 Flood control-- 1,033,800,337.94 136, 820, 525.11 2,154, 841. 18 1, 967, 488.92 10,915,822.14 1,163, 827, 371.01 163,130, 806.34 1,326,958, 177. 35 813,198, 420 Plant: River and harbor_.........--.... ----- ------ ----_-------,.... 42, 454, 022. 5( 7, 839, 332.18 4, 965,171.54 45, 328,183.14 12, 748,505.03 58,076, 688. 11 . . . . .. ----- Flood control_........... 11, 270,924. 4 1,614, 193.07 2,089,937.15 10, 795,180.41 7,102,891.28 17,898,071.69 --. -. - -- - Total-...........- ---.......-- 3, 061,137, 127.81 969, 637, 076.41 158, 059, 889.15 13, 775, 507.11 24, 997,019.51 4,077, 612,580.97 273, 335, 333.56 4, 350, 947, 914.53 1,049, 049, 835 Unallotted balance June 30, 1943: Rivers and harbors-------------- --------------- --.- -- -- ----- 5,123,436.44 5,123,436.44 . Flood control, Mississippi River and tributaries. ...- .. _ .......-..-.-........- - - - - .- - _-.. 1,416,200.00 1,416,200.00 ....... . Emtergency funds for flood control on tributaries of Mississippi 57,488.04 57,488.04 ............... River.................. Flood control, general._ - ... - -.------ ---- -------- - ----- -- -- ---- ----- --- - -------- -- 1,317,178.42--- 11,317,178.4217 178.2 _------- ---- Total....... ............. ............... .-............ _7,914,302.90 7,914,302.90 ............. . Grand total..--------............. ............................. ---------- ----. ........... 281,249,636.46 4,358,862, 217.43 ............. I Of this amount $53,257,448.24 represents the value of plant, distributed as follows: Construction Tools and plant Service plant equipment Total River and harbor .................-- --- ---.................--------------------------------------------------- $31, 232,664.47 $9, 090,761.16 $2, 953, 045. 3 $43, 276, 471. 16 Flood control ---------- ---------- ----------------------------- ------------------ 4, 627, 451.77 3, 852, 661.37 1,500,863.94 9,980,977.08 Total.....------ ........----------------......------- ..................---------- ---...... ................. 35,860, 116.24 12, 943,422.53 4,453,909.47 53 257, 448. 24 w 0 C, 20 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ErNGINEERS, U. '. .4RMY, 1943 The amounts that can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, are as follows: Maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works: ....... New work----- ---------- ---- - - $51, 641, 300 Maintenance-------- ----- ----------------- 58, 589, 388 Total, rivers and harbors ----------------------------- 110,180, 688 Flood control: S[ississippi River and tributaries--- --------- 35, 000, 000 mnergency work on tributaries of Mississippi River_ __--_-... 1, 000,000 acramento River, Calif------------------- ------------ 2, 800, 000 F lood control, general, act of June 22, 1936, as amended and supplemented-------------------------------------- 14, 075, 685 Total, flood control----------------- ----------------- 52, 875, 685 Grand total --------------------------------------- 163, 056, 373 THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS The creation of the Board and the duties assigned to it under the original and subsequent acts of Congress are described in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for the fiscal year 1922. On June 30, 1943, the Board was composed of the following mem- bers: Brig. Gen. John J. Kingman, Brig. Gen. Beverly C. Dunn, Brig. Gen. John S. Bragdon, Col. Roger G. Powell, Col. Charles L. Hall, Col. Malcolm Elliott, and Col. Clark Kittrell, U. S. Army. In addition to the foregoing, the following-named officers have also been detailed for various periods during the year to membership on the Board: Maj. Gen. Thomas M. Robins, Col. Ralph J. Barrows, and Col. Thomas F. Farrell, U. S. Army. A summary of the reviews accomplished by the Board during the year and the status of its operations from its organization up to the close of the fiscal year are shown in the following table: Number of Number of Total Number investiga- investiga- number completed Number re. tions tions Authority for investigations ordered ordered completed during tomaiing be corn- prior to during prior to year end- prJuly 1, fiscal July 1, ing June pleted 1942 year 1943 1942 80, 1943 River and harbor and flood control acts.... 4, 377 0 3, 995 31 351 Concurrent resolutions of Congress...... 1 0 1 ..... Congressional resolutions.__------------------1, 717 26 1,469 56 218 Total._.-.- --------- ---------. 6,095 26 5,465 87 569 NoTE.-Number of hearings held by the Board during the year, 3. Studies prescribed by various river and harbor acts and by section 500 of the Transportation Act of 1920 were continued, and 'the results published in three series of reports known as Port and Terminal Fa- cilities Reports, Survey of Terminals and Landings on the Inland Waterways of the United States, and Transportation Series. Since these reports contain information affecting the national defense of the United States they are classified confidential and their distribu- tion is limited accordingly. THE BOARD OF ENGINEERIS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS 21 The following reports were prepared during the year and published as confidential documents: PORT AND TERMINAL FACILITIES REPORTS New York, N. Y. Supplement to Ports of the Territory of Alaska. SURVEY OF TERMINALS AND LANDINGS ON THE INLAND WATERWAYS OF THE UNITED STATES Volume 4, Mississippi River Tributaries. Volume 5, Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway. TRANSPORTATION SERIES REPORTS No. 3. Transportation Lines on the Great Lakes. No. 4. Transportation Lines on the Mississippi River System. No. 5. Transportation Lines on the Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific Coasts. Further port studies were completed covering the ports on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron and connecting channels, and the unpub- lished reports thereon are available in the office of the Board of Engi- neers for Rivers and Harbors. Miscellaneous Series Reports No. 1 (Port and Terminal Charges at United States Sea Ports) and No. 4 (Port and Terminal Charges at United States Great Lakes Ports) were discontinued for the duration of the war. Field work was completed and assembly of material was under way at the close of the year on- PORT AND TERMINAL FACILITIES REPORTS Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Lake Erie. The statistics of water-borne commerce, collected and compiled by the Corps of Engineers as required by law, have continued to be of service to numerous agencies including many connected with the war effort. Beginning with the 1943 edition of part 2 of the Annual Report, the detailed statistics contained therein on water-borne commerce will follow the commodity classification used by the Interstate Commerce Commission. At the request and for the use of the armed forces, funds were made available for the continuance of special port and terminal studies and the assembly of compilations showing certain facilities ashore and afloat at ocean ports. Special studies relating to rivers and harbors were made from time to time as requested by the Office of the Chief of Engineers and other governmental agencies. Tabulations were prepared showing detailed information pertain- ing to wharfage used for fuel oil, gasoline, and other dangerous or hazardous cargoes, and the storage capacity for petroleum products at all ocean ports and inland waterway points. 22 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EN1GNEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT This district comprises all of Maine, the eastern two-thirds of New Hampshire, and northeastern and eastern Massachusetts embraced in the drainage basins tributary to the Atlantic Ocean north of Nauset Harbor, inclusive, on the east coast of Cape Cod, and to the head of Buzzards Bay, Mass., north of Butlers Point at the southern extremity of Sippican Neck, and Scraggy Neck. It also includes the Cape Cod Canal. District engineer: Col. Leonard G. Van Allen, Corps of Engineers, to October 15, 1942; Col. George W. Gillette, Corps of Engineers, to April 29, 1943; and Lt. Col. Bruce D. Rindlaub, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. Leonard-B. Gallagher, Corps of Engineers, to August 6, 1942; Col. Douglas L. Weart, Corps of Engineers, to December 9, 1942; and Col. George W. Gillette, Corps of Engineers, acting division engineer to April 11, 1943, and division engineer since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Flood control Page Page 1. Kennebec River, Maine= 22 11. Merrimack River Basin, 2. Portland Harbor, Maine -_ 25 N. H. and Mass....--48 3. Mystic River, Mass. 28 12. Franklin Falls Reservoir, 4. Boston Harbor, Mass ------ 31 Merrimack River Basin, 5. Weymouth Fore River, Mass 36 N. H ------------------- 50 6. Weymouth Back River, Mass 38 13. Blackwater Reservoir, Merri- 7. Cape Cod Canal, Mass--- 40 mack River Basin, N. H__ 53 8. Examinations, surveys and 14. Lowell, Merrimack River contingencies (general)_ 44 Basin, Mass__ ------- 54 9. Other navigation projects for 15. Preliminary examinations, which no estimates are sub- surveys, and contingencies mitted. ----------------- 45 for flood control ---------- 56 10. Plant allotment- 47 1. KENNEBEC RIVER, MAINE Location.-Kennebec River drains a large number of lakes and minor streams, and flows from Moosehead Lake about 150 miles in a southerly direction and discharges into the Atlantic Ocean about 25 miles east of Portland. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 288, 289, and 314.) Previous projects.-The first project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1827. Modifications and additions were au- thorized by River and Harbor Acts of August 30, 1852 June 23, 1866, July 11, 1870, March 3, 1871, March 3, 1873, March 3, 1881, August 11, 1888. For further details of previous projects see page 1735 of Annual Report for 19152 and page'52 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 27 feet deep and not less than 500 feet wide, extending from the mouth to a point about 0.6 mile above the bridge at Bath; thence to Gardiner a channel not less than 150 feet wide, with a depth of 17 feet at Beef Rock Shoal at the foot of Swan Island, 18 feet deep through rock at Lovejoy Nar- rows, near the head of Swan Island, decreasing to 16 feet deep at Gardiner; a channel west of Swan Island 100 feet wide, 12 feet deep, RIVERS AND HA!IRBO S---BOSTON, MASS., DISTRIrCT 23 except at the upper shoal, where the depth was to be 15 feet; and a channel 125 feet wide and 11 feet deep from Gardiner upstream to Augusta, at the head of navigation. The section of river included in the project is about 44 miles in length. The work includes dredging, rock excavation, and two riprap training walls. The project depths refer to mean low water. The mean tidal range is 8.3 feet at the mouth of the river, 6.5 feet at Bath, 5.5 feet at the foot of Swan Island, 5 feet at Gardiner, and 4.1 feet at Augusta. The spring tides are about 1 foot greater at the mouth and about 0.5 foot greater at Augusta. Th6 estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1941, is $1,186,500, exclusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1941) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $5,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents 1 June 13,1902 Channel between Augusta and Gardiner, Maine H. Doc. No. 262, 56th Cong., 1st sess. Mar. 2,1907 Channel below Gardiner, Maine -------------- H. Doc. No. 321, 59th Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 4,1913 Channel west of Swan Island_ _------H. Doc. No. 746, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Oct. 17,1940 27-foot channel from mouth to Bath ....------------ S. Doc. No. 55, 77th Cong., 1st sess 'These documents contain the latest published maps. Recommended modifoations of project.-In House Document No. 2107, Sixty-fourth Congress, second session, it was recommended that the improvement and maintenance of the channel west of Swan Island, near the town of Richmond, be abandoned. Terminal ftcilities.-Wharves capable of serving a useful purpose are located at the towns of Bath, Richmond, Randolph, Gardiner, Hallowell, and Augusta. Of the 30 wharves at Bath, 4 are publicly and 26 privately owned, but about one-third of the privately owned wharves are in poor repair and are little used. Rail connections are available at 19 of the wharves at Bath. Depths alongside the wharves range from 12 to 25 feet. At the other above-named points there are 16 wharves in usable condition. All but 1 are equipped with mechanism for handling pas- sengers or freight. Those open to the public on equal terms are 2 at Hallowell and 1 each at Randolph and Augusta. None is publicly owned. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during flcal year.-Under a contract for the removal of ledge rock and other material to provide a channel 27 feet deep at mean low water and not less than 500 feet wide from the mouth of the river to a point abreast of the Bath Iron Works Corpora- tion, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, work was con- tinued through June 30,1943. During the fiscal year there were drilled and blasted 7,528 cubic yards, place measurement, of ledge rock, and there were dredged 24,230 cubic yards, place measurement, of material, of which 22,526 cubic yards were broken ledge and 1,704 cubic yards were material other than ledge rock, at a cost of $382,634.19 for new work. Work by hired labor consisting of completion of a maintenance survey of the river from Gardiner to Augusta, Maine, cost $4,024.47 for maintenance. 24 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The total costs during the fiscal year were $386,658.66, of which $382,- 634.19 was for new work and $4,024.47 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $256,648.02. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 85 percent completed. The work remaining to be done is the completion of removal of ledge rock and other material to provide a 27-foot chan- nel not less than 500 feet wide from the mouth of the river to a point about 0.6 mile above the bridge at Bath, Maine. There appears to be no immediate need, under present conditions, for providing the 27-foot channel from the Bath Iron Works Corporation to its upper limit 0.6 mile above the Bath bridge. The controlling depths at mean low water in the Kennebec River at the dates the various sections were last sur- veyed were: 25 feet in the natural channel from the mouth to Bath (1940) ; thence 14 feet to the Gardiner-Randolph Bridge (1937) ; thence 8 feet to Augusta, at the head of navigation (1942). The costs under the existing project have been $1,173,590.92, of which $1,041,226.90 was for new work and $132,364.02 was for maintenance. The expenditures have been $994,854.26. Proposedoperations.--The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, including accounts receivable, amounting to $222,836.01, together with $54,697,21 to be allotted, a total of $277,533.22, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------------ $178, 944.66 New work: Complete by Dec. 15, 1943, under a contract in force, removal of ledge rock and other material to provide a channel 27 feet deep at mean low water and not less than 500 feet wide from the mouth to a point abreast of the Bath Iron Works Corporation 98, 588.56 Total--. ------------------------------------------ 277, 533.22 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as it is believed that the channel will be in a condition to meet the reasonable requirements of navigation, and there appears to be no need, under present conditions, to provide the 27-foot channel from the Bath Iron Works Corporation to a point 0.6 mile above the Bath Bridge. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943----------------$1, 550, 637.93 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943------------------------- 132,364.02 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943----------- 1, 683, 001.95 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943------------------------- - 208.00 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943---------------- ----- 1, 683, 209. 95 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 - -178, 944. 66 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 1, 504, 265.29 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-- ------------------------- 222, 628.01 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------- 1.726, 898. 30 RTVERS AND HAR:BORS--BOSTON-, MASS., DIXSTRTCT 25 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work_.__..-_- _. .. _ .-------------- _______ _ $1, 061. 29 $271, 093. 04 $382, 634. 19 Cost of maintenance - _ $88, 996. 56 $4, 258.55 3, 295. 66 4, 024. 47 Total cost----------------- 88,996. 56 4,258.55 1,061.29 274, 388. 70 386, 658. 66 Total expended- ..----------------.... 87, 753. 81 5,501.30 980.93 225, 743.04 256, 648. 02 Allotted_ --- --------- 116,000.00 -2, 744.89 686, 000.00---- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- . $479,276.03 Gross amount expended------------------------$257, 444. 48 Less reimbursements collected-------------------- - 796. 46 256, 648. 02 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943----------------------222, 628. 01 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--------------$178,944.66 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ---------- 98,295. 68 277,240.34 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 54, 612.33 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------------ 208.00 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943---------------54, 404.33 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 - -- - -- - -- - -- - - -- - -- -- - - -- -- - -- - - 94, 000.00 1Exclusive of available funds. 2. PORTLAND HARBOR, MAINE Location.-This harbor is on the southwestern coast of Maine, about 100 miles northeast of Boston, Mass. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 325.) Previous projects.--Adopted by joint resolution of June 5,1868, and River and Harbor Act of June 10, 1872. For further details see page 1736 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 40 of Annual Report for 1936. Existing project.-This provides for an anchorage off the eastern end of the city, with a minimum depth of 30 feet; for dredging the greater part of the inner harbor to a depth of 30 feet, except for the lower part of the main harbor and its channel of approach, where the depth is to be 35 feet; for a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide in Fore River up to the Boston & Maine Railroad bridge; for a chan- nel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide from the anchorage to the Grand Trunk bridge at the mouth of Back Cove; for rock excavation to give a depth of 14 feet between the Grand Trunk and Tukeys Bridges, and a channel 12 feet deep and 300 feet wide thence to the head of Back Cove; for the removal of two obstructing ledges in the main ship channel to a depth of 40 feet; and for a stone breakwater about 2,000 feet long on the southerly side of the mouth of the inner harbor. The project depths refer to mean low water. The mean tidal range is 8.9 feet, extreme 10.2 feet, though.variations as great as 16 feet have been observed under storm conditions. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1942, is $1,970,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: 26 RAPORT OF CHIE' OF EN1GiNEERS, U. S. AJRMY, 194& Acts Work authorized Documents July 4,1836Breakwater on southerly side of mouth of inner H. Doc. No. 491, 23d Cong., 1st seass. harbor. June 23,1866 Extension of breakwater. June 3,1896 Dredging to 30 feet over greater part of inner S. Doc. No. 271, 54th Cong., 1st seqs. harbor. Mar. 3,1905 Extension of 30-foot depth up Fore River to Bos- (Sundry civil) ton & Maine R.R. bridge and in channel of approach to Back Cove July 25,1912 30-foot anchorage; 14 feet at entrance to Back H. Doc. No. 489, 62d Cong., 2d sess. Cove; restoration of 12-foot depth in Back Cove and 30-foot depth in the approach as well as in lower part of harbor. Aug. 8,1917 35-foot depth in lower part of main harbor and the H. Doc. No. 71, 65th Cong., 1st sess. chc.nnel of approach, and removal of two ob- structing ledges in main channel. Latest published map in H. Doc. No. 560, 76th Cong., 3d sess. Recomnmended modifications of project. Under date of December 15, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the ex- isting project so as to provide for dredging an anchorage area 35 feet deep at mean low water, and approximately 170 acres in area, north- west of House Island, at an estimated first cost of $780,000 for new work, with annual maintenance of $10,000, in addition to that now required (H. Doc. No. 560, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). Further modification of the existing project was recommended by the Chief of Engineers in a report requested by Rivers and Harbors Committee resolution adopted December 3, 1941, and March 12, 1942, and transmitted to Congress by the Secretary of War May 4, 1943. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terrrinal facilities.-The harbor has a water front of about 81/2 miles, rather more than one-half of which has been developed. There are about 54 wharves and 4 shipyards in Portland Harbor. The large modern pier owned by the State is on the Portland side. Fifteen of the wharves and all of the 4 shipyards are on the South Portland side. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. For further details see Port Series No. 1, Corps of Engineers, revised, 1937. Operationsand results during fical year.-New work: Under a con- tract for the removal and disposal of a small ledge area (designated ledge 3) in the main ship channel northwest of House Island, in progress at the beginning of the fiscal year, work was completed July 2, 1942. No yardage was removed during the fiscal year. An adjust- ment of minus 40 cubic yards, place measurement, was made in the quantity previously reported as having been drilled, blasted, and removed under this contract, and survey after contract operations was carried out, at a cost of $1,734.09 for new work. Under a contract for removal of an additional ledge area (desig- nated ledge 3A) in close proximity to ledge 3, the existence of which was disclosed by sweeping operations in connection with removal of ledge 3, work was commenced September 28, 1942, and completed May 10, 1943. There were drilled, blasted, and removed 8,432 cubic yards, place measurement, of ledge rock at a cost of $117,045.25 for new work. Final costs under this contract are outstanding. RilERS AND HAIRBORSe---BOSTO, MASS., D'ISTRCCT 27 Under a contract for dredging in the 35-foot channel in the vicinity of the Portland Pipe Line Co.'s terminal, in force but inactive at the beginning of the fiscal year, work was resumed June 2 and continued through June 30, 1943, operations still being in progress at the end of the fiscal year. The interval of inaction under this contract was to permit the contractor to do essential dredging at various war emer- gency installations in Portland Harbor. During the fiscal year there were dredged 42,275 cubic yards, place measurement, of material at a cost of $30,517.86 for new work. Work by hired labor consisting of completion of preliminary survey in connection with contract operations for removal of ledge 3A cost $240.47 for new work. Maintenance: Work by hired labor consisting of a survey of Fore River Channel, Portland Harbor, cost $2,245.83 for maintenance. The total costs during the fiscal year were $151,783.50, of which $149,537.67 was for new work and $2,245.83 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $136,888.48. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 92 percent completed. The remaining portion consists of the removal to a depth of 40 feet at mean low water of a ledge located about 0.5 mile southeast of Portland Head Light, at the entrance to Portland Har- bor; completion of dredging in the 35-foot channel; and widening to project width of 300 feet the 30-foot channel in Fore River above the Vaughan bridge. The controlling depths at mean low water in the various improved channels of Portland Harbor at the dates they were last surveyed were: 32 feet in lower part of main harbor (1941); 29 feet in upper part of main harbor (1935); 28 feet in Fore River (1942); 28 feet in anchorage, thence 17 feet to Grand Trunk bridge, thence 14 feet to Tukeys bridge, thence 9 feet to head of Back Cove (1941). The total costs under the existing project have been $2,337,644.41, of which $1,820,229.83 was for new work and $517,414.58 was for mainte- nance. The expenditures have been $2,262,231.01. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, including accounts receivable, amounting to $138,046.31, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- $75, 577.29 New work: Complete by July 20, 1943, under a contract in force, dredging in the 35-foot channel in the vicinity of the Portland Pipe Line Co.'s terminal -------------------------------------- 16, 718. 74 Final costs under contract completed May 10, 1943, for removal of ledge 3A ----------------------------------------- 2, 817.25 Maintenance: Dredge to a depth of 30 feet at mean low water in the Fore River Channel at and above the Vaughan bridge, by contract (Sep- tember 1943) --------------------------------------- 42, 933. 03 Total ------------------------------------------- 138, 046. 81 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as it is not believed that maintenance work will be required during that year, and removal of the remaining ledge covered by the existing project is not considered necessary at this time. 28 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-------------- --- --------- $2, 512,665.08 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 517 414. 58 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ----------- 3, 030,. 079.66 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-......------- 163.89 Gross total costs to Jurre 30, 1943- -3, 030, 248.55 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943-------------------------- 75, 577. 29 Net total expenditures -. --------------------- 2, 954, 666 26 Unexpended balance June 30, 1948 137, 882. 42 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ----------- 3,092, 548.68 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-----------.. ------------------------------------- $92, 563.10 $149, 537.67 Cost of maintenance-- ------------------- - --------------------------- 184.38 2,245.83 Total cost........---------------------------------------- ---------- 92, 747.48 151, 783.50 Total expended------------------------------------------ --------- 32,229.10 186,888.48 Allotted--....-------------............--.... ..------------...----------.. $92,000.00 65,000. 00 150, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942- .. ,_ $124, 770. 90 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941---- . 150, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ----------------- 274, 770. 90 Gross amount expended $138,172. 50 ,--------- Less reimbursements collected --------------------- 1, 284. 02 136, 888. 48 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 .... ,_ 137, 882.42 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--------------- $75, 577.29 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------- 19,535.99 Balance available June 30, 1943---------- 42,769.14 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943-__-__- - -42, 163. 33:. 03 89 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943---- ----------- 42, 933. 03 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 87, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 3. MYSTIC RIVER, MASS. Location.-Rises in Mystic Lakes, Mass., flows in a southeasterly direction, and empties into Boston Harbor near the Charlestown Navy Yard. It is 7 wiles in length. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 248 hd U. S. Geological Survey Chart, "Boston.") Previous projects.-Original project for the lower Mystic was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899, and curtailed by the River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910. For further details see page 1743 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 59 of Annual Report for 1938. There has been no previous project for the upper Mystic. Eistirng project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep down- stream from the mouth of Island End River, through the Chelsea RIVERS AND HAJRBORS---BOSTO N, MASS.,, DISTR]CT 29 (north) Bridge to the 35-foot channel of Boston Harbor, about one- half mile, 600 feet wide at the upper end, and gradually narrowing to 300 feet wide at the lower end, and widening of the entrance channel leading to Mystic wharf; a channel 30 feet deep and 500 feet wide upstream from the mouth of Island End River to the city playground at Charlestown; a channel 20 feet deep from the head of the existing 30-foot channel to a point 800 feet above the Malden Bridge with widths decreasing from 270 feet at the lower end to 75 feet through the draw- span, thence increasing to approximately 340 feet to form a turning basin above the bridge; a channel 6 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the Boston & Maine Railroad (western division) bridge to about 2,500 feet above Wellington Bridge, about 1 mile, and thence 4 feet deep, gradually narrowing from 100 feet to 50 feet at the upper end for about 2 miles to the head of commercial navigation at Cradock Bridge in Medford. The project depths refer to mean low water. The mean range of tide is 9.6 feet. The extreme range is 13.7 feet. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1938, is $768,000, exclu- sive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1938) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $7,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 13,1892 Improvement of the upper Mystic ......... - Annual Report, 1891, p. 672. June 25,1910 Improvement of channel downstream from mouth H. Doc. No. 1086, 60th Cong., 2d sess. of Island End River to the 35-foot channel of Boston Harbor. Aug. 30,1935' Improvement of channel upstream from mouth Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. of Island End River to city playground at No. 33, 74th Cong., 1st sess. Charlestown. June 20,1938 Improvement of channel upstream from city H Doc. No. 542, 75th Cong., 3d sess.2 playground at Charlestown to a point 800 feet above the Malden Bridge. Also Emergency Relief Act of 1935. 2 Contains latest published map. A map showing the entire river is published in House Document No. 2108, Sixty-fourth Congress, second session. Terminal facilities.-In the section of the river benefited by the 30-foot-channel project there are on the south bank of the river four wharves aggregating over 4,000 feet of berthing space used for the receipt, storage, and shipment of coal, lumber, and gypsum. These wharves consist of substantial stone or wooden bulkheads filled solid, and in some cases fronted by pile platforms. Thqe is also on the south bank a lumber terminal, the largest of its kindctn the Atlantic coast. It is equipped with the most modern mechanical appliances, has railroad connection, and occupies 4,400 feet of water front. On the north bank of the river within the scope of this improvement there is a large wharf for receipt and shipment of oil on an extensive scale; immediately adjacent to this wharf is an extensive terminal con- structed in connection with an iron works; on the west bank of Island End River, which flows into Mystic River on the north about 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1 3 30 REPORT OF CHEwIF OF EGfNEERS, U. 6. AiRMY, 1943 midway of the 30-foot channel, are situated two large terminal wharves, of 800 feet-dockage, for receipt and shipment of coal, coke, tar, and oil. These wharves are connected with the 30-foot channel by a channel 30 feet deep at mean low water, dredged by private inter- ests. None of the above wharves is publicly owned, and none is open to general public use. Beyond the scope of the 30-foot-channel improvement, and within the scope of the 20-foot channel and the improvement of the upper Mystic, there are on the south bank in Charlestown and Somerville about 1,850 feet, and on the north bank in Medford about 1,235 feet of available dockage, of which 450 feet on the south bank and 435 feet on the north bank are customarily in use. A large automobile assembly plant is located on the south bank in Somerville. The existing wharves consist of stone and wooden bulkheads, solid filled. None is publicly owned, but two are open to the public on payment of wharfage charges. The capacities of the lower Mystic are being utilized to a gratifying extent. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. The total costs during the fiscal year, in connection with a survey of the Mystic River 30-foot channel carried out by hired labor during the previous fiscal year, were $156.09 for maintenance. The expenditures were $63.46. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1940, with the completion of the 20-foot channel in the vicinity of Malden bridge. The 30-foot channel extending from the 35-foot channel in Boston Harbor to the mouth of Island End River was completed in 1914, and the extension of this channel upstream to the city playground at Charlestown was completed in 1938. A channel in the upper Mystic with project depths of 6 and 4 feet was completed in 1906. The controlling depths at mean low water in Mystic River at the time the various sections were last surveyed were: 26 feet for full project width, or 29 feet for three-quarters of project width, from the mouth to Island End River, thence 25 feet for full project width, or 26.5 feet for three-quarters of project width, to the upper limit of the 30-foot channel (1941); thence 20 feet to a point 800 feet above the Malden bridge (1940); thence 4.5 feet in the 6-foot project channel and 4 feet in the 4-foot project channel (1916), the width of the latter section having been contracted by caving of the banks. The total costs under the existing project from regular funds have been $311,874.35, of which $293,341.72 was for new work and $18,532.63 was for maintenance. The total expenditures have been $311,781.72. The total costs and expenditures under Emergency Relief appropria- tion funds have been $476,783.40, all for new work. The total costs under all funds have been $788,657.75, of which $770,125.12 was for new work and $18,532.63 was for maintenance. The total expenditures have been $788,565.12. Proposed operations.-The funds unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $20,212.81, together with $15,000.00 allotted July 2, 1943, a total of $35,212.81, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943-------------------------------. $92. 63 Maintenance: Dredge those portions of the 30-foot channel where shoaling is most obstructive, by contract (October 1943) 35, 120. 18 Total--_ ___-_ ____-------_---- 35, 212.81 RI~YERS AND HIAIR'BOR!Sr--BOSTON, MASS.., DSTRTCT 31 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as it is believed that the channel will be in a condition to meet the reasonable requirements of navigation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 19438 ------- --------- $895, 848.32 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 28, 814.55 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ----------- 924,662.87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_- ------------- 92.63 Net total expenditures ------------------------------ 924, 570. 24 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 _----------------------------20, 212.81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-------------- 944, 783.05 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work . .------ ------ . -------------- ........ $50, 714. 81 $1, 783.40 - _ Cost of maintenance---- -------------------------------------------- $3,123.73 $156.09 Total expended ------------------ -- 50,714.81 ... _ 123. 73 63.46 Allotted---------------------- $50, 000. 00 714.81 23, 400.00-.. Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------------------- $20, 276.27 Gross amount expended --------------------------------------- 63.46 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 20,212.81 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_-- ----------- 92. 63 Balance available June 30, 1943_- ------- ___- 20,120. 18 4. BOSTON HARBOR, MASS. Location.-This harbor includes all the expanse of tidewater lying within a line from Point Allerton to Point Shirley and extending from that line westward to the mainland. This comprises an area of about 47 square miles, exclusive of the islands. (See U. S. Coast and Geo- detic Survey Charts Nos. 246 and 248.) Previousprojects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 2, 1867, June 14, 1880, September 19, 1890, June 3, 1896, and July 25, 1912. For further details see page 1743 of Annual Report for 1915, page 81 of Annual Report for 1917, and page 63 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for the following: (a) A channel 40 feet deep ingeneral, but 45 feet deep through rock, from the sea to President Roads through Broad Sound, 2 miles, 900 feet wide except at the outer end where it is widened to 1,100 feet. (b ) Deepening the main ship channel from President Roads past the United States Navy drydock No. 3 at South Boston to Common- wealth pier No. 1, East Boston, to 40 feet for a width of 600 feet with suitable widening at the bend in the channel. (c) An anchorage area 2,000 feet wide, 5,500 feet long, and 40 feet deep, on the north side of President Roads. (d) Deepening to 40 feet that part of the approach channel to the United States Navy drydock No. 3 at South Boston between the main ship channel and the United States harbor line. 32 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 (e) A channel 35 feet deep from the sea (along the same line as the 40-foot channel) through Broad Sound to the navy yard at Charles- town and the Chelsea North, Meridian Street, and Charles River Bridges, 1,500 feet wide from the sea to President Roads, 1.5 miles, and thence 1,200 feet wide for the remaining distance of 6 miles. (f) A channel 2 miles long, 30 feet deep, and 1,200 feet wide from the sea to President Roads through Broad Sound by a less direct route than the 35- and 40-foot channels. (g) A channel 27 feet deep and 1,000 feet wide from Nantasket Roads to President Roads, 3 miles. (h) A channel 15 feet deep, 300 feet wide, and 550 feet long through the bar which extends from the north head of Long Island to Nixes Mate Shoal, known as "Nixes Mate" or "Nubble" Channel. (i)A channel in Chelsea Creek 30 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide, from the mouth of the creek, at the hea of the 35-foot channel in Boston Harbor, to a point opposite the Hartol Oil Co. terminal. (j) Improvement of Reserved Channel east of L Street Bridge by a channel 30 feet deep and 300 feet wide. (k) A seaplane channel 12 feet deep and 1,500 feet wide, extending northwesterly from President Roads, 17,500 feet to the easterly margin of Boston Airport, and deposit of excavated material in such places as will permit enlargement of the airport. (1) The Fort Point Channel, 23 feet deep and 175 feet wide from its entrance in Boston Harbor, about four-fifths of a mile to near the Dorchester Avenue (old Federal Street) Bridge. (m) Sea walls of coursed stone and riprap protecting the most ex- posed headlands and islands. All depths are referred to mean low water. The mean range of tide is 9 feet at Boston Light and 9.6 feet in the upper harbor, in Chelsea Creek, and in Fort Point Channel. The extreme range is about 4 feet greater. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1941, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects and of sea Walls for which no estimate was given, is $20,043,700. The latest (1941) approved esti- mate for annual cost of maintenance is $174,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: REIVER:S AND HARBORS-BOSTON, MASS., DISTRICT 33 Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 2,1825 Preservation of islands by sea walls_.. Aug. 5,1886 Fort Point Channel.........................------------------------. H. Ex. Doc. No. 206, 48th Cong., 2d sess. Annual Report, 1885, p. 543. Channel 15 feet deep from Long Island to Nixes Annual Report, 1887, p. 517W Mate Shoal (Nixes Mate or Nubble Channel). July 13,1892 Channel 27 feet deep from Nantasket Roads to Annual Report, 1893, p. 766. President Roads. Mar. 3, 1899 For 30-foot channel from the sea to President H. Doc. No. 133, 55th Cong., 2d sess. Roads through Broad Sound by less direct Annual Report, 1898, p. 886. route than the 35- and 40-foot channels. June 13,-1902 For 35-foot channel from the sea to navy yard at H. Doc. No. 119, 56th Cong., 2d sess. Charlestown. Annual Report, 1901, p. 1096. Elimination from the project of the removal of Authorized by Chief of Engineers, Finns Ledge at the outer entrance. Mar. 11, 1913. 1 Aug. 8, 1917 Depth of 40 feet (45 feet in rock) in Broad Sound H. Doc. No. 931, 63d Cong., 2d sess. Channel. 1 Aug. 30, 1935 2 Present project dimensions of channel from Presi- H. Doc. No. 244, 72d Cong., 1st sess. dent Roads to Commonwealth pier No. 1, East Boston, and anchorage area north side of Presi- dent Roads. Do- ..... Present project dimensions of that part of ap- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. 1 proach channel to U. S. Navy drydock No. 3, at No. 29, 74th Cong., 1st sess. South Boston between Main Ship Channel and United States harbor line. Aug. 26, 1937 Chelsea Creek Channel, 30 feet deep----------- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. 1 No. 24, 75th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Oct. 17,1940 Reserved Channel, 30 feet deep----------------H. Doc. No. 225, 76th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Do_-..... Seaplane channel, 12 feet deep_ .. .H. Doc. No. 362, 76th Cong., 1st sess. 1 Contains latest published maps. See also Annual Report, 1911, p. 1178 (sea walls and Nixes Mate Chan- nel) and Annual Report, 1903, p. 770 (Fort Point Channel). SAuthorized in part by Public Works Administration, Sept. 6, 1933. Local cooperation.-TheRiver and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940, in authorizing the dredging of the seaplane channel, requires that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, as and when required, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance; hold and save the United States free from claims for damages resulting from the improvement; and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will, at their expense, provide suitable bulkheads, dikes, or other structures for retention of excavated material. To date these requirements have not been complied with. It is under- stood that these requirements will be met in the event Federal funds become available for this work. All prior requirements have been fully complied with. Termrinal facilities.-The wharf development of Boston Harbor lies westerly of Governors and Castle Islands. Bordering on the 35- and 40-foot channel and below all bridges there is about 4 miles of water- front, fully developed with wharves of various types devoted to com- mercial purposes; and on the Charlestown shore is located the United States navy yard, with a frontage of about five-eighths of a mile. The Boston Airport has been established easterly of the wharf development on the East Boston front. There are numerous public and private wharves, piers, ferry slips, and drydocks. The facilities are considered adequate for existing 34 IP!RT OF cEIEP OF E~1GiINERS, U. S. AWMY, 1943 commerce. For further details see Port Series No. 2, Corps of Engi- neers, revised, 1936. Operations and results during fiscal year.-New work: Work by hired labor consisting of completion of a probing survey in connection with a possible extension of the anchorage area in Boston Harbor cost $638.83 for new work. Maintenance: Work by hired labor consisting of a sweeping survey in the inner harbor 40-foot channel cost $2,279.81 for maintenance. Work by hired labor consisting of a sounding survey of inside dis- posal areas in Boston Harbor, carried on at intervals during the year, cost $7,976.52 for maintenance. During the fiscal year. costs of $3,661.78 for a maintenance survey during the previous fiscal year of the Broad Sound Dumping Ground, Boston Harbor, were transferred to the Boston Harbor project from examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general); and costs of $3,920.54 were transferred from new work to maintenance. The,total costs during the fiscal year were $14,556.94, of which minus $3,281.71 was for new work and $17,838.65 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $3,523.27. Condition at end of fsecal year.-The existing project was about 91 percent completed. The work remaining to complete the project consists of dredging to 30 feet a small area in Chelsea Creek in the vicinity of a metropolitan district sewer siphon now under construc- tion immediately below the Chelsea Street Bridge, and the dredging of the 12-foot seaplane channel, on which no work has been done. Seawalls of a total length of about 3.75 miles have been built and maintained on Great Brewster, Lovells, Gallops, Long, Rainsford, Deer, and Georges Islands, and on Point Allerton. The Nixes Mate or Nubble Channel was completed in 1892; the 30-foot channel in 1905; the 27-foot channel in 1907; Fort Point Channel in 1909; the 35-foot channel in 1915; the Broad Sound 40-foot channel in 1930; the 40-foot anchorage in 1937; the 30-foot Chelsea Creek channel (except for the small area immediately below the Chelsea Street Bridge) in 1940; the 40-foot inner harbor channel in 1941; and the 30-foot Reserved Channel in 1941. The controlling OF EIN1GUNEEIRS, U. S. AiMY, 1943 Status of all investigationsfor flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date transmit- Document No. Recommenda- Locality Authorization act - ted to Congressra DocumentNo Roion Bartholomew Bayou, Ash- Flood Control Act, ley and other counties, June 28, 1938. Arkansas. Black River, Catahoula, and Concordia Parishes, Flood Control Act, Aug. 18, 1941. Apr. 12,1943___ -------------------- Unfavorable. Louisiana. Do----.........------...------ Flood Control Act, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . -------------------- ------------ Aug. 11, 1939. Boeuf River, in Catahoula, Franklin, Caldwell, Rich- Flood Control Act, Aug. 28, 1937. . . . . . . . . . ------------------ land, West Carroll, and Morehouse Parishes, Louisiana. Bogue Phalia, Miss........ Flood Control Com- mittee resolution, Apr. 23, 1942. Caddo Lake Dam and Jef- Flood Control Act, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ferson-Shreveport water- June 22, 1936. way, Louisiana and Texas, on Red River. Jefferson-Shreveport water- River and Harbor Act, -------------------- way, Texas, and Louisi- Aug. 30, 1935. ana, enlarging existing project and establishing reservoir on Cypress River above Jefferson. Jefferson-Shreveport water- River and Harbor Act, way, Texas, and Louisi- Aug. 26, 1937. ana, thence via Red River to Mississippi River, including reser- voirs in Cypress and Black Cypress Rivers. Jefferson-Shreveport water- River and Harbor Act way, Louisiana, and June 20, 1938. Texas, thence via Red River to Mississippi River, survey for navi- gation, flood control, power and irrigation, including water-supply reservoirs in Cypress and Black Cypress Rivers. Little Missouri River, Ark- Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Macon Bayou in Franklin, Flood Control Act, Madison, Richland, East Aug. 28, 1937. Carroll, and West Carroll Parishes, Louisiana. Mississippi River between Flood Control Com- Cairo, Ill., and Baton mittee resolution, Rouge, La., for 12-foot Mar. 8, 1943. channel (navigation and flood control).1 Do___ --------- . Commerce Commit- ..... tee resolution, Mar. 9, 1943. uachita River and tribu- Flood Control Conm- ..... -------------------- taries, Arkansas and mittee resolution, Louisiana. Feb. 10, 1938. Ouachita River and tribu- Flood Control Act, _ -------------------- taries, Louisiana. Aug. 28, 1937. Ouachita River, Ark., Flood Control Com- -------------------- Blakely Dam, for flood mittee resolution, control, power, etc., (final May 11, 1938. report). Ouachita River and tribu- Flood Control Com- ------------------=- O taries, construction of mittee resolution, 0 Blakely Mountain Dam. May 12, 1941. uachita River near Cal- Flood Control Act,----- -------------------- C O ion, Ark. Ouachita River and tribu- June 28, 1938. Flood Control Com- -------------------- taries, Arkansas, and mittee resolution, 0 Louisiana, for flood pro- Apr. 13, 1938. tection at Jonesville, La. uachita River system, Commerce Commit- ..... ..---.. ---------- Louisiana and Arkansas, tee resolution, Feb. for navigation, flood con-8, 1939; Flood Con- trol, and irrigation. trol Committee reso- lution, Jan. 26, 1939; Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 24, 1939. 1Report being made by the Mississippi River Commission. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 743 Status of all investigations for flood control calledfor by flood-control acts and committee resolutions-Continued Locality Authorization act Date transmit- Document No. Recommenda- ted to Congress tion I _- -- ____________________ _________ __ - Ouachita River and tribu- Commerce Commit- taries, Arkansas and tee resolution, Feb. Louisiana, for flood con- 20, 1942. trol on Boeuf and Tensas Rivers and Bayou Ma- con, Arkansas and Louisi- ana. Pierre Bayou, La., for flood Commerce Commit- control at Shreveport, tee resolution, Oct. La., and vicinity. 28, 1941. Do .. .- -......- Flood Control Com- mittee resolution, Nov. 12, 1941. Pierre Bayou, La., for flood Flood Control Com- control in the vicinity of mittee resolution, Shreveport, La. Nov. 24, 1942. Red River, Ark -_--- Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Do - - - -- Flood Control Act, May 6, 1936. Red River, La., Ark., Commerce Commit- Okla., and Tex. and con- tee resolution, Feb. necting waterways, sin- 8, 1939; Flood Con- gly or together, for navi- trol Committee reso- gation, flood control and lution, Jan. 26, 1939; irrigation. Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, Jan. 24, 1939. Red River, La., Ark., Interim report on spe- Okla., and Tex. (interim cial board 20. report on navigation). Red River, La., Ark., Rivers and Harbors Okla., and Tex. for navi- Committee resolu- gation, flood control, wa- tion, Feb. 25, 1938. ter power, and irrigation. Red River, La., east bank Flood Control Act, of, from hill line at south June 28, 1938. bank of Loggy Bayou, thence along south bank of Loggy Bayou, and along east bank of Red River to Cousbatta Bay- ou, Red River Parish. Red River in vicinity of Flood Control Act, Shreveport, La., with Aug. 18, 1941. view to determining the advisability of providing bank protection works. Saline River, Ark ---- Flood Control Act, Aug. 28, 1937. Sulphur River, Ark -- Flood Control Act, -------------------- June 22, 1936. Do----- Flood Control Act, -------------------- Aug. 28, 1937. Sulphur River, Tex --- Flood Control Act, -------------------- June 22, 1936. Do - -- - Flood Control Act, -------------------- June 28, 1938. Sulphur River, Tex, and River and Harbor -------------------- Ark., improvement for Act, June 20, 1938. navigation, flood con- trol, and water power. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT This district comprises a portion of southeastern Missouri, the western portions of Kentucky and Tennessee, a small portion of northern Mississippi, and northeastern Arkansas embraced in the drainage basins of the eastern tributaries of the Mississippi River south of the Ohio River basin to Nonconnah Creek, inclusive, and 744 RE'ORIT OF C'IEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 those of the western tributaries south of the Little River Diversion Channel and Commerce, Mo., to the Arkansas River, inclusive, with the exceptions of the drainage basins of the Arkansas and its tribu- taries above mile 120, 3 miles above Pine Bluff, Ark., and of the White River and its tributaries above Peach Orchard Bluff, mile 168.7. District engineer: Col. Jarvis J. Bain, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Brig. Gen. Max C. Tyler, U. S. Army. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Flood control Page Page 1. Arkansas River, Ark., and 8. Memphis, Wolf River, and Okla. (below Pine Bluff, Nonconnah Creek, Tenn_ 755 Ark.) 744 9. North Little Rock to Gillett, 2. White River, Ark. (below Ark. (below Plum Bayou) - 758 Peach Orchard Bluff) .. 746 10. Augusta to Clarendon, White 3. St. Francis and L'Anguille River, Ark__ 759 Rivers and Blackfish Bay- 11. De Valls Bluff, White River, Ark 760 ou, Ark 748 12. Snagging and clearing under 4. Wolf River (Memphis Har- authority of section 2 of bor), Telnn_ 750 the Flood Control Act ap- 5. Removing snags and wrecks proved August 28, 1937, as from the Mississippi River amended .. 761 below the mouth of the 13. Emergency flood-control Missouri River, and from work- 762 the Old and Atchafalaya 14. Preliminary examinations, Rivers 752 surveys, and contingencies for flood control- _- - 764 6. Examinations, surveys, and --- contingencies (general) 754 15. Other flood-control projects for which no estimates are 7. Plant allotment___ 755 submitted__ 764 1. ARKANSAS RIVER, ARK. AND OKLA. (BELOW PINE BLUFF, ARK.) Location.-This river rises in central Colorado and flows 1,460 miles in a southeasterly direction to the Mississippi River, 25 miles above Arkansas City, Ark. (See Mississippi River Commission alluvial valley maps, scale 1: 62,500 and scale 1: 500,000 for river from mouth to vicinity Pine Bluff, Ark., and U. S. Geological Survey State maps, scale 1: 500,000.) This river enters the Memphis district 3 miles north of Pine Bluff, Ark., and flows 120 miles in a southeasterly direction to the Mississippi River, t miles south of Rosedale, Miss. Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of July 3, 1832; August 14, 1876; March 3, 1879; June 14, 1880; July 5, 1884; August 5, 1886; and August 11, 1888. For further details see page 1872, Annual Report for 1915, and page 935, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project. -This provides for improving the river from its mouth to Neosho (Grand) River (465 miles) by snagging and dredg- ing operations, by contraction works and revetments, and by a levee near Pine Bluff, Ark. (117 miles above the mouth). The dimensions of the channel are not specified. The several types of structures used in the improvement are shown in the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1902, page 1576. The ordinary freshet fluctuation is about 16 feet throughout the portion of the river covered by the project. The extreme stage fluctuation is 60 feet at the mouth of the river, 37 feet at Little Rock, and 33 feet at Neosho (Grand) River. As the project is indefinite, no estimate of the cost of completion has been made. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 745 Operations under the existing project have been confined to the limits of the present Memphis district since 1928. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $40,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 13,1902 Open-channel work -------------------------- Annual Report, 1902, p. 354. Mar. 2,1907 Levee near Pine Bluff to prevent a cut-off . R. Doc. No. 71, 61st Cong., 1st sess. Index to published maps of sections of the river is given on p. 1171, Annual Report of Chief of Engineers for 1921. Terminal facilities.-Otherthan sand derricks and elevators at Pine Bluff, there are no terminal facilities. Those mentioned are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-All operations were for maintenance and snagging by hired labor with Government plant. In snagging operations during the fiscal year 1943, the snagbarge Stephen Anderson operated over the river from its mouth to Cook's Point, Ark., mile 55.0, removing 454 snags and felled 2,877 trees on caving or sliding banks. The cost and expenditure during the year was $15,173 for main- tenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The construction of permanent works for general improvement of the river was suspended in 1902, and completion of the project is not contemplated. Snagging opera- tions are the only activities now relied upon to benefit navigation. These operations must be repeated continually due to additional obstructions brought into the river by caving banks and shifting channels. Under average conditions 4-foot draft vessels can be taken to Pine Bluff, Ark., from the first of February to the middle of July. From the middle of August to the middle of December the draft is generally limited to about 2 feet. During the past fiscal year stages were suitable for existing commerce to Pine Bluff, Ark. The costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1943 were $55,200 for new work and $1,971,653.33 for maintenance, a total of $2,026,853.33. Proposedoperations.-No work is contemplated for the fiscal years 1944 and 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 --------------------------- $380, 966. 95 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_--- -------------------- 2, 913, 897. 66 Total cost Of permanent work to June 30, 1943------------ 3,294,864. 61 Net total expenditures ---------------------------------- 3, 294, 864. 61 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943----------- --- 3, 294, 861. 61 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work -- Cost of maintenance ........ $30, 907.61 $16,626. 52 . .- $8, 196. 56 --- - $15, 247. 47 ------$15, 173 --- Total expended . 25, 599. 25 9, 911. 61 20, 704. 10 15, 247. 47 15, 173 Allotted . . . . . 23, 500.00 11,000. 00 10, 000.00 15, 000.00 - 746 REPORw OF C'3IEF OF ENI NEERS, U. S. AlMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 --------------------------- Gross amount expended-- ----------------------- $16,421. 85 $15,173.00 Less reimbursements cQllected---------------------- 1, 248. 85 15,173.00 2. WHITE RIVER, ARK. (BELOW PEACH ORCHARD BLUFF) Location.-This river rises in northwestern Arkansas and flows 690 miles, first north into Missouri, then southeasterly through Arkansas to the Mississippi River, 33 miles above Arkansas City, Ark. (See Mississippi River Commission alluvial valley maps, scale 1: 62,500 and scale 1: 500,000, for river from mouth to vicinity of Newport, Ark., and U. S. Geological Survey State map, scale 1: 500,000.) The White River enters the Memphis district at the foot of Peach Orchard Bluff, Ark., and flows 169 miles in a southeasterly direction to the Mississippi River, 4 miles north of Rosedale, Miss. Previous. projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871, June 23, 1874, August 14, 1876, June 14, 1880, July 5, 1884, and March 3, 1899. For further details see page 1874, Annual Report for 1915, and page 938, Annual Report for 1938. Eaisting project.-This provides for channel maintenance between the mouth of the river and Batesville, 301 miles, by snagging and dredging and by contraction works. The stream has an ordinary freshet fluctuation of 15 feet throughout the portion covered by the project, and an extreme stage fluctuation of 60 feet at the mouth, and of 36 feet at Clarendon. No estimate of cost has been given, and since 1899 the work has been prosecuted under annual estimates for maintenance by snagging and dredging. The latest (1934) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance below Peach Orchard Bluff is $125,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor act: Act Work authorized Documents July 13,1892 Open-channel work -- .-------------------...............---.. Annual Report, 1893, p. 2112. Terminal facilities.-Railway spur tracks are available for transfer of freights between car and boat at Clarendon. There is a log slip for use of the owners only at Clarendon. In 1932 a cotton, rice, and gen- eral-merchandise terminal was built at De Valls Bluff. Present facili- ties are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-All operations during the fiscal year of 1943 were for maintenance by hired labor with Gov- ernment plant. In snagging operations during the fiscal year of 1943, the snagboat Tom Stallings operated over the river between the mouth of Sibley Chute and Peach Orchard Bluff, Ark., removing 1,652 snags and felled 602 trees on caving and sliding banks. Surveys were accomplished to determine the necessity of dredging operations. The cost of maintenance during the year was $50,870.16 for snagging operations, and the total expenditures were $55,297.90. The cost and expenditures for.dredging surveys were $2,017.93. RIVERS AND' HARBORS--MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 747 Condition at end of fiscal year.---The project being for mainte- nance, completion is not contemplated. No dredging was required during the fiscal year of 1943 due to moderately high river stages. Snagging operations have materially improved the condition of the channel from the mouth of Sibley Chute as far as Peach Orchard Bluff (169 miles). This river is generally spoken of as navigable within the limits of this district (mouth of Sibley Chute to Peach Orchard Bluff) by boats of 3-foot draft at any time. Under ordinary conditions boats of 6- foot draft may be taken to Peach Orchard Bluff from the first of Feb- ruary to the last of June, and from the middle of November to the end of December. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 1943, depths were available on the White River which would permit navigation of vessels of 5-foot draft from the head of Sibley Chute to DeValls Bluff (122 miles) and of 3-foot draft from DeValls Bluff (125 miles) to Peach Orchard Bluff (169 miles). During the period August 5-7, 1942, navigation into White River was limited to vessels of 21/2-foot draft and to vessels of 3-foot draft during the periods September 8-14, 1942, and March 3-14, 1943, when Sibley Chute, the navigable entrance into White River, had shoaled to these depths. The total cost under the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $1,062,217.69 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $1,062,217.41. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended July 1, 1943, amounting to $82,457.68, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943-__ ___________________$0.28 Maintenance: Snagging operations by Government plant and hired labor between the mouth of Sibley Chute and Peach Orchard Bluff, Ark., about 5 months' work during the period August to December 1943 _ _ _42,000.00 Dredging by leased plant and hired labor between the mouth of Sibley Chute and Clarendon, Ark., about 3 months' work during the period September to November 1943-------------------40, 457. 40 Total for maintenance__--- -------- 82, 457. 68 No work is contemplated for the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_-_ _____---------$25, 000.00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_ ------- -1, 062, 217.69 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943-.......... 1, 087, 217.69 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_------ -..---- 28 Net total expenditures -- ---------------------------- 1, 087, 217. 41 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-- ....--------- 82, 457.68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- 1, 169, 675. 09 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .. . ... . . .. .. . .... _.- Cost of maintenance ----.-.------..- $94,688.90 $109,918.14 $79,026.78 $63,811.02 $52,888.09 Total expended ...... ---- 89.060.34 ..------------- 116, 458.84 78, 975.28 59, 435.04 57,315.83 Allotted.-------... -------.....-----... ---....... 96, 500.00 81,000.00 101,500.00 70,000.00 12,646.18 748 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------------------- $127, 127.33 Amount alloted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved May 23, 1941_------------- $3, 346. 18 Amount alloted fromWar Department Civil Appropria- tion approved April 28, 1942-------------- ---- 9, 300. 00 12, 646. 18 Amount to be accounted for 139, 773. 51 Gross amount expended ------------------------- $57, 349.72 Less reimbursements collected ... 33. 89 57, 315. 83 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 82, 457. 68 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- . 28 Balance available June 30, 1943- _ _ -- 82, 457. 40 3. ST. FRANCIS AND L'ANGUILLE RIVERS AND BLACKFISH BAYOU, ARK. Location.-The St. Francis River Rises in St. Francis County, Mo., and flows in a southerly direction 460 miles to the Mississippi River, 10 miles above Helena, Ark. The L'Anguille River has its source in the flat lands of Poinsett and Craighead Counties, Ark, whence it flows 109 miles in a southerly direction, cutting through Crowleys Ridge and entering the St. Francis Basin at Marianna and flowing into the St. Francis River 12 miles above the mouth of the latter. Blackfish Bayou rises in the west-central portion of Crittenden County, Ark., flows 52 miles in a southwesterly direction, and empties into the St. Francis River about 38 miles above the latter's mouth. (See Mississippi River Commission alluvial valley maps, scales 1: 62,500 and 1: 500,000, and U. S. Geological Survey State maps, scale 1: 500,000.) Previous projects.-The original project for improvement of St. Francis River was adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871, June 14, 1880, July 5,.1884, August 11, 1888, and June 13, 1902, the latter adding L'Anguille River to the improvement. The original project for L'Anguille River was adopted by River and Harbor Act of June 18, 1878. The original project for Blackflsh Bayou was adopted by River and Harbor Act of June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 73, 61st Cong., 1st sess.) For further details see pages 1878 and 1879, Annual Report for 1915, page 1147, Annual Report for 1918, and page 941, Annual Report for 1938. .Existing project.-This provides for the removal of snags in St. Francis River from its mouth to Marked Tree in L'Anguille River from its mouth to Marianna and in Blackfish Bayou from its mouth to Fifteen Mile Bayou, with the object of maintaining the channels clear of snags and similar obstructions at the lowest navigable stage. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $8,500. Within the limits of the project the St. Francis River has an ordi- nary freshet fluctuation of about 12 feet when not affected by back- water from the Mississippi River. The extreme stage fluctuation is about 26 feet at Marked Tree, gradually increasing to 60 feet at the mouth. These extreme stage fluctuations are produced by overflow and backwater from the Mississippi River. When not influenced by the flood stages of that river the maximum stage of the St. Francis below Marked Tree does not exceed 20 feet. The ordinary freshet fluctuation of L'Angille River is about 6 feet and extreme stage range RIVERS AND HARBORS--MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 749 50 feet at Marianna; this latter, however, is due to backwater from the Mississippi River. L'Anguille River, when uninfluenced by the Mis- sissippi River, never has a fluctuation exceeding 12 feet. The fluctua- tion of stage, in Blackfish Bayou is about 48 feet, due entirely to backwater from the Mississippi River. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1919 (H. Doc. No. 60, 64th Cong., 1st sess.). A published map of these streams is in that document. Terminal facilities.-Log slips or chain conveyors for the use of the individuals owning them exist at the several mills along the river. The present terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-All operations during the fiscal year 1943 were for maintenance by hired labor and Govern- ment plant. A truck skidder rig worked on the St. Francis River between Mirked Tree, Ark., and foot of lake lock (10 miles), removing 9 snags. The total cost and expenditures during the year were $439.76, for maintenance. (See Annual Report, Mississippi River Commission, for St. Francis Basin flood control project.) Condition at end of fiscal year.-Snagging operations have been the only activities under existing or previous projects. The channels within the limits of the project are in good condition for navigation during medium and higher stages. At low stages snags are the principal obstruction. Under average conditions boats of 4-foot draft can navigate the St. Francis River to Marked Tree, Ark., from the first of February to the middle of July, and boats of 2-foot draft until the latter part of August each year. During periods of lowest water, which generally occur in October and November, channel depths do not exceed from 12 to 16 inches over some shoals. The low- water depths over some shoals in Blackfish Bayou to Fifteen Mile Bayou and the L'Anguille River to Marianna, Ark., are but from 8 to 10 inches. The navigation periods on these streams are controlled in the main by backwater stages from the Mississippi River. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $210,104.28 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No work is contemplated for the fiscal years 1944 and 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ ___----------_ $92, 000. 34 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943----------------------------300, 449. 43 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- -- - -392, 449. 77 Net total expenditures_ ...- - _.-392, 449. 77 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__- ------- 392, 449. 77 FisCal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of maintenance C ost of n ew w ork _ _- -- - - ----- - - - - -- $16,241.66 - - - - - - -- $11,235. 4 - - - - - -- $10, 225.14 - - - - - - -- $8,075. 98 - - - - -- - - - $439.76 ---- Total expended -- - 13, 630. 75 13, 839. 49 10, 225. 14 8, 075. 98 439. 76 Allotted - 14,000. 00 11,300.00 10,000.00 9, 300.00 -12, 646. 1.8 558155-44 pt. 1, vol. 1 48 750 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ----------------------------- $13, 085.94 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment..----------------12, 646. 18 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------------------- 439. 76 Gross amount expended --------------------------------------- 439.76 4. WOLF RIVER (MEMPHIS HARBOR), TENN. Location.--Wolf River rises in Benton County, Miss., and flows gen- erally northwesterly about 100 miles, through Shelby County, Tenn., emptying into the Mississippi River within the corporate limits of the city of Memphis, Tenn. (See Mississippi River Commission al- luvial valley maps, scale 1: 62,500, and scale 1: 500,000.) Previous projects.-The River and Harbor Act of August 18, 1894, authorized dredging at the mouth of Wolf River as an item in the improvement of Memphis Harbor, the work being carried out under the supervision of the Mississippi River Commission. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 9 feet deep at low water (71/2 feet below zero on the Memphis gage) from its mouth to North Second Street Road with bottom widths of 250 feet from the mouth to Keel Avenue and 200 feet from Keel Avenue to North Sec- ond Street Road, and thence 125 feet wide and 7.5 feet below zero of the Memphis Beale Street gage from North Second Street Road to Hindman Ferry Road. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1935, is $1,185,000. The latest (1935) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $104,000. The work of improvement under the existing project up to Second Street Bridge was authorized September 6, 1933, by the Public Works Administration, and the existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved August 30, 1935 (Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee Docs. No. 26, 72d Cong., 1st sess., and No. 45, 74th Cong., 1st sess.). Sketch maps are printed in the project documents. Local cooperation.-The work under the existing project is subject to the condition that local interests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, all rights-of-way required for channel enlargement and straightening, and suitable areas with retaining levees where needed for disposal of dredged material during initial construction and future maintenance as and when needed, and shall furnish as- surance satisfactory to the Secretary of War saving the United States free from damages resulting from the work. The work is also subject to the provision that no work shall be undertaken on any section of the channel through or above any bridge until such bridge has been altered in a manner satisfactory to the Secretary of War, without cost to the United States. The conditions as pertaining to the improve- ment up to Second Street Bridge have been complied with. Condi- tions above that point have not been complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are 36 terminals, including 1 small marine ways available for public use, operating hr the port "of Mem- phis, 12 being located on the Mississippi River front. 5 on Tennessee Chute and 19 on Wolf River. Of the 36 terminals, 4, including a grain elevator, are publicly owned, 2 are operated by contract with trans- portation companies and 3 are operated by common carriers; the balance are privately owned and operated. Present facilities aye con- sidered adequate for existing commerce. 0 RIVERS AND HARBORS--MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 751 Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance dredging during the fiscal year 1943 was conducted with hired labor and Government and leased plant, dredge Potter and leased dredge Robert H, moving a total of 467,092 cubic yards of material in main- taining a channel of project dimensions. Total costs and expenditures for the year were $53,761.87. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 50 percent complete. At the end of the fiscal year there was a channel 9 feet in depth and of project width to 900 feet above Hall Street. From this point to beyond Sebond Street Road, there were depths of from 1 to 2 feet during the low-water season. The work remaining to be done to complete the project is extending the channel from North Second Street Road to Hindman Ferry Road, as authorized by the River and Harbor Act of 1935. Exclusive of maintenance dredging done during the fiscal year 1936 with Mississippi River funds which were included in the annual report of the Mississippi River Commission for that year under the caption "Dredges and dredging," the total costs and expenditures on the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $888,412.57, of which $586,500 from Public Works funds was for new work and $301,912.57 regular funds for maintenance. To cover the cost of retaining levees required of local interests, there have also been costs and expenditures charged to contributed funds amounting to $17,500. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on July 1, 1943, $62,973.33, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Dredging by Government plant and hired labor in Wolf River between its mouth and a point approximately 1,200 feet above its mouth, approximately 1/3 month's dredging operations... $12, 973. 33 Dredging by leased plant in Wolf River between a point approx- imately 1,200 feet above its mouth and a point approximately 3,000 feet below Second Street Road, approximately 3 months' dredging operations ---------------------------------- .. 50,000.00 Total maintenance ------ ----------------------- $62,973.33 The additional sum of $60,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year of 1945 for maintenance dredging by Government plant and hired labor or leased plant, from the mouth of Wolf River to a point 3,000 feet below Second Street Road, approximately 21/2 months' dredging operations. Gost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_-- .....------- 1$586, 500.00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ----- -------------------- 301, 912. 57 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943__ ---- 888, 412. 57 Net total expenditures- ------------------------- -'888, 412. 57 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 --------------------- 62, 973.33 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 1951, 385.90 1 In addition $17,500 contributed funds expended for new work. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . Cost of maintenance -... . o$50, 457.31 $881.29 $31, 285.11 $50,995.44 $53, 761.87 Total expended _------------- 50, 914.12 20, 040.83 31, 286.43 51, 073.22 53, 761.87 -3,4 10 5,000 40000.000.0 5,700 Allotted.......------------------- -13, 814.10 5, 000. 00 40, 000. 00 40,000.00 55, 700. 00 i 1 I I I 752 REPORrI' OF CHIEF OF EIN1GfINEE RS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--------- -------------------- $61, 035. 20 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved April 28, 1942 -- ---- $15, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943------------------ 40, 700. 00 55, 700.00 Amount to be accounted for ----------------------------- 116, 735. 20 Gross amount expended- --- ----------- __ 53,761. 87 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943--------- --------------- 62, 973. 33 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 598, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945 for maintenance - 60, 000.00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 5. REMOVING SNAGS AND WRECKS FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BELOW THE MOUTH OF MISSOURI RIVER AND FROM OLD AND ATCHAFALAYA RIVERS. Reports on work done under this title were formerly submitted by the St. Louis engineer district. Beginning June 30, 1940, reports are submitted by districts receiving allotments for work under the project. Location.-The Mississippi River from its confluence with the Ohio River to the mouth of the Arkansas River. Previous projects.-Generalappropriations were made at irregular intervals as early as 1824. For further details, see page 1880, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This is a continuation of the plan adopted in 1879 and provides for the removal and destruction of snags, wrecks, drift heaps, and other obstructions to navigation in the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Ohio River and the mouth of the Arkansas River; also for the felling of large trees on or near caving banks, thereby decreasing the humber of snags to be destroyed there- after. The work is done by the district's steel-hull snag boat, Arkan- sas II, built in 1940. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents - -Annual appropriations or allotments made 1879 to 1886, inclusive, except in 1883 and 1885. Aug. 11, 1888 1__ Annual expenditure of $100,000 made available each year. Mar. 3, 1909 .- Atchafalaya and Old Rivers from their junction with the Mississippi and Red Rivers to Mel- ville, La., included in the project. Mar. 2, 1919 - Appropriation of $50,000 additional to cover increased costs due to war conditions. June 30, 1922 2__ Mar. 2, 1923 2__. _Allotments of $25,000, $20,000, $17,500, and $13,000, June 7, 1924 2__ respectively, to cover increased costs. Apr. 15, 1926 2_ June 26, 1934 3 Maintenance provided for with funds appropri- ated for the preservation and maintenance of rivers and harbors, since June 30, 1935. I Sec. 7. 2 War Department Appropriation Act. 3 Permanent Appropriations Repeal Act. RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 753 Terminal facilities.-Exclusive of terminal facilities at Memphis, Tenn., and Helena, Ark., there are several privately owned and oper- ated barge-to-bank sand and gravel plants, pipe lines from bulk plants to barge landings for handling petroleum products, and log slips. At Helena, Ark., there is a river and rail terminal operated by the Federal Barge Line that is available for public use. For facilities on port of Memphis, see report on Wolf River (Memphis Harbor, Tenn.). The present facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-All operations during the fiscal year of 1943 were for maintenance by hired labor with Gov- ernment plant and consisted of removal of snags from the channel be- tween Cairo, Ill., (0)1 (966)2 and the mouth of the Arkansas River (399)1 (575)2 with Snagboat Arkansas II. The result of these opera- tions was the removal from the channel of 229 snags. The costs were $22,655.74 and expenditures were $24,722.37, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project being one of continuous maintenance of channel, no estimate of completion and total cost can be made. Each freshet brings down new obstructions, and changes in location of channel, which are constantly going on, uncover old obstructions. Operations provided a channel reasonably free from snags at the end of the fiscal year, and there is sufficient plant to take care of future work. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $243,227.74 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance on July 1, 1943, $21,972.26, will be applied to the removal of snags and wrecks as required from the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Ohio River and the mouth of the Arkansas River. The additional sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance in removing snags and wrecks from the Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio River to the mouth of the Arkansas River. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943------------------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 $243, 227. 74 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------- 243, 227. 74 Net total expenditures_---- 243, 227. 74 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 -- - 21, 972.26 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-........ 265, 200. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.. Cost of maintenance - $29, 016.69 $58, 254. 56 $38, 463.96 $21, 430. 98 $22, 655. 74 Total expended - - -- 22,102. 63 65,168. 62 38, 463. 96 19, 364. 35 24, 722. 37 Allotted _. .. .............. 25,000.00 60,000.00 47,000.00 45, 000.00 -15,000.00 1 Indicates miles below Cairo, Ill. (1916). 2 Indic'ates miles above Head of Passes (1942). 754 EEPORf 'OF CHIEF OF EIN GNEEiRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-.....-- -------- $61, 694.63 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment- - ----- 15, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for- -- ----- ---- 46,694. 63 Gross amount expended ---------- -------------------------- 24,722.37 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 _------- - -------- 21, 972. 26 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1945, for maintenance ________ 40, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 6. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL). The cost of work during the year amounted to $9,676.12, the ex- penditures were $9,246.15. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, $17,387.61, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The ad- ditional sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943___ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_ -- - - -- - $200, 138. 43 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 200,138. 43 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 634.01 Net total expenditures -------------------------------- 199, 504. 42 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943- -- ---------- 17,387.61 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ---- -216.892. 03 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-----------... Cost of maintenance ......------------ $15,731.60 $17,132.95 $22, 962. 39 $13, 342.62 $9, 676.12 Total expended ......---------------- 15, 426.01 16, 411.89 23,062.11 14,198.47 9, 246.15 Allotted ---------------------- .... 16,000.00 13,000.00 16,000.00 --------------- 20,800.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ----------------------------- $5, 833. 76 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941- ----- $10, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 2, 1943_- ----- 10, 800. 00 20, 800. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ ........ -- - -___ 26, 633. 76 Gross amount expended- -- --------- $9, 361. 40 Less reimbursements collected- ----- -- - -- 115. 25 9, 246. 15 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943---------------------- 17, 387.61 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_-.... - ----- -__634. 01 Balance available June 30, 1943__- ------ --- 16, 753.60 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945 for maintenance --- 15, 000. 00 xExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS---MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 755 7. PLANT ALLOTMENT, MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 --------------------------- $180, 615. 89 Net total cost to June 30, 1943--- -------- ---------------- 180, 615. 89 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943--------- ----------------- 9, 834. 16 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 190, 450.05 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 -------------------------- 4, 844.72 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 185, 605.33 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 87, 818.49 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943--------- ---- 273, 423.82 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Total expended ---------------- $10,957. 54 $164,117.86 -$19, 853. 54 -$16, 052. 64 -$29, 011. 53 Allotted------------ -------- -------------- 20,000.00 -- --. - - -... . Balance unexpended July 1, 1942---- ------------------------ $58, 806.96 Gross amount expended ------------------------ $150, 531. 15 Less reimbursements collected -------------------- 179, 542. 68 -29, 011.53 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 87, 818. 49 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943---------------------------4, 912. 68 Balance available June 30, 1943-- ------------------------- 82, 905. 81 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943----------------------------- 9, 834. 16 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943----------------- 92, 739.97 Status of all investigations for navigation, called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans-Recmmenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda Congress ti Mississippi River between Flood Control Com- ................................. Cairo, Ill., and Baton mittee resolution, Rouge, La., for 12-foot Mar. 8, 1943. channel (navigation and flood control).1 Do.1.---------------- Commerce Committee ......... ............. ...... resolution, Mar. 9, 1943. 1 Report being made by the Mississippi River Commission. 8. MEMPHIS, WOLF RIVER, AND NONCONNAH CREEK, TENN. Location.-The work covered by this project lies within and adja- cent to the city of Memphis in Shelby County, Tenn., on the left bank of Wolf River and the right bank of Nonconnah Creek from the confluence of these streams with the Mississippi River upstream for approximate distances of 10 and 4 miles, respectively. (See U. S. Geological Survey map of Tennessee, scale 1: 500,000, and Mississippi River Commission alluvial valley maps, scale 1: 62,500 and 1: 500,000.) 756 R ow OF C fiEt OF' I t -S, .S AR'MY, 194 Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of a system of levees, flood walls, and bank protection, con- sisting of the following features: About 22,200 feet of earth levee and two concrete railroad floodgates along the right bank ,of onconnah Creek, extending from high ground near Tennessee Chute south of Riverside Park to high ground at Bodley Avenue east of Prospect Street about 14,200 feet of 'concrete flood wall and 32,050 feet of earth levee along the left bank of Wolf River, extending from downtown Memphis to high ground near Douglass Park; construction of six new ;pumping stations and eight storage reservoirs with appurtenant works for the disposal of interior drainage; the construction of a culvert under North Bellevue Boulevard near Cypress Creek for the enlarge- ment of the Cypress Creek Reservoir. The project will provide pro- tection, with 3 feet freeboard, for the city of Memphis and adjacent areas against .aMississippi River flood of 54.5 feet stage, or 4.1 feet higher than the maximum flood of record, which occurred' in February 1937. The project was adopted by the Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, and so modified by the War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved June 28, 1939, that the cost of providing pumping stations and outlet works for interior drainage shall be borne by the United States. The estimated cost of construction is $9,000,000. Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. General assur- ances given by the city of Memphis and Shelby County, Tenn., were approved by the Secretary of War on August 2, 1938. The rights-of- way for flood-protection works along Nonconnah Creek were accepted on March 29, 1939. The rights-of-way for the section 4 levee, Cypress Creek pumping station and Cypress Creek Reservoir were accepted on August 27, 1940; and for section 2, Wolf River levee, and section 3, Wolf River flood wall, were accepted December 4, 1941. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The electrical installa- tions at Nonconnah pumping station were completed except for a few minor adjustments. A part of the levee repairs to section 8 was accomplished during the year by hired labor. The pumps and motors at the Cypress Creek pumping station were installed by hired labor. The electrical contract was approximately complete at the end of the fiscal year. A part of the levee repairs to section 4 was accomplished during the year by hired labor. The costs for the year were $515,958.41, and the expenditures were $327,835.62, all new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Plans and specifications were complete for all work under contract and for section 2 levee, section 3 floodwall, and for blanketing the hydraulic levee in section 4. Some contract drawings were prepared for other parts of the project, and preliminary drawings for all parts of the project had been made. The section 8 levee and the Nonconnah Reservoir were complete; the Nonconnah pumping station was complete except for a small amount of electrical work. The North Bellevue Boulevard culvert was complete. The section 4 levee is complete, but the hydraulic section will be blanketed to prevent erosion and to provide a suitable grass-sustaining bed. The Cypress Creek pumping station structure is complete; the mechanical and electrical installations in the station are practically complete. RIVERS AND HARBORS---MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 757 Construction of section 3 floodwall was deferred because the large quantity of critical materials was more urgently needed for further- ance of the war effort. The total costs to June 30, 1943, were $3,555,766.63, and the total expenditures were $3,516,834.19; all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, $438,865.81, and accounts receivable, $90.72, a total of $438,956.53, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943________ __ $57, 456. 90 New work: Completion and security of Nonconnah pumping station- 4, 983. 70 Completion of levee repairs to section 8 ------ __- 4, 563. 48 Completion of levee repairs to section 4_- 1, 930. 38 Completion and security of Cypress Creek pumping station --- 27, 153. 14 Earth blanket to hydraulic fill, section 4......... 105, 000. 00 Completion of detailed plans and design and specifications for remaining items ---------------------------------------- 217, 500.00 Balance available, for revocation ----------------------- 20, 368. 93 TotaL -------------------------------------------------- 381, 499. 63 Total for all work--------------------------------------- 438, 956. 53 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime construction. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_______ $3, 555, 766. 63 to June 3142 Cosct of maintennce U- 111A.€., 1,., l;CLV.JU Co , .v, -- ,. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 - _ _ 3, 555, 766. 63 Undis tributed costs June 30, 1943 - 18, 433. 74 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 _ _--3, 574, 200. 37 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ......- 90. 72 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 _ -- 3, 574, 291. 09 Minu, s accounts payable June 30, 1943 _57, 456. 90 ---------- Net total expenditures__ 3, 516, 834. 19 UnexIpended balance June 30, 1943------------------------------ 438,865.81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_------ 3, 955, 700.00 Fiscal year ending Junle 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--------------$112, 605.81 $677, 322.21 $1, 131,646.23 $1,099,416.84 $515, 958.41 C ost of m aintenance -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- -- - - - - - - - -- - . - --.. .-. . . Total expended-- ------- ------ 104, 278. 88 671, 507. 37 1,082, 218. 77 1, 313, 280. 52 327,835. 62 Allotted--------------------3,888,300. 00 750, 000.00 897, 000.00 275,000.00--- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ----------------------------- $2, 641, 301. 43 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_--- -- 1, 874, 600. 00 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------- 766, 701. 43 Gross amount expended--------------------------$330, 755. 84 Less reimbursements collected--------------------- 2, 920. 22 ,- 327, 835. 62 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------------------- 438, 865. 81 758 epo Rr OF CuEF OF EINIGlNEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943------------ $13, 560.41 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------- 61, 144.99 $74, 705. 40 Balance available June 30, 1943------------ ------------ 364,160.41 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943-------------- ---------------- 90. 72 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-------------- 364, 251. 13 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project - __-_--------------------5, 044, 300. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 9. NORTH LITTLE ROCK TO GILLETT, ARK. (BELOW PLUM BAYOU) Location. The work covered by this project is on the left bank of the Arkansas River, between Sherrill and Gillett, Ark. (See Mis- sissippi River Commission alluvial valley maps, scale 1: 62,500 and scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of approximately 47.5 miles of new levee and enlargement of existing levees along the north bank of the Arkansas River between Sherrill and Gillett, Ark., to provide protection from the floodwaters of the Arkansas River and backwaters of the Mississippi River for agricultural lands and communities lying north of the Arkansas River. This improvement comprises the lower portion of the more comprehensive project of flood control, extending from North Little Rock to Gillett. The work involves the handling of approximately 5,925,000 cubic yards of earthwork and the construction of approxi- mately 19 drainage structures through the levee. The project grade of the levee is 3 feet below that of the opposite levee on the south bank of the Arkansas River, which protects the entire Tensas Basin. This project will greatly reduce the frequency of inundations of lands on the north bank of the Arkansas River. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. The estimated cost of construction, as authorized, for' the whole project from North Little Rock to Gillett, was $2,424,400, of which $1,404,400 was the amount estimated for the construction below Plum Bayou (Sherrill to Gillett). The estimated cost of construction, revised in 1940, is $1,021,100. Local cooperation.--See page 6 for requirements. Full require- ments of local cooperation have been fulfilled down to Bayou Meto. Below Bayou Meto the Farelly Lake levee district has provided pre- liminary assurances but no rights-of-way. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Riprap paving of the outlet channel of the Big Bayou Meto floodgate was accomplished as follows: The banks were paved for a distance of approximately 200 feet, and the bottom of the channel was paved for a distance of 35 feet, immediately below the structure. The new work was accom- plished by hired labor at a cost of $28,429.54; expenditures were $29,- 047.25. Surveys were carried on during the year; the costs and expen- ditures were $551.66. Condition at end of fiscal year.-At the end of the fiscal year the project was approximately 91 percent complete. The work remaining to complete the project is the completion of the levees below Bayou Meto. The costs, all new work, to June 30, 1943, were $874,462.22, of RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 759 which $834,372.76 were from regular funds, and $40,089.46 from Emer- gency Relief funds. The expenditures were $875,079.93. Proposed operations.-No operations are proposed for the fiscal year 1944. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime construction. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_--------_ 1$874, 462. 22 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_---_ 1874, 462.22 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 -------------------------- 617. 71 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 875, 079. 93 _ Net total expenditures-- - ------------- 1875, 079. 93 - Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-.................--- 9. 53 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-....... --- 1875, 089.46 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work - --.... $348, 911.63 $409,070.40 $2,771.51 $1, 829.35 $28, 981.20 Cost of maintenance----------------------------------------- Total expended ... 345, 999.10 425, 666.87 2,845.64 1, 829.35 29, 598.91 Allotted .. ---------------------- 4, 910.54 -125,000.00 -171,000.00 25,000.00 ......... _ Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__ $29, 608. 44 Gross amount expended ------------------------- $30, 143. 83 Less reimbursements collected ----------------------- 544.92 29, 598. 91 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 9.53 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943------------------------------ 617. 71 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943--------------- -627. 24 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ---------------------------------------- 146,000.00 1 Includes $40,089.46 emergency relief funds. 10. AUGUSTA TO CLARENDON, WHITE RIVER, ARK. Location.-The works covered by this project are principally on the left (east) bank of the White River, between the towns of Augusta and Clarendon, in Arkansas. A small part of these works, however, is located at the town of Georgetown, on the right (west) bank of the White River, for the purpose of providing local flood protection at that point. (See Mississippi River Commission alluvial valley maps, scale 1: 62,500 and scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction o approximately 40.3 miles of new levee and enlargement of existing levees along the east bank of the White River between Gregory Point and Clarendon, Ark., to provide protection from the flood waters of the White River for agricultural lands and com- munities lying in Woodruff, Prairie, and Monroe Counties, east of 760 REiPOIRrI OF CHIEF OF ENINEIRS, U. S. ARIMY, 1943 that stream. It also provides for the construction of a local protection levee at Georgetown, on the west bank of White River, and the con- struction of a pumping plant at that point, and drainage outlet structures both at Georgetown and in the east bank levee. The estimated cost of construction of the project is $2,800,000, of which amount $36,500 is for the work at Georgetown. The estimated cost of lands and damages is $710,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. 98, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Local interests state that they expect to be able fully to meet all the stipulated requirements of local cooperation. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work has not been started. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, $36,000, less the sum of $7,000 revoked in September 1943, will be applied to the preparation of detailed plans. The additional sum of $84,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, for the preparation of plans and specifications. Cost and ftnancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 .... Net total expenditures----------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--..... ------- $36, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------------- 36, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new w ork - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - -. . . . . . . . . . . . . Cost of maintenance- Total expended - - - - -- - - -- -- - - - A llotted .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . --. -- . . . . . . - . .-- . . . . .. . . . . $36. 000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942_---- ____--------$36, _... - 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- -- 36, 000 Amount revoked in September 1943 - - 7, 000 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944--------------- 29, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ________ ___________ - 2, 771, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___- - __ 84, 000 SExclusive of available funds. 11. DE VALLS BLUFF, WHITE RIVER, ARK. Location.-The works covered by this nroiect are on the right (west) bank of the White River, at the town of De Valls Bluff, in Arkansas. (See Mississippi River Commission Alluvial Valley maps, scale 1: 62,500 and scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the rais- ing and extension of the present small front levee at De Valls Bluff, with its grade equivalent to 37.8 on the De Valls Bluff gage or at 191 RIVERS AND HARBORS-MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 761 feet above mean Gulf level. Between high-ground points this levee would be about 660 feet in length along the De Valls Bluff front, and would insure a freeboard of 3 feet over the experienced 1927 flow line (the greatest of record at this locality) and a grade 3 feet higher than the project levee grade on the opposite bank. The work involves the handling of approximately 10,000 cubic yards of earthwork, the construction of a railroad floodgate structure and three drainage out- let structures through the levee, and the construction of a pumping plant at an estimated construction cost of $47,500 and $160 for lands and damages. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Con- trol Act approved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. 98, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Local interests have stated that they will fully meet all the stipulated requirements of local cooperation. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work has not been started. Proposed operations.-The sum of $7,000, allotted in September 1943, will be applied to the preparation of detailed plans. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime con- struction. Cost and financial sumnmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 _- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943____ Net total expenditures- - Total amounj appropriated to June 30, 1943__-- Amount allotted in September 1943 -- - -- $7, 000 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944 -- -7, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -------------- - -- -- 40, 500 12. SNAGGING AND CLEARING UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 2 OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 28, 1937, AS AMENDED The Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, as amended by the Flood Control Acts approved August 11, 1939, and August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment of not to exceed $500,000 from the flood control appropriations for any one fiscal year for the removal of accu- mulated snags and other debris from, and the clearing and straight- ening of channels in navigable streams and tributaries thereof when such work is advisable in the interest of flood control; provided that not more than $25,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any one fiscal year. Funds were made available during the fiscal year 1943 for snagging and clearing on the following streams in the Memphis district: Obion River and tributaries, Tennessee, and Hatchie River and tributaries, Mississippi and Tennessee. Channel clearance, consisting of removal of snags, drift, and other debris by hired labor with Government plant was done on two streams, as follows: Hatchie River (and its tributaries) over a dis- tance of 12.5 miles in Tennessee; Obion River (and its tributaries) 8.3 miles cleared by hired labor snagging operations, and 1.53 miles excavated by Government-owned dragline on the South Fork of Forked Deer River (a tributary of the Obion) for which the clear- ance of right-of-way was accomplished the previous fiscal year. 762 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Summary of stream-clearing cost and expenditures Fiscal year 1943 Stream Cost Expenditures Obion River and tributaries----------------_.----- ------------------ ------.. 16, 881. 52 $19,659.05 Hatchie River and tributaries- ------------------ --------------------------- 16, 364. 47 16, 360. 66 Total _.....-----------------------------------------------------.. 33, 245. 99 36, 019. 71 Work was suspended December 1942, in view of the existing Fed- eral policies on wartime construction. Of the balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $5,289.59, the sum of $3.81 will be applied to accounts payable, June 30, 1943. The remainder is available for revocation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943- 1$280, 626. 31 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- 1280,626.31 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943- 3.81 Net total expenditures_---- __---------1280,622. 50 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--------------------------- 5, 289. 59 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------- 285,912. 09 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ........... $45,812.03 $47, 711.34 $38, 308. 31 $25, 225. 87 $33, 245.99 Cost of maintenance---------------------------------------- --- - Total expended ---------------- 49, 431.17 46, 494.61 37, 651.16 24, 544. 93 36, 019.71 Allotted ---------------------- 36, 480.92 49, 431.17 45,000.00 42,000.00 13,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 -------- ---------- $28,309. 30 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 --------------------- - ---- 13, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for__----------_ 41, 309.30 Gross amount expended ----------------- -- $36, 437. 22 Less reimbursements collected ------------- 417. 51 36, 019. 71 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943----------------------- 5,289.59 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_-..... - --------- 3. 81 Balance available June 30, 1943-- ..... ----- __ 5, 285. 78 1 Includes $40,000 emergency relief funds. 13. EMERGENCY FLOOD CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. At the close of the fiscal year the sum of $25,000 was allotted for emergency repairs in the Memphis district. The costs were $43.25 for emergency maintenance and repairs; there were no expenditures. RIVERS AND HARBORS--MEMPHIS, TENN., DISTRICT 763 The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $25,000, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to the payment of ekpenses to be incurred under this heading. Because of the heavy demands for emergency repair work on flood- control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943, Congress in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, authorized the amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by the recent floods. The Second Deficiency Appropria- tion Act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 140, Seventy-eighth Con- gress, appropriated the amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of carry- ing out the emergency flood-control work authorized in Public No. 138. The provisions of this act are additional and supplemental to, and not in lieu of, existing general legislation authorizing allocation of flood- control funds for restoration of flood-control works threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum of $900,000 was alotted in July 1943 for emergency flood- control work in the Memphis district. These funds will be applied during the fiscal year 1944 to the repair of flood-control structures damaged by the recent floods in the Memphis district. In addition to the above, funds were allotted under the provisions of section 9 of the Flood Control Act approved June 15, 1936, for emergency flood-control work in the Memphis district. For further information, see Mississippi River Commission report, emergency work on tributaries of Mississippi River. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 -........ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 -------- - $43. 25 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943__ ----- $43. 25 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_- - -- - - 43.25 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 --.---------- 25,000.00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ------- 25,000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 C ost of new work -- - - - - - -. - - - - - -. . Cost of maintenance---- - --. -- .- - - - - - . -- - - - - - .. . . . . . ..-------------------------------------------------. ...-------------- $43.25 Total expended.... Allotted--------- --------------------------------..------------ 25,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved May 23, 1941- -------------------------------- $25, 000.00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_-------- --- 25, (. 000 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943.------ -- 43. 25 Balance available June 30, 1943-. - ----- -- 24, 956. 75 1 Does not Include $900,000 allotted pursuant to Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, 1943. 764 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 14. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year. "The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $15,000, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943___ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $31, 390. 53 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 - -- $31, 390. 53 Net total expenditures - ____ _ 31, 390. 53 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-_- -------- - _ 15, 000.00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ------ 46, 390. 53 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new w ork ..... - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- Cost of maintenance -$1, 498. 05 $29, 688. 06 $204. 42------------- --- Total expended 433.90 30,398.23 558.40 -- - Allotted 38, 500. 00 3, 500. 00 _ -$12,109. 47 $15, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942 _-- -$15, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 __ _ --------------- 15,000.00 15. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last full Expenditures to June 30, Estimated report see 1943amount Name of project Annual rei to Report required to for- New work Maintenance complete 1. Clarendon to Laconia Circle, White River Basin, Ark- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1937 - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - $8, 960,000 2. Big Creek and L'Anguille River, White River Basin, Ark 3. Tiptonville 1937 86, 400 to Obion River, Tenn --- .. 1941 $608, 434. 27 (1) 1 Completed; $4,565.73 unexpended funds at end of fiscal year 1941 were revoked during fiscal year 1942. Status of all investigationsfor flood control, called for by flood-control acts and corn mittee resolutions Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda Congress tion f - - _______________________ Meto Bayou, Ark ...... Flood Control Act, .................... Aug. 28, 1937. Mississippi River between Flood Control Com- - - - - - - - - - - Cairo, Ill., and Baton mittee resolution, Rouge, La., for 12-foot Mar. 8, 1943. channel (navigation and flood control).' D o' _ _ __- - ___ Commerce Commit- tee resolution, Mar. 9. 1943. Mississippi (lower) River, Flood Control Com- flood protection for the mittee resolution, St. Johns levee district, Nov. 16, 1943. Missouri. -c~------ 1Report being made by the Mississippi River Commission. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 765 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT This district comprises all of Texas south of the Red River drainage basin exclusive of the drainage basin of the Rio Grande and its tribu- taries above and including the Pecos River; that portioni of western Louisiana in the Sabine River and Lake drainage system, exclusive of the Louisiana section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and tributary waterways; and the portion of eastern New Mexico em- braced in the drainage basins of the Brazos and Colorado Rivers. It includes the Intracoastal Waterway in Texas from the Sabine River to Brownsville. District engineer: Col. L. H. Hewitt, Corps of Engineers to Decem- ber 3, 1942, and Col. W. G. Saville, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. S. L. Scott, Corps of Engineers, to October 12, 1942, and Col. R. R. Neyland, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Navigation-Continued Page Page 1. Sabine-Neches Waterway, 18. Brazos Island Harbor, Tex_-_ 817 Tex _- 765 19. Examinations, surveys, and 2. Gulf Intracoastal Waterway contingencies (general) -- - 821 between Apalachee Bay, 20. Other navigation projects Fla., and the Mexican for which no estimates are border (Galveston district) 772 submitted_.------ ,822 3. Galveston Harbor, Tex .. 781 21. Plant allotment_-------- 822 4. Galveston Channel, Tex .-- 784 5. Channel from Galveston Har- Flood control bor to Texas City, Tex_ -- 787 22. Buffalo Bayou, Tex ------ 823 6. Channel to Port Bolivar, 23. Whitney Reservoir, Brazos Tex-- 790 River, Tex___ __ 827 7. Houston Ship Channel, Tex- 792 24. Eagle Lake to Matagorda, 8. Double Bayou, Tex 796 Colorado River, Tex_ 828 9. Anahuac Channel, Tex .. 797 25. Columbus, Colorado River, 10. Trinity River, Tex .... 799 Tex- 11 Cedar Bayou, Tex 801 26. La Grange, Colorado River, 830 12. Clear Creek, Tex 802 Tex------------------ 830 13. Dickinson Bayou, Tex .. 804 27. Brady, Brady Creek, Tex-.. 831 14. Freeport Harbor, Tex ... 805 28. Pecan Bayou, Tex .----- 833 15. Channel from Pass Cavallo 29. North Concho River, Tex - 834 to Port Lavaca, Tex . -- 808 30. Snagging and clearing under 16. Port Aransas-Corpus Christi authority of section 2 of Waterway, Tex .. 810 the Flood Control Act ap- 17. Corpus Christi, Tex., Chan- proved August 28, 1937, as nel to and including a amended--.-..-.-- 836 turning basin at Navy 31. Preliminary examinations, seaplane base, Encinal surveys, and contingencies Peninsula-_------ 815 for flood control.... 837 1. SABINE-NECHES WATERWAY, TEX. Location.-This is a consolidation of the old improvements of "Har- bor at Sabine Pass and Port Arthur Canal" and "Sabine-Neches Canal, including Sabine River to Orange and Neches River to Beaumont, Tex." Sabine Pass is on the Gulf of Mexico, approximately 58 miles east of Galveston and 280 miles west of Southwest Pass, Mississippi River. It connects Sabine Lake with the Gulf of Mexico. The Port Arthur Canal extends from near the upper end of Sabine Pass to the Port Arthur docks at the mouth of Taylors Bayou, a distance of 7 miles. Near its upper end the Sabine-Neches Canal joins and extends 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1-49 766 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EN GINERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 to the mouths of the Neches and Sabine Rivers. The waterway next extends up the Neches River to Beaumont and up the Sabine River to Orange. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 517 and 533.) Previousprojects.-The original project for improvement of Sabine Pass was adopted by River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1875, and sub- sequent projects and modifications by River and Harbor Acts of Au- gust 2, 1882, June 3, 1896, June 13, 1902, and June 19, 1906. The Port Arthur Canal was conveyed to the United States free of cost in 1906, and the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912, incorporated it in the project. The Sabine and Neches Rivers were first improved under the River and Harbor Acts of June 18, 1878, and March 3,1899, and the Sabine-Neches Canal was first improved under the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1905, and March 2, 1907. The project was enlarged by the River and Harbor Acts of February 27, 1911, July 25, 1912, March 2, 1919, and September 22, 1922. For further details, see page 1863 of Annual Report for 1915 for the Sabine and Neches Rivers, Sabine Pass, and Port Arthur Canal, and page 985 of the report for 1916 for Sabine-Neches Canal. (See also pp. 1100 and 1105 of Annual Report for 1921 and p. 874 of Annual Report for 1926.) Existing project. The existing project dimensions provided for in the various channels and basins comprising the waterways are shown in the following tabulation: Adopted project dimensions Depth in Section of Sabine-Neches Waterway, Tex. feet be- Bottom width in feet low mean low Gulf level -- I - - Sabine Pass outer bar _.. .-.. .. .. .. .. .-.. .. .. .. .. . 800 -- .. - ----- -- - -- - 36 -.......- Sabine Pass jetty channel --. .... . .. 500 at inner end, increasing (1) to 800 at outer end. Sabine Pass ---- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . . ---- - 500 -- - ---- - - - - - - - 34 Sabine Pass anchorage basin --- ----------- . 800 by 3,000 long, exclusive 34 of channel. Port Arthur Canal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 -- - ---------- ---- 34 Port Arthur: East turning basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 by 1,800 long -------- 34 West turning basin .-.. . . -. . -- 325 by 1,700 long ---... 34 Channel from Port Arthur west turning basin to Taylors Bayou 250_- - - 34 turning basin. Taylors Bayou turning basin ..... ............. 150 to 1,000 by 2,900 long .. 34 Sabine-Neches Canal: Port Arthur Canal to mouth of Neehes River . ....... 350_ --- 34 Mouth of Neches River to mouth of Sabine River -..... 125 -- - - -- - - - - - - 30 Neches River, mouth to lower end of Smiths Bluff cut-off -. - 350 --- ------ - -- - - - - 34 Neches River, lower end of Smiths Bluff cut-off to Beaumont 300 . ....... 34 turning basin, including cut-offs. Beaumont turning basin - ---------- --.. - ------ 500 by 1,500 long ----- 34 Beaumont turning-basin extension _.... _......- 350 by 2,000 long -- - -.. 34 Sabinn River, mouth to cut-off near Orange ---- ---- 125 . .... .. . . .. . . 30 Sabine River to Orange municipal wharf ----------- 200 by 3,000 long --- .. 30 Sabine River cut-off to highway bridge .-- _......... 150... . -. _ - .- - --- 25 1 34 at inner end, increasing to 36 at outer end. RIVERS AND HARBORS--GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 767 The project also provides for two stone jetties at the Sabine Pass entrance from the Gulf of Mexico, the western jetty to be 21,860 feet long and the eastern jetty to be 25,270 feet long. The project further provides for the removal of the guard lock in the Sabine-Neches Canal and the construction of suitable permanent protective works along the Sabine Lake frontage owned by the city of Port Arthur to prevent dredged material from entering Sabinie Lake and to prevent the erosion of the material deposited. The mean tidal variation at the entrance is about 11/2 feet, at Port Arthur about 1 foot, and at Orange and Beaumont about five-tenths foot. The effect of the wind is often greater than that of the tide. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1941, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, is $11,980,000, made up as follows: $8,624,500 for dredging work, of which $385,500 has been contributed in cash and useful work performed; $2,755,500 for jetty work; and not to exceed $600,000 for the construction of suitable per- manent protective work in Sabine Lake along Port Arthur. The latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance dredg- ing is $740,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents i July 25,1912 Existing project dimensions of jetties, a 26-foot H. Dec. No. 773. 61st Cong., 2d sess. channel through Sabine Pass, Port Arthur Canal, and Port Arthur turning basin; a new turning basin at Port Arthur 26 feet deep, 600 feet wide, and 1,700 feet long; a 25-foot depth in Sabine-Neches Canal, Neches River to Beau- mont and Sabine River to Orange, including cut-offs and widening of the channels as recom- mended by the Chief of Engineers and approved by the Secretary of War, and purchase of a new dredge. Sept. 22, 1922 Deepening the channels to 30 feet from the Gulf to H. Doc. No. 975, 66th Cong., 3d sess. Beaumont, with increased widths and an an- chorage basin in Sabine Pass 32 feet deep over an area of about 2,000 by 1,000 feet. Do ..... Deepening the Port Arthur turning basins and S. Doc. No. 152, 67th Cong., 2d sess. connecting channels thereto to 30 feet. For taking over and deepening Taylors Bayou turn- ing basin and connecting channel to 30 feet. For a 80-foot depth in the channel from the mouth of Neches River to cut-off in Sabine River near Orange. Mar. 3, 1'25 Removal of guard lock in Sabine-Neches Canal-- H. Dec. No. 234, 68th Cong., 1st sess. Jai. 21,1927 Increased widths of channels as follows: Sabine H. Dec. No. 287, 69th Cong., 1st sess. Pass jetty channel and Sabine Pass to 300 feet; Port Arthur Canal to 200 feet; Sabine-Neches Canal, from Port Arthur Canal to mouth of Neches River, to 150 feet. For dredging 2 passing places in Sabine-Neches Canal, easing of bends, removal and reconstructing Port Arthur field office, extending Beaumont turning basin upstream 200 feet above the new city wharves, and for an anchorage basin in Sabine Pass 4,500 feet long, 800 feet wide, and 30 feet deep. 768 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Acts Work authorized Documents A depth of 32 feet in the channels from the Gulf Aug. 30,1935 1 Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. to the Bueamont turning basin, including all No. 27, 72d Cong., 1st seas. turning basins at Port Arthur. Do....... Deepening the channels to 34 feet with increased Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. widths from the Gulf to the Beaumont turning No. 12, 74th Cong., 1st sess. basin, including all turning basins at Port Arthur. Do....... Construction of suitable permanent protective Specified in act. works along the Sabine Lake frontage owned by the city of Port Arthur. Aug. 26,1937 Taking over and maintaining channel from Sabine Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. River to Orange municipal wharf. No. 3, 75th Cong., 1st sess. Do....... Dredging 400 feet from the eastern end of Harbor Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Island and for abandonment of the channel No. 20, 75th Cong., 1st sess. south and west of Harbor Island. June 20,1938 Increased widths of channels from the Gulf to the H. Doc. No. 581, 75th Cong., 3d sess. Beaumont turning basin and channel connect- ing Port Arthur west turning basin and Taylors Bayou turning basin; deepening the Beaumont turning basin and Beaumont turning basin extension to 34 feet; and for dredging a new cut- off from Smiths Bluff cut-off to McFaddin Bend. Oct. 17,1940 Abandonment of the Orange turning basin; S. Doc. No. 14, 77th Cong., 1st seas. dredge a channel 25 feet deep, 150 feet wide, (Contains the latest published map.) suitably widened on bends, to the highway bridge and dredge a cut-off channel opposite Orange 25 feet deep and 200 feet wide, approxi- mately 2,400 feet long. I Previously authorized Sept. 6, 1933, by Public Works Administration. The project is subject to the condition that no dredging shall be done by the United States within 50 feet of existing pierheads or established pierhead lines. Recommended modification~ of project.-The following modifica- tions were recommended by the Chief of Engineers under the dates shown: March 21, 1940-Extension of the Beaumont turning basin upstream 300 feet, thus forming a turning basin 350 by 2,300 feet, at an estimated first cost of $10,000 in addition to that now required to complete the existing project, with no increase in -the annual cost of maintenance; provided that no dredging shall be done by the United States closer than 50 feet to existing pierheads or established pierhead lines; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 685, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). November 20, 1940-Widening the Port Arthur west turning basin to 600 feet for a distance of 900 feet from the east end, suitably flared at the entrance, thence tapering a distance of 800 to 325 feet at the west end at a depth of 34 feet, at an estimated first cost of $18,000, in addition to that now required to complete the existing project, with no increase in the present approved estimated annual cost of maintenance; provided that no dredging shall be done by the United States closer than 50 feet to existing pierheads or established pierhead lines; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (S. Doc. No. 60, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 769 July 16, 1941-For a channel 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the Beaumont turning basin to the vicinity of the Pennsylvania Ship- yards, no dredging to be undertaken within 50 feet of existing pier- heads or established pierhead lines, at an estimated first cost of $27,000, with no increase in the approved estimate of annual cost of mainte- nance; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (S. Doc. No. 158, 77th Cong., 2d sess.). Local cooperation.-The cooperation required by the River and Har- bor Act of June 20, 1938, provides that local interests shall furnish free of cost to the United States, rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance as may be required, and release the United States from any claims for damages resulting from the proposed dredging or disposal of excavated material. All requirements under prior acts have been fully complied with. The local cooperation yet to be met consists of furnishing rights-of-way, and releases from damage liability along the channel from Port Ar- thur west turning basin to Taylors Bayou turning basin. Local in- terests have been unable to obtain all rights-of-way for widening the channel to project dimensions from the Port Arthur west turning basin to Taylors Bayou turning basin. Terminal facilities.-Modern terminal facilities adequate for pres- ent commerce exist. (See pp. 839 and 840 Annual Report for 1938, and Port Series No. 14, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year-New work.-A total of 7,157,597 cubic yards of material was removed from a total channel length of 49,268.9 feet under contracts at a cost of $735,456.22 as fol- lows: CubiyardsLinear feet Location Period remoCubic verd of channel Cost dredged Sabine Pass channel and inner end of July 15 to Sept. 29,1942 --.. 1, 639, 938 15,500 $151, 403.69 Sabine Pass jetty channel. Port Arthur Canal and inner end of July 1 and 2, 1942 -- 491,817 2,611.9 34,500. 52 Sabine Pass channel. Channel connecting Port Arthur west Dec. 30, 1942, to Feb. 7, 344, 427 2,300 34, 075.92 turning basin with Taylor's Bayou 1943. turning basin. Sabine.Neches Canal (Port Arthur Oct. 10, 1942, to June 30, 4, 681, 415 28,857 515, 476.09 Canal to mouth of Neches River). 1943. Maintenance.-Miscellaneoussurvey work was done, and the Port Arthur field office was maintained. Miscellaneous surveys and in- spections were made at a cost of $10,334.24. A contract for dredging the lower end of the Sabine-Neches Canal and the Port Arthur east and west turning basins was completed from July 14, to December 25, 1942, and from February 7 to April 2, 1943, by removing 1,680,952 cubic yards of material over a channel length of 21,862 feet at a cost of $160,140.72. The U. S. hopper dredge Galveston dredged the Sabine Pass outer bar channel and outer por- tion of Sabine Pass jetty channel from December 21, 1942, to Jan- uary 9, 1943, and from February 5, to April 30, 1943, removing 3,151,- 346 cubic yards of material (bin measurement) from a channel length of 28,000 feet at a cost of $94,288.73. 770 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The total cost for all work for the year was $1,000,219.91 of which $735,456.22 was for new work and $264,763.69 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $938,072.15. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The Sabine Pass jetties are com- pleted to full project dimensions. The existing project for dredging was about 92 percent completed. The work remaining to be done consists of enlarging the channel connecting Port Arthur west turn- ing basin with Taylor's Bayou turning basin and the Sabine-Neches Canal. The controlling depths below mean low tide in the various channels and basins were as follows: Sabine Pass outer bar channel, 36 feet; Sabine Pass jetty channel, 38 feet; Sabine Pass channel, 34 feet; Sabine Pass anchorage basin, 32 feet; Port Arthur canal, 33 feet; Port Arthur east and west turning basins and channel connecting Port Arthur west turning basin with Taylor's Bayou turning basin, 37 feet; Taylor's Bayou turning basin, 33 feet; Sabine-Neches Canal, from' head of Port Arthur canal to mouth of Neches River, 34 feet; Neches River, mouth to lower end of Smiths Bluff cut-off, 32 feet; Neches River, lower end of Smiths Bluff cut-off to Beaumont turning basin, 34 feet; Beaumont turning basin, 35 feet; Beaumont turning basin extension, 31 feet; Sabine-Neches Canal, mouth of Neches River to mouth of Sabine River, 29 feet; Sabine River, mouth to cut-off near Orange, Tex., 30 feet; Sabine River to Orange municipal wharf, 28 feet; Sabine River, cut-off to Highway Bridge at Orange, Tex., 26 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds - -- ................ $9,078,226. 62 $7, 015, 913. 58 $16, 094, 140. 20 Public Works funds . 1, 363, 652. 47 ----------- 1, 363, 652. 47 Total United States funds _ 10, 441, 879. 09 7, 015, 913. 58 17, 457, 792. 67 Contributed funds (existing project) _353, 500. 00------ 353, 500. 00 Total all funds .... .. . . . . .. _ .. _ ... 10, 795, 379.09 7, 015, 913. 58 17,811, 292. 67 The total expenditures were $17,307,303.03 of which $15,943,650.56 was from regular funds, including $1,965.49 for Mississippi River flood-relief work and $1,363,652.47 from Public Works funds. In addi- tion $353,500 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpeuded at the end of the fiscal year, $1,573,396.38, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943--- ----------- $151, 599.58 New work: Complete an existing contract for dredging the Sabine-Neches Canal (Port Arthur canal to mouth of Neches River section) to project dimen- sions (July to December 1943)- ____---$723.8, 216. 40 Total for new work - - -__- - - 723, 216. 40 Maintenance: Dredge inland channels where necessary by con- tract (July 1942 to June 1943) ---------------- $603, 580.40 Dredge Sabine Pass outer bar and jetty channels with United States seagoing hopper dredge (January, February, and March 1944) .- _--- 90, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 771 Maintenance-Continued. Construct levee around spoil disposal area with United States plant (August, September, and October 1943)___- - $5, oo00.00 Total for maintenance_ $698, 580. 40 Total for all work----------------------------------- 1,573, 396.38 The additional sum of $690,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance: Dredge inland channels where necessary by contract (July 1944 to June 1945) -- __-----_$600, Dredge Sabine Pass outer bar and jetty channels with United States 000 seagoing hopper dredge (January, February, and March 1945)_ 90,000 Total ____-690,000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ...... . -- $15, 622, 710. 60 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 9, 395, 590. 36 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- --- 25, 018, 300. 96 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 --- 1,109.94 Net total cost to June 30, 1943---------------- -- 25, 019,410.90 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 -- 151, 599.58 Net total expenditures --- -- 24, 867, 811.32 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ 1, 573, 396. 38 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 126, 441, 207. 70 1 In addition, $931,006.78 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 costof ew ork - i _ Cost of new work_ $849, 185. 05 $348, 656.45 $321, 377.23 $686, 743.21 $735,456.22 Cost of maintenance .-- 225, 209.96 331, 132.74 496, 281.62 120, 327.66 264, 763. 69 Total cost _ 1, 074, 395.01 679,789.19 817,658.85 807, 070.87 1,000, 219.91 Total expended ...... 1, 214, 690.01 664, 626.88 778, 273.95 787, 705.21 938,072.15 Allotted... - -.. 846, 800.00 819, 500.00 1, 023, 000.00 1,543,015.73 190, 000. 00 1 1 1 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__________------ $2, 321, 468. 53 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943- 490, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for----------------------------- 2, 811, 468. 53 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment------------- 300, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for- 2, 511, 468. 53 Gross amount expended----------------------------------- 938, 072. 15 . . . Balance ..- unexpended ".. . .. f.. . June . . 30, . . . .. 1943_- -------- r.A . . I . . 1, 573, 396.38 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_............ $1, 755. 44 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -- - 837, 030. 29 838, 785.73 Balance available June 30, 1943 -_ - -_ 734, 610. 65 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance__ - - - 690, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 772 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 2. THE GULF INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY BETWEEN THE APALACHEE BAY, FLA., AND THE MEXICAN BORDER (GALVESTON DISTRICT.) Location.-This section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway extends from a point on the Sabine River about 3 miles below Orange, Tex., to Brownsville, Tex., a distance of about 424 miles; with a flood- discharge channel, about 7 miles in length, in the Colorado River, extending from Matagorda, Tex., to the Gulf of Mexico; a tributary channel in the San Bernard River, extending from the Intracoastal Waterway crossing to the State highway bridge some 30 miles above the crossing; a tributary channel, in the Colorado River, extending from the Intracoastal Waterway upstream a distance of 17 miles; a tributary channel about 9 miles in length extending from the Intra- coastal Waterway to Palacios, Tex.; a tributary channel about 2 miles in length extending from the Intracoastal Waterway to Rock- port, Tex.; and a tributary channel about 6 miles in length extending from the Intracoastal Waterway near Port Aransas, Tex., to the town of Aransas Pass, Tex. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1116, 1117, 592, 533, 1279, 1280, 1282, 1283, 1284, 1285, 1286, 1287, and 1288.) Previous projects-Sabine River--Galveston Bay section.--None. (1) West Galveston Bay and Brazos River Canal, Tex., River and Harbor Acts of July 13, 1892, July 8, 1896, and June 13, 1902, the latter providing for the purchase of the Galveston and Brazos River Canal, and the act of March 2, 1907. (2) Channel between Brazos River and MatagordaBay, Tex., River and Harbor Acts of June 25, 1910, and March 2, 1919. The act of July 25, 1912, provided for the construction of highway bridges at points where the waterway intersected existing county roads. (3) Channel from Pass Cavallo to Aransas Pass, Tex., River and Harbor Acts of March 2, 1907, and July 25, 1912. For further details see pages 941, 944, and 947 of Annual Report for 1926, and page 845 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-The existing project provides for a channel 12 feet deep at mean low water over a bottom width of 125 feet, with such passing places, widening at bends, locks or guard locks, and railway bridges over artificial cuts as are necessary from the Sabine River to Brownsville, Tex.; for the purchase or construction of a 20-inch pipe-line dredge; for the maintenance of a suitable flood dis- charge channel in the Colorado River from Matagorda, Tex., to the Gulf of Mexico; for a tributary channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide in the San Bernard River, extending from the main channel to the State highway bridge some 31 miles above the mouth of the" stream; for a tributary channel in the Colorado River 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide, extending from the main channel upstream a dis- tance of 17 miles, with a turning basin of the same depth, 400 feet wide and 500 feet long at the head of the improvement; for a tributary channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide from Palacios, Tex., through Trespalacios and Matagorda Bays to the main channel; for a tributary channel 9 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the main channel to the harbor at Rockport, Tex., and improvement of that harbor to a depth of 9 feet; for a tributary channel 6 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the main channel near Port Aransas, Tex., to the town of Aransas Pass, Tex., ending in a basin of the same depth, 300 feet wide and 700 feet long; and for operating and care of the waterway. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 773 From the Sabine River (3 miles below Orange, Tex.) to the Port Arthur Canal, from Port Bolivar to the west end of Galveston Channel, from Port Aransas to Corpus Christi, and from Port Isabel to Brownsville, Tex., the waterway coincides with deep water channels improved and maintained under other projects. The mean tidal variation is 0.5 foot at Orange, 1 foot at Port Arthur, 1 foot in Galveston Bay, 1.8 feet at Freeport, 1 foot in Matagorda Bay, 1 foot at Corpus Christi, 1.5 feet at Port Isabel, and 1 foot at Brownsville., The extreme ranges of tide under ordinary conditions are 1 foot at Orange, 1.5 feet at Port Arthur, 2.3 feet in Galveston Bay, 2.5 feet at Freeport, 1.5 feet in Matagorda Bay, 1.5 feet at Corpus Christi, 2 feet at Port Isabel, and 1.5 feet at Browns- ville. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind. Strong north winds have depressed the water as much as 2 feet below mean low tide. The 9-foot tributary channel in the Colorado River is subject to the provision that no dredging shall be done by the United States within 50 feet of any wharf or structure excepting the highway bridge which crosses the river at mile 8.3. The 9-foot tributary channel from Palacios, Tex., through Tres- palacios and Matagorda Bays is subject to the provision that no dredging shall be done by the United States within 50 feet of any wharf or structure. The estimate of cost of new work revised in 1943 is $19,164,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1943) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $1,034,000, including $104,000 for operating and care of structures. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents -I. _ Mar. 3,1925 Channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide, from Sabine H. Doe. No. 238, 68th Cong., 1st sess. River to Galveston Bay, and for a 20-inch pipe- line dredge. Jan. 21, 1927 Channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide, from Gal- Do. veston Bay to Corpus Christi. Aug. 26, 1937 Maintenance of a flood-discharge channel in the Senate committee print, 75th Cong., Colorado River. 1st sess. June 20,1938 Channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide in San Ber- H. Doc. No. 640, 75th Cong., 3d sess. nard River, Tex. Do --.. Channel in the Colorado River, 9 feet deep and H. Doc. No. 642, 75th Cong., 3d sess. 100 feet wide, with a turning basin. Do---- Channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide from H. Doc. No. 564, 75th Cong., 3d sess. Palacios through Trespalacios and Matagorda Bays. Do..... Channel 9 feet deep and 200 feet wide from the H. Doe. No. 641, 75th Cong., 3d sess main channel to the harbor at Rockport, and improvement of that harbor to a depth of 9 feet. Do _-- - Channel 6 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the H. Doe. No. 643, 75th Cong., 3d sess. main channel to Aransas Pass, Tex. July 23,1942 Enlargement of waterway from Sabine River to Public Law 675, 77th Cong., and report Corpus Christi and its extension to Browns- of the Chief of Engineers, Apr. 27, ville, Tex., so as to provide a depth of 12 feet and 1942. (Report not printed.) width of 125 feet throughout. H. Doe. No. 230, 76th Cong., 1st sess., H. Doe. No. 402, 77th Cong., 1st sess., and the project documents contain the latest published maps. 74 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Operating and care of the waterway was included in the project July 1, 1935, under the provisions of the Permanent Appropriations Repeal Act approved June 26, 1934. Recommended modifications of project.-.The following modifica- tions of the existing project for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway were recommended by the Chief of Engineers on the dates shown- July 5, 1939. To provide a branch channel 6 feet deep and 60 feet wide, from a point on the waterway near Port O'Connor, Tex., into Barroom Bay, Tex., at an estimated first cost of $6,300, with annual maintenance of $1,000, in addition to that now required, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 428, 76th Cong., 1st sess.) June 19,1941. To provide a channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide from .the Intracoastal Waterway at Port Aransas, Tex., extending approximately 6.1 miles to a turning basin of the same depth and 300 feet wide by 700 feet long at Aransas Pass, Tex., at an estimated first cost of $48,000, with no increase in the approved annual cost of maintenance, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 383, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) September 15, 1941. To provide a branch channel 9 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the Intracoastal Waterway to the vicinity of Har- lingen via Arroyo Colorado with turning basin 9 feet deep, 400 feet wide and 500 feet long at the upper end, all at an estimated first cost of $600,000, with $52,000 annually for maintenance in addition to that now required, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 402, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) Local cooperation.-The main channel from the Sabine River to Brownsville, Tex., was authorized subject to the provisions that local interests defray the cost of constructing or remodeling all highway bridges, together with their subsequent maintenance and operation, and furnish, without cost to the United States, all rights-of-way and necessary spoil-disposal areas, that work on the Sabine River-Gal- veston Bay section not be commenced prior to the receiving by the Secretary of War of satisfactory assurances relative to the availabil- ity, by the date of its completion, of adequate vessels, terminals, and auxiliary equipment for the economical handling of at least 400,000 tons annually; that the general carrier service required for the New Orleans-Sabine River section be extended to terminals on Galveston Bay, and at Houston; and that work on the Galveston Bay-Corpus Christi section not be commenced prior to the receiving by the Secre- tary of War of satisfactory assurances relative to the availability, by the date of its completion, of adequate vessels, terminals, and auxili- ary equipment for the economical handling of at least 300,000 tons annually. Local interests have complied with all of the above requirements except those pertaining to the Corpus Christi-Brownsville section, none of which has been complied with. The tributary channel in the San Bernard River was authorized subject to the provisions that work not be undertaken without assur- RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 775 ance of extension of the Intracoastal Waterway to the river, and that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, all lands, easements, right-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance, hold and save the United States free from any damages resulting from the improvement, and agree to provide suitable terminal facilities, including turning basins, wharves, etc., and to maintain an adequate portion thereof open to the general public on equal terms to all (H. Doc. No. 640, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). The tributary channel in the Colorado River was authorized sub- ject to the provisions that local interests provide, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance, give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War relative to the provision of nec- essary terminal and transfer facilities, including a highway connec- tion, and hold and save- the United States free from any damage resulting from the execution and maintenance of the improvement (H. Doc. No. 642, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). The tributary channel to Palacios, Tex., was authorized subject to the provisions that local interests provide and maintain a suitable har- bor basin and furnish, free of cost to the United States, all rights-of- way and suitable spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subse- quent maintenance (H. Doc. No. 564, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). The tributary channel to Rockport, Tex., was authorized subject to the provisions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary rights-of-way and suitable spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance, and hold and save the United States free from any damages resulting from the improvement (H. Doc. No. 641, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). The tributary channel to Aransas Pass, Tex., was authorized sub- ject to the provisions that local interests furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and for subsequent maintenance, and hold and save the United States free from any damages resulting from the execution and maintenance of the improvement (H. Doc. No. 643, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). Local interests have complied with all of the above requirements except those pertaining to the tributary channel in the Colorado River, none of which has been complied with. Terminal facilities.-There are terminal facilities at Orange, Port Arthur, Galveston, Freeport, Port Aransas, Corpus Christi, Port Isabel, and Brownsville where this waterway coincides with channels improved under other projects. (See Port Series, Nos. 6 and 14, Corps of Engineers and report on Brazos Island Harbor, Tex.) There are privately owned piers and wharves at Palacios, Rockport, and Aransas Pass, and a municipal pier at Palacios and Aransas Pass. The facilities are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year-New work.-Work of preparing plans and specifications for floodgates for the Brazos and Colorado River crossings was performed at a cost of $6,092.39. Pre- liminary surveys chargeable to dredging the tributary channels in the 776 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 San Bernard and Colorado Rivers were made at a cost of $689.44. From February 16, to May 28, 1943, 209,535 linear feet of levee involv- ing 565,745 cubic yards of material were constructed adjacent to the waterway between West Port Arthur and High Island, Tex., by con- tract, at a cost of $110,788. From April 8 to May 5, 1943, 10,160 linear feet of levee involving 31,144 cubic yards of material were constructed adjacent to the waterway in the vicinity of the Brazos River crossing, by contract, at a cost of $9,164.81. From July 1, 1942, to June 30, 1943, under a contract for constructing two floodgate structures at the Brazos River crossing, 144,980 cubic yards of material were excavated, 62,410 cubic yards of material were placed in fills, 391 linear feet of protection levee were constructed, 95,850 linear feet of timber piles and 38,058 square feet of steel sheet piles were driven, access roads involving 15,018 cubic yards of earthwork and 11,664 cubic yards of shell surfacing were constructed, 161,654 board feet of timber were used in framing, 15,858 cubic yards of concrete were placed, 684,876 pounds of structural steel were erected, 171,166 pounds of reinforcing steel were placed, and miscellaneous work was performed at a total cost of $1,191,276.57. From February 20 to June 30,1943, under a con- tract for; constructing two floodgate structures at the Colorado River crossing, 88,000 cubic yards of material were excavated, 73,000 cubic yards of material were placed in fills, an access road involving 14,500 cubic yards of earthwork was constructed, 600 linear feet of timber piles were driven, and various construction materials were delivered to the site of the work at a total cost of $189,263.88.' Payments amount- ing to $4,336.69 were made for work performed during the fiscal year 1942 under a contract for constructing a temporary removable dam across the waterway on the east side of the Brazos River. A total of 3,049,979 cubic yards of material was removed from a total length of channel of 104,054 feet at a cost of $381,483.16, as follows: Government plant Location Period Cubic Linear feet yards of channel Cost or contract removed dredged U. S. pipe-line dredge Colorado River Jan. 1 to Apr. 22, 646.568 8,163 $94,810.58 Sam Houston. crossing. 1943. Contract .....------------ Port Arthur to Port Jan. 28, to June 30, 2, 084,078 92,840 255,129.01 Bolivar, Tex. 1943. Do-- ...... _Brazos . River cross- June 15 to 30, 1943- 319,333 3,051 31,543.57 ming. Maintenance.--Miscellaneous surveys were made at a cost of $46,- 173.46. Work of reestablishing reference lines and erecting signs along the waterway between Port Arthur and Port Aransas, Tex., was performed at a cost of $12,879.39. A total of 7,137,433 cubic yards of material was removed from a total length of channel of 295,774 feet at a cost of $663,538.80, as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 777 Cubic Linear feet Government plant Location Period yards of channel Cost or contract removed dredged Contract......------------Galveston Channel July 1, to Sept. 1, 406,213 22,500 $21,455.62 to Bastrop Bayou. 1942.- Do........-------------. San Antonio and Nov. 6, 1942, to May 4,170, 311 103,000 277, 777.68 Aransas Bays. 14, 1943. Do--.....-.. . Port O'Connor, Dec. 20,1942, to June 482,801 19,130 65, 441. 11 Tex., to San An- 30, 1943. tonio Bay. Do-............. Between Rockport May 23 to June 22, 537,449 24,833 52, 956.76 and Port Aransas, 1943., Tex. U. S. pipe-line dredge Between Brazos July 1 to 15 and Oct. 162,646 8,145 18, 836.12 Sam Houston. River and San 20 to 29, 1942. Bernard River. Do-------------Between San Ber- July 16 to Sept. 19, 828,743 78, 950 124,386.48 nard River and and Nov. 10 to Palacios Point. Dec. 31, 1942, and May 21 to June 27, 1943. Do----- ----- Vicinity of Brazos Sept. 20 to Oct. 20 201,594 15,145 35,983.83 River. and Oct. 29, to Nov. 9, 1942. Do- ........-... Vicinity of Palacios June 28 to 30, 1943--- 5,224 650 3, 263.40 Point. U. S. pipe-line dredge Between San Ber- July 1 to Aug. 21, 324,723 23,121 57,113. 80 Omega. nard River and and Nov. 11 to Palacios Point. Dec. 9, 1942, Do----.....--_ . Vicinity of Port Aug. 21 to 31, 1942 -- 17, 729 300 6,324.00 O'Connor, Tex. Operating and care.-The Mud Bayou railway bridge near High Island, Tex., was operated and maintained by hired labor at a c6st of $20,818.10. Log booms at the Brazos and Colorado Rivers were oper- ated by hired labor at a cost of $4,008.68. A temporary removable dam at the Brazos River crossing was operated by leased derrick boat at a cost of $53,475.13. From July 1 to August 31, 1942, the U. S. derrick boat No. 8 drove 2,135 linear feet of timber piles in the con- struction of fenders at the temporary removable dam at the Brazos River crossing at a cost of $3,418.85. The total cost of all work during the fiscal year was $2,697,407.30, of which $1,893,094.89 was for new work, $722,591.65 for maintenance, and $81,720.76 for operating and care. The total expenditures were $2,447,596.98. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 39 percent completed. The dredging of the main channel to a depth of 9 feet over a width of 100 feet from the Sabine River to Corpus Christi, Tex., was completed. The dredging of the tributary channels to Palacios, Rockport, and Aransas Pass, Tex., was completed. Construc- tion of a railway bridge near High Island, Tex., was completed. Construction of two floodgate structures at the Brazos River crossing was about 98 percent completed. Construction of two floodgate struc- tures at the Colorado River crossing was about 24 percent completed. The enlargement of the main channel to a depth of 12 feet over a width of 125 feet was about 40 percent completed from the Sabine River to Galveston Tex., and about 1 percent completed from Galveston to Corpus Christi, Tex. The work remaining to be done consisted of dredging the tributary channels in the San Bernard and Colorado Rivers, completing the floodgates and appurtenant structures at the 778 REPOR F OF CTE' OF EINGIINEIRS, U. S. AIRMY, 19 4 3 Brazos and Colorado River crossings, completing the enlargement of the waterway to a depth of 12 feet over a width of 125 feet from the Sabine River to Corpus Christi, Tex., and dredging the waterway from Corpus Christi to Port Isabel, Tex. The controlling depths at mean low water were 9 feet from the Sa- bine River to Galveston, Tex.; 8 feet from Galveston to Freeport Har- bor ;7/2 feet from Freeport Harbor to the Colorado River; 7 feet from the Colorado River to Port O'Connor, Tex.; 7 feet from Port O'Connor to Corpus Christi, Tex.; 1/ foot in the lower 1/2 -mile reach-and 4 feet in the upper reach of the flood-discharge channel in the Colorado River; 7 feet in the lower 26-mile reach and 31/2 feet in the upper reach of the tributary channel in the San Bernard River; 6 feet in the lower S-mile reach and about 1 foot in the upper reach of the tributary chan- nel in the Colorado River; 41/2 feet in the vicinity of the harbor basin and 6 feet in the remainder of the tributary channel to Palacios, Tex.; 8 feet in the tributary channel to Rockport, Tex.; and 41/2 feet in the tributary channel to Aransas Pass, Tex. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $9,186,090.42 of which $5,908,624.97 regular funds and $466,476.58 Public Works funds, a total of $6,375,101.55, was for new work, $2,556,842.52 for maintenance, and $254,146.35 for operating and care from regular funds. The total expendentures were $8,889,433.80, of which $8,422,957.22 was from regular funds and $466,476.58 from Pub- lic Works funds. In addition, $33,172.98 was expended between July 1, 1934, and June 30, 1935, for operating and care of the works of im- provement under the provision of the permanent indefinite appropria- tion for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $3,992,585.07, together with an allotment of $4,310,000 made on July 22, 1943, a total of $8,302,585.07, will be ap- plied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 --- $296, 656. 02 New work: Complete plans and specifications for buildings at floodgate sites at Brazos River crossing (July and August 1943) ------------- $623.06 Complete construction of 2 floodgate structures at Brazos River crossing, under existing con- tract (July and August 1943) --------------- 341, 500.00 Complete construction of 2 floodgate structures at Colorado River crossing, under existing contract (July 1943 to January 1944).... 1, 810, 700. 00 Complete realignment and enlargement of waterway to project dimensions at Brazos River crossing under existing contract (July and August 1943) ------------------------ 76,900.00 Complete enlargement of waterway to project dimensions between Port Arthur and Port Bolivar, Tex., under existing contract (July 1943 to January 1944) -------------------- __ 549, 600.00 Enlarge waterway to project dimensions from Galveston to Port Aransas, Tex., by contracts (August 1943 to June 1944) ------------- 3, 955, 00. 00 Construct office, warehouse, and dwellings at Brazos River Floodgates, by contract (August to November 1943)-----__-_ -- ____-__-s80, 000.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 779 New work-Continued. Dredge tributary channel in San Bernard River from main channel upstream a distance of 26 miles, under existing contract (July to October 1943)- -- -_ __ ___ --- $179, 000.00 Total for new work .. $6, 993, 323.06 Maintenance: Complete dredging between Matagorda Bay and San Antonio Bay, under existing contract (July to November 1943)---------------- 95, 800.00 Dredge from Big Boggy Bayou to Colorado River, by contract (August 1943 to January 0,0. 0 1944)-__-___ Complete dredging in vicinity of Palacios Point, 105, 000.00 by United States pipe-line dredge (July to October 1943)_________________ 105, 000.00 Dredge shoal reaches between Port Arthur and Port Bolivar, Tex., by contract (March and April 1944)__ 70, 000. 00 Dredge shoal reaches between Galveston, Tex., and Freeport Harbor, by United States pipe- line dredge (November and December 1943)_ 50, 000. 00 Dredge shoal reaches between Freeport Harbor , and Palacios Point, by United States pipe-line dredge (October 1943 to January 1944) - 80, 000.00 Dredge shoal reaches between Port O'Connor and Port Aransas, Tex., by United States pipe- line dredge (April to June 1944) 80,000.00 Dredge flood-discharge channel in Colorado River between Matagorda, Tex., and Gulf of Mexico, by United States pipe-line dredges (January to April 1944)___ 185, 000. 00 Dredge shoal reaches of tributary channel to Palacios, Tex., by United States pipe-line dredge (April to June 1944)------------- 80, 000.00 Dredge shoal reaches of tributary channel to Aransas Pass, Tex., by contract (September to November 1943)___-_ 80, 000. 00 Reestablish reference lines and erect signs along waterway between Port Arthur and Port Aransas, Tex. (July 1943 to June 1944) .-.. _. 18, 017. 56 Total for ordinary maintenance_--_- 943, 817. 56 Maintenance (operating and care) : Mud Bayou Bridge : Operation (July 1943 to June 1944) _ _ _ Ordinary maintenance and repairs (July _ 18, 400. 00 1943 to June 1944) __________ 4, 000. 00 Log booms at Colorado River crossing: Operation (July 1943 to February 1944) 1, 200. 00 Ordinary maintenance and repairs (July 1943 to February 1944)_ ---- -- 200.00 Temporary removable dam at Brazos River crossing : Operation (July to September 1943) ------ 15, 000. 00 Ordinary maintenance and repairs (July to September 1943) --------------------- 400. 00 Brazos River Floodgates: Operation (August 1943 to June 1944) .. 22, 000. 00 Ordinary maintenance and repairs (August 1943 to June 1944) --------------------- 7, 587. 83 Total for operating and care _ -- -- 68, 787. 83 Total for all work 302, 585.07 -8 780 RFiPOTRff OF CTIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The additional sum of $2,521,400 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as follows: New work: Construct office, warehouse, and dwellings at Colorado River floodgates, by contract (July to October 1944) $80, 000 Dredge from Flour Bluff near Corpus Christi, Tex., southward a distance of about 171/ miles, by contract (July 1944 to June 1945) ----------------------- 775,000 Dredge section of waterway north from Port Isabel, Tex. (July 1944 to June 1945) 845, 000 Total ,for new work_------------------------------- $1, 700,000 Maintenance: Dredge where necessary between Port Arthur and Port Bolivar, Tex., by contract (August and September 1944) -------------------------------------- 100,000 Dredge where necessary between Galveston, Tex., and Freeport Harbor, by contract (October to December 1944) .110,000 Dredge where necessary between Freeport Harbor and Colorado River, by United States pipe-line dredges (February to June 1945) __- - ------- -130, 000 Dredge where necessary between Colorado River and Port O'Connor, Tex., by United States pipe-line dredges (August 1944 to January 1945) ------------------ 150,000 Dredge where necessary between Port O'Connor and Port Aransas, Tex., by contract (August to November 1944) -------------------------------------- 180,000 Total for ordinary maintenance ...-- - --- 670, 000 Maintenance (operating and care) : Mud Bayou Bridge: Operation (July 1944 to June 1945) -------------- 18, 400 Ordinary maintenance and repairs (July 1944 to June 1945) -------------------------------- 4,000 Improvement and reconstruction (July 1944 to June 1945) ------------------------------ 5, 000 Brazos River Floodgates : Operation (July 1944 to June 1945)- ----- 24,000 Ordinary maintenance and repairs (July 1944 to June 1945) -------------------------------- 8,000 Improvement and reconstruction (July 1944 to June 1945) -------------------------------- 50,000 Colorado River Floodgates: Operation (July 1944 to June 1945) ------ 24,000 Ordinary maintenance and repairs (July 1944 to June 1945) -------------------------------- 8,000 Improvement and reconstruction (July 1944 to June 1945) ------------ 10,000 Total for operating and care----------------- 151, 400 Total for all work --------------------------- 2, 521, 400 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 -------------------------- $6, 90, 263. 25 Cost of maintenance work to June 30, 1943____ ------------------- 4, 264, 625.75 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943---------- 11,173, 889. 00 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ___-------------------------296, 656.62 Net total expenditures_-_ _-_-_--- 10, 877, 232. 38 iUnexpended balance June 30, 1943 .................- 3, 992, 585. 07 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 194 - - - - 14, 869, 817. 45 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 781 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work_ ..... _. $525, 944.84 $1, 072, 745.73 $689, 998. 40 $471,640.23 $1,893, 094.89 Cost of maintenance ....... 205, 579.18 186, 255. 31 146, 657.03 965, 990.35 804, 312.41 Total cost ---------------- 731, 524.02 1, 259, 001.04 836, 655. 43 1, 437, 630.58 2,697, 407.30 Total expended -- - - 605,879.28 1, 325, 058. 79 845, 919.26 1, 467, 837.45 2, 447, 596.98 Allotted -.-----............. 2,108, 000.00 367,000.00 1,369,000.00 1, 785, 455.80 3, 970, 675.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_----- -------- $2, 469, 507.05 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved May 23, 1941 $1, 000,000. 00 ------- Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 2, 115, 675. 00 --------- Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved June 2, 1943 855, 000. 00 ---------- 3, 970, 675.00 Amount to be accounted for-- .... --- ----- 6, 440,182. 05 Gross amount expended --------------------- $2, 447, 672. 18 Less receipts from sales -75. 20 2, 447, 596. 98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943__ --- ---- _ 3,992,585.07 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--------- $28, 907. 75 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------- 2,876,449. 83 2, 905, 357. 58 Balance available June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 1, 087, 227.49 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ------------- 5, 795, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945: For new work 1 -------------- 1, 700,000.00 For maintenance _ -- _-- 821,400.00 Total 1------------------- 2, 521. 400 00 SExclusive of available funds. 3. GALVESTON HARBOR, TEX. Location.--The entrance to this harbor is situated on the Gulf of Mexico, on the northern portion of the Coast of Texas, 328 miles west of Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River and 278 miles northeast from the mouth of the Rio Grande. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 520.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts approved June 23, 1874, June 14, 1880, and August 5, 1886. For further details see page 1854, Annual Report for 1915, and page 851, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for two rubblestone jetties extend- ing from Galveston Island (on the south) and Bolivar Peninsula (on the north) into the Gulf of Mexico (the south jetty being 35,900 feet long and the north jetty 25,907 feet long), and for a channel 800 feet wide and 36 feet deep from deep water in the Gulf to a point between the jetties 2 miles west of the seaward end of the north jetty, thence 800 feet wide and 34 feet deep to Bolivar Roads. The project also provides for the maintenance by the United States of existing chan- 4 558155- 4-pt. 1, vol. 1-- 50 782 REPORIT OF CTIEF OIF E'GINERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 nels channelward of the harbor lines, 12 feet deep and 100 feet wide, to the highway-ferry landings on Galveston Island and Bolivar Pen- insula, for the construction of 13 groins to protect the sea wall along the Gulf shore from about Twelfth to Sixty-first Street, Gal- veston, Tex. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is 2 feet on the outer bar and 1.64 feet on the inner bar. The extreme ranges are 2.76 and 2.27 feet, respectively. The height of the tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong northers in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1938, was $2,872,000 ex- clusive of amounts expended under previous projects. The latest (1935) approved estimate of cost of annual maintenance is $187,500, of which $7,500 is for channels leading to ferry landings. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 5, 1886 Construction of 2 rubblestone jetties . H. Doc. No. 85, 49th Cong., 1st sess., and Annual Report 1886, p. 1311. Mar. 2,1907 Extension of the jetties to present project length H. Doc. No. 340, 59th Cong., 2d sess., and construction and operation of a dredge. and Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 11, 59th Cong., 2d sess. July 18,1918 Deepening channel to 35 feet with 800-foot width H. Doe. No. 758, 65th Cong., 2d sess. for experimental period of 2 years. Jan. 21, 1927 Maintenance of channels 800 feet wide, 35 feet H. Doc. No. 307, 69th Cong., 1st sess. deep on outer bar and 34 feet on inner bar. Aug. 30,19351 Maintenance of channels 12 feet deep, 100 feet Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. wide leading to State highway ferry landings. No. 31, 72d Cong., 1st sess. Do .-. Construction of 13 groins along Gulf shore from H. Doc. No. 400, 73d Cong., 2d sess. 12th to 61st Sts. in the city of Galveston, at a limit of cost of $234,000 (10 groins were con- structed under this limitation). Apr. 4,1938 2 Completion of the project for construction of 13 Do. groins. Aug. 30,1935 Deepening channel to 36 feet from the Gulf to a Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. point 2 miles west of seaward end of north jetty. No. 57, 74th Cong., 1st sess. (Con- tains latest published map.) 1Previously authorized Sept. 6, 1933, by Public Works Administration. SPublic, No. 463, 75th Cong. Terminal facilities.-There are no terminals on Galveston Harbor, but it is the entrance channel leading to extensive terminal facilities located bn Galveston Channel, Texas City Channel, and Houston Ship Channel. (See Port Series No. 6, pt. I, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance.-The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Galveston from September 1 to November 29, 1942, and from May 1 to June 30, 1943, removed 595,976 cubic yards of material from the inner bar channel and 1,569,360 cubic yards from the outer bar channel (bin measurement), at a cost of $147,439.71. The highway-ferry channel at Bolivar Peninsula was dredged by contract from station 1+600 to station 0+000 by con- tract from September 12 to 15 and 19 to 23, 1942; 50,963 cubic yards of material being removed at a cost of $9,554.87. There were addi- tional costs of $2,628.26 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 783 The cost for all work during the fiscal year was $159,622.89, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $199,285.74. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was cornm- pleted in 1939. The jetties were completed in 1910. The 35-foot channel was completed in 1922. The 36-foot depth in the outer channel was completed in 1938. The groins along the Gulf side of the Galveston sea wall were completed in 1939. The tidal scour, assisted by dredging, had previously formed a channel between the jetties 32.5 feet deep at mean low tide, and 1,450 feet wide between the 30-foot contours. The controlling depths below mean low tide were about 34 feet in the inner-bar channel, 35 feet in the outer-bar channel, and 12.5 feet in the highway ferry channel. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $6,777,399.25, of which $2,867,886.03 was for new work, and $3,909,- 513.22 for maintenance including $13,121.45 from Public Works funds. The total expenditures were $6,775,140.99 including $13,121.45 Public Works funds. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $135,708.43 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943-__-__--____ _ ____ _ $2, 258. 26 Maintenance: Dredge inner and outer bar channels with U. S. sea- going hopper dredge Galveston (July 1943 and April, May, and June 1944)._ ___-- 127, 450. 17 Minor repairs to shore end of North Jetty with United States plant and hired labor (July and August 1943) .._._._ . __--__ 6, 000. 00 Total_ __ ____ 135, 708.43 The additional sum of $120,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance dredging on the inner and outer bar channels with an available seagoing hopper dredge (January to April 1945). Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943- 289, 882. 60 _-_-___$11, Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------- - 3, 995, 639. 94 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 15, 285, 522. 54 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------- ----- 2, 258. 26 Net total expenditures ___--- 15, 283, 264. 28 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 .....- - - 135, 708.43 Total amount appropriated to June 30. 1943 --- 15. 418.972. 71 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 C ow Cost of new work- $81,769.69 .............. Cost of maintenance- 101, 983.07 $105, 325. 52 $207, 022.08 $299, 181. 26 $159, 622.89 Total cost_ 183, 752. 76 105, 325. 52 207, 022.08 299, 181.26 159, 622.89 Total expended - 182, 292. 51 96, 343.89 210,889.06 264, 104. 40 199, 285. 74 Allotted_ - 146,000.00 371, 500.00 86,000.00 90, 000.00 200, 000. 00 784 RLPOBrT OF CIIEF OFF EGG EERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 --------------------------- $134,994. 17 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941 -- $60, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_ ----------- 20,000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 2, 1943- ----- 120, 000. 00 200,000.00 Amount to be accounted for-_---------334, 994. 17 Gross amount expended---- ----------- 199, 285. 74 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- -------- 135, 708.43 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943__- ----- _ 2, 258.26 Balance available June 30, 1943_------- ....- 133, 450. 17 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 - - - - - -- - - __ 120, 000.00 1Exclusive of available funds. 4. GALVESTON CHANNEL, TEX. Location.-This channel extends from a point in Galveston Har- bor between Bolivar Peninsula and Fort Point across the former inner bar to and along the wharf front of Galveston, and has a length of about 5 miles and a width of 1,200 feet. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 520.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 34 feet deep at mean low tide and 1,200 feet wide from Bolivar Roads (outer end of the old inner bar near Fort Point) to Forty-third Street, thence to Fifty-first Street with a width of 1,200 feet and 32 feet deep, in the city of Galveston, and for its extension, when the interests of navi- gation and commerce require it, with a width of 1,000 feet and depth of 32 feet at mean low tide, to Fifty-seventh Street in the city of Galveston, and for an extension of the sea wall, which lies along the Gulf front of Galveston, from its angle at Sixth Street and Broadway to the south jetty, with protection at its junction with the south jetty, this extension of the sea wall being for the purpose of protect- ing the outer end of the channel from the effects of hurricanes. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1.1 feet and the extreme range about 1.6 feet. The height of tide is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong north winds in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimated cost of new work on the channel, revised in 1942, is $3,100,000, and of the sea-wall extension, revised in 1922, $2,986,000. The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance of the channel is $260,000. RIVERS AND HARBORS---GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 785 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 13,1902 A channel 1,200 feet wide and 30 feet deep from H. Doc. No. 264, 56th Cong., 2d sess. outer end of the inner bar to 51st St. Mar. 3,1905 Purchase or construction of a hydraulic pipe-line dredge. Mar. 2,1907 Extension of the channel from 51st St. to 56th St., H. Doc. No. 768, 59th Cong., 2d sess. with depth of 30 feet and width of 700 feet. June 25,1910 Conditional extension of the channel with a width H. Doc. No. 328, 61st Cong., 2d sess of 1,000 feet and depth of 30 feet between 51st and 57th Sts. July 27,1916 Extension of the sea wall from angle at 6th St. and H. Doc. No. 1390, 62d Cong., 3d sess. Broadway to a point abreast of the nearest battery at Fort San Jacinto. Sept. 22,1922 Further extension of the sea wall to junction with H. Doc. No. 693, 66th Cong.. 2d sess. south jetty and protection of this junction and for repairing the sea wall in front of the Fort Crockett Reservation. Jan. 21,1927 Deepening the channel to 32 feet-.... ------- H. Doc. No. 307, 69th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 30,1935 Deepening the channel to 34 feet from Bolivar Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Road to 43d St. No. 61, 74th Cong., 1st sess. (Con- tains latest published map.) Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities at Galveston are lo- cated almost entirely on the south side of the channel. The principal wharves are owned by the city of Galveston and extend from Tenth Street to Forty-first Street, occupying a total channel frontage of 12,400 feet with a berthing capacity of 31,152 linear feet. Immedi- ately west of the above wharves there are three privately owned piers and two slips having a berthing capacity for seven average-size ships. Two privately owned oil docks having a berthing space of 7,580 linear feet are located at the foot of Fourth and Fifth Streets, respectively. A privately owned railroad ferry landing is located at the foot of Ninth Street, and a highway ferry landing owned by the State of Texas is located near the outer end of the channel on Fort San Jacinto Military Reservation. A privately owned floating drydock and ma- rine railway are located on Pelican Spit opposite Twenty-fourth Street. The terminal facilities at Galveston are.considered adequate for existing commerce. (For further details see Port Series No. 6, pt. I, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during flscal year--Maintenance.-The channel was dredged between stations- 5 + 980 and -0+ 500 and sta- tions 1+472 and 13 + 900 by contract from October 1, 1942, to March 3, 1943, and from May 20, to June 30, 1943, 5,198,220 cubic yards of material being removed from a channel length of 17,908 feet at a cost of $345,456.52. A small force was employed occasionally on maintenance of the sea-wall extension rear slope and brick pavement at a cost of $3,565.79. There were additional costs of $4,319.74 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections. The total cost for the fiscal year was $353,342.05, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $250,535.08. 786 RIEPORtT OF CHIEF OF E1NGIINEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Condition at end of fiscal year.-At the end of the fiscal year the channel dredging was about 65 percent completed and the entire project was about 88 percent completed. The sea-wall extension, with fill and paving, was completed in 1926. The channel was com- pleted to a depth of 34 feet from the outer end of the old inner bar at Fort Point Light to Forty-third Street in the fiscal year 1938. The work remaining to be done to complete the project is the dredging of the channel to a depth of 32 feet from Forty-third Street to Fifty- seventh Street with 1,200 feet width from Forty-third Street to Fifty-first Street and 1,000 feet width from Fifty-first Street to Fifty- seventh Street, the work on this last-named section being contingent on the development of the water-front facilities on the Chicago, Rock Island & Gulf Railway and adjacent properties., The controlling depth in the channel was 30 feet at mean low tide over a least bottom width of 925 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total United States funds: Channel .. .-_. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $1, 670, 874. 19 $4,178,101.91 $5,848,976.10 Sea wall 2, 289, 213.54 147, 514.35 2, 436, 727. 89 Total United States funds Contributed funds__ - ----------- 3, 960, 087. 73 710, 274.77 _ 4,325, 616. 26 _-710, 8, 285, 703.99 274.77 TotaL - 4, 670,362.50 4, 325, 616. 26 8, 995, 978. 76 The total expenditures were $8,183,199.35. In addition, $710,274.77 was expended from contributed funds for sea-wall construction. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $317,396.16, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable 30 June 1943 --------------------------------- $102, 504.64 Maintenance: Complete existing contract for dredging the channel (July 1943)------ 55, 220. 48 Dredge a portion of the channel by contract (April, May, June 1944) ---------------------------------------- 155 771. 04 Maintenance of sea wall extension slope and pavement (July 1943 to June 1944) ---------------------------------------- 3, 900. 00 •Total- ------- __- ___-_---$317, 3,P6. 16 The additional sum of $210,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance : Dredge a portion of the channel by contract (January to May 1945) _ $200, 000 Maintenance of sea wall extension slope and pavement (July 1944 to June 1945) ------------------------ --------- 10, 000 Total_---_ ------------------------------- 210,000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 --- -- -- $3, 960, 087. 73 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 4,325, 616. 26 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- 8, 285, 703. 99 ' In addition, $710,274.77 was expended from contributed funds for new work. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 787 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_ __-- -$102, 504. 64 Net total expenditures ________ _' 8, 183, 199. 35 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ ____317,396. 16 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 8, 500, 595. 51 '--... 1In addition, $710,274.77 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1 1941 194 2 1943 i i _ ~1 _ _ -- Cost of new work .._-.......... Cost of maintenance ....- - $66, 807. 42 $169,879.70 $12,7(01.39 $31,4 52.30 $353,342.05 Total expended-- -- - 59, 334. 77 177, 717.39 8, 2 93. 53 36, 390. 90 250 535. 08 Allotted ------------------- 195, 000. 00 12, 500. 00 265, 0C00. 00 20, 000. 00 278, 500. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 -- __ - $289, 431.24 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941 ------ $40, 00C. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved April 28, 1942 -- 85, 000. 00 Am< unt allotted from War Department Civil Appro- propriation Act approved June 2, 1943 - - 153, 500. 00 278, 500.00 Amount to be accounted for _--_ 567, 931.24 Gross amount expended___ _ --- - - $250, 548. 78 Less reimbursements collected - -- -- 13. 70 250, 535. 08 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 -______ 317, 396. 16 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ $212.49 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts --.-- 165, 263. 48 163, 475. 97 Balance available June 30, 1943 , 151,929. 19 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 1, 430, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 2 June 30, 1945, for maintenance -- - 210, 0)0. 00 *Exclusive of available funds. 5. CHANNEL FROM GALVESTON HARBOR TO TEXAS CITY, TEX. Location.-Texas City is on the mainland of Texas on the west side of Galveston Bay, about 10 miles northwest of the city of Gal- veston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 520 and 1282.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1899, and enlarged by River and Harbor Act approved June 25, 1910 (H. Doc. No. 328, 61st Cong., 2d sess.). For further details see page 1856, Annual Report for 1915, and page 858, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 34 feet -deep at mean low tide and 300 feet wide on bottom from deep water in Gal- veston Harbor to the harbor at Texas City, a distance of about 61/2 miles, with a pile dike on its north side 28,200 feet long covered with clay and other material dredged from the channel, with a harbor 800 feet wide on bottom and 34 feet deep at mean low tide extending approximately 4,250 feet to the southward of the south property line 788 RiEIPowr OF CHIEF OF EN'GI NEiRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 of the Texas Sugar Refinning Co., and for the construction of a rubble-mound dike a short distance south of the existing pile dike and extending between stations -1+ 600 (the shore) and 26+000, a distance of 27,600 feet. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 11/4 feet and the extreme range is about 11/2 feet. The height of tide is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1938, is $2,429,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects but inclusive of $28,740.68 contributed by local interests. The latest (1937) approved estimate of cost of, annual maintenance of the channel and dike is $144,500. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 4,1913 A channel 300 feet wide and 30 feet deep and con- H. Doc. No. 1390, 62d Cong., 3d sess. struction of a pile dike 28,200 feet long north of channel. July 3,1930 For a harbor 800 feet wide and 30 feet deep at H. Doc. No. 107, 71st Cong., 1st sess. Texas City, and the construction of a rubble mound dike. Aug. 30,19351 Extension of rubble mound dike to the shore line- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Deepening the channel and harbor to 32 feet Do-....... --- - No. 4, 73d Cong., 1st sess. Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 46, 73d Cong., 2d sess. Deepening the channel and harbor to 34 feet Do-....... -- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 62, 74th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 26, 1937 An extension to the harbor, 1,000 feet southward, Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. 800 feet wide and 34 feet deep, provided that no No. 47, 75th Cong., 1st sess. (Con- dredging be done by the United States within tains latest published map.) 75 feet of any pierhead line or structure. 1 Previously authorized Sept. 6, 1933, by Public Works Administration. Local cooperation.--Underthe provisions of the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937, local interests are required to furnish free of cost to the United States necessary rights-of-way and suitable spoil- disposal areas for new work and for subsequent maintenance as re- quired and release the United States from claims for damages attrib- utable to the work of improvement and furnish assurance satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will construct a common-carrier oil terminal substantially as proposed. None of these conditions has been complied with. All prior requirements have been fully complied with. Termdinail facilities.-Modern terminal facilities privately owned, are located on the mainland at the inner end of this channel and are considered adequate for existing commerce. (See Port Series No. 6, pt. 3,revised 1935, Corps of Engineers.) A seatrain terminal, pri- vately owned, was completed in 1940. Operations and results during fiscal year--Maintenance.- The channel was dredged under contract from July 1 to 5, 1942, 173,259 cubic yards of material being removed between stations 28+000 and RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 789 31+±000, a channel length of 3,000 feet, at a cost of $11,699.63. The Texas City rubble-mound dike was repaired under contract from July 1 to September 21, 1942, by picking up and replacing 465 dis- placed cover stone, placing 4,971.35 tons of riprap core and apron stone on the rubble-mound dike and placing 1,033.05 tons of riprap shore protection on the north edge of the clay fill at a cost of $35,- 638.72. There were additional costs amounting to $1,781.05 for mis- cellaneous surveys and inspections. The total cost for the fiscal year was $49,119.40, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $88,989.94. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was 95 percent completed. The work remaining to be done is the extension of the Texas City, Tex., harbor 1,000 feet southward, as authorized by the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937. The channel and the harbor basin, except the authorized extension referred to above, were completed in 1936. The pile dike was completed in 1915; the rubble- mound dike in 1934. The controlling depth in the channel was 34 feet, and in the completed portion of the basin was 32.5 feet at mean low tide. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds __---------------------------------- $2,151, 680. 52 $3,445,421.13 $5, 597,101.65 Public Works funds...............---------------. ------------ 136, 295. 78 ---------------- 136,295. 78 Total United States funds- .---------.-.----------.2, 287, 976.30 3, 445, 421.13 5, 733, 397. 43 Contributed funds ---------------------------------- .... 28, 740. 68 .------ 28, 740. 68 Total all funds............------------------..--...--------- ' 2, 316, 716.98 3, 445, 421.13 5, 762,138.11 The total expenditures were $5,733,397.43 of which $5,597,101.65 was from regular funds and $136,295.78 from Public Works funds. In ad- dition $28,740.68 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $100,194.62 will be applied to maintenance dredging in the turning basin by contract (March to May 1944). The additional sum of $141,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance dredging by contract (November and December 1944 and January 1945). No funds have been requested for new work for the fiscal year 1945 because it is not expected that local interests will furnish the required cooperation by that time. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 --------------------------- $2, 654, 798. 78 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 3, 640, 504.34 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------ 6, 295, 303. 12 Net total expenditures --------------------- ---------- 6, 295, 303. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943__-- ---------- 100, 194.62 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- 6, 395, 497. 74 1In addition, $28,740,68 was expended from contributed funds for new work, 790 REEPORIT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work..... .----------------- ------------ Cost of maintenance_ $82, 012. 80 $150, 952. 29 $57; 057. 62 $153,113. 80 $49,119.40 Total expended....---------------- 87, 167.99 131, 057.42 81, 208. 37. 112,837. 05 88, 989.94 Allotted_ --- _-_----------15, 100.00 75, 000.00 205, 000.00 20,000. 00 100,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942___________ _______ $89, 184.56 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943 ----------------------------------- 100,000.00 Amount to be accounted for --------------------------- 189, 184. 56 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 88, 989. 94 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943----------- ----------- 100,194.62 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 -_____-_- __-- __ 112, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended 2 in fiscal year ending - June 30, 1945, for maintenance _________________________ 141, 500.00 2Exclusive of available funds. 6. CHANNEL TO PORT BOLIVAR, TEX. Location.-Port Bolivar is at the end of Bolivar Peninsula and 4 miles north of the city of Galveston. The channel connects the port with the channel in Galveston Harbor. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 520.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907. For further details see page 1856, Annual Report for 1915, and page 860, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep at mean low tide and 200 feet wide on bottom, beginning at deep water in Galveston Harbor and extending to a turning basin 1,600 feet long, with an average width of about 750 feet and 30 feet deep at mean low tide in front of the wharves. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1.7 feet and the extreme range about 2.3 feet. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1928, is $187,000, exclu- sive of amount expended on previous projects. The latest (1928) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance of the channel and turning basin is $20,000, which provides for a depth of 20 feet in the channel and 20 feet in the turning basin, 500 feet square and an area 150 feet wide and 700 feet long in front of the highway ferry landing, these dimensions being sufficient to accommodate existing commerce. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 791 The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Act Work authorized Documents June 25, 1910 Excavation of a channel 30 feet deep and 200 feet H. Doe. No. 328, 61st Cong., 2d sess. wide, with turning basin 1,000 feet square. Mar. 2,1919 Increase length of turning basin to 1,600 feet and H. Doc. No. 4122, 65th Cong., 2d sess.' decrease width to about 750 feet. 1 Contains the latest published map. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of June 24, 1926, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the project be cur- tailed by providing for a channel depth of 20 feet, 200 feet wide, with a turning basin of the same depth 500 feet square (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). Terdinal facilities.-The terminals consist of two privately owned piers, one 400 feet wide by 1,200 feet long, and the other 210 feet wide by 1,200 feet long, and a highway ferry landing owned by the State of Texas at the south end of the turning basin. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year--Maintenance. A por- tion of the turning basin approximately 150 feet wide and 600 feet long in front of the new highway ferry landing was dredged under contract from May 23 to 30, 1943, 32,333 cubic yards of material being removed at a cost of $7,646.36. There were additional costs amount- ing to $299.17 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections. The total cost for the fiscal year was $7,945.53, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $7,995.78. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 90 percent completed. The channel, 200 feet wide, and turning basin 1,000 feet square, were completed in 1912. To complete the project the turning basin must be enlarged to project dimensions. Constant shoaling occurs, and project dimensions have not been maintained, as lesser dimensions are sufficient to accommodate existing commerce. The controlling depths at mean low tide were 20 feet in the channel -feet and 14 feet over the area being maintained in the turning basin at the entrance to slip No. 3, and 14 in front of new ferry landing. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $631,- 067.41, of which $85,213.85 was for new work and $545,853.56 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $631,040.94. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $22,714.54, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 --------------------------------- $26.47 Maintenance: Remove shoaling from portion of the turning basin (April and May 1944)_ ------------------------------------- 22, 688. 07 Total------ ---------------------------- ------ 22, 714. 54 The additional sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance dredging in a portion of the turning basin by contract (May and June 1945). 792 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943- - - - -- $133, 924.60 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 --- --- - - - -- 591, 954.31 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ - 725, 878. 91 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943. 26. 47 Net total expenditures_--- ______ -- 725, 852. 44 Unexpended balance June 30, 194311 22, 714. 54 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_--- -- 748, 566. 98 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost ofnew w ork ...- Cost of maintenance---- -------- - - - -- $15,311.67 - - - - - - $11,702.90 -- - - - - -- $583.57 - - - - - - -- $19, 055.33 ------ $7, 945. 53 Total expended__.---------------- 15, 550.02 11,682.90 603.43 .18,978.75 7, 995.78 Allotted---...--.------.......------ 25,000.00 ----.... 17,500.00 13,500.00 20,000.00 -7, 500.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942- 11111111 -1 $38,210. 3 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved June 2, 1943 -------------------------------------- 12,500.00 Amount to be accounted for---.... --------- 50, 710.32 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__- ---- 20,000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 30, 710.32 Gross amount expended-_______.-------------- 7, 995.78 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 22, 714.54 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943__ 1 26. 47 Balance available June 30, 1943- 22, 688. 07 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - -- -- - - -- - -- - - -- - -- -- - - 102,000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance' _-- -------------- 20, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 7. HOUSTON SHIP CHANNEL, TEX. Location.-The channel connects Galveston Harbor, at a point op- posite Port Bolivar, with the city of Houston, Tex., extending 50 miles in a northwesterly direction across Galveston Bay through the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou to a turning basin at the head of Long Reach with a light-draft channel 7 miles long from the turn- ing basin to Main Street, Houston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1282 and 532.) Previous projects.-Authorized by River and Harbor Act of June 10, 1872, modified in 1877, and by River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1879; March 3, 1899; February 20, 1900; March 3, 1905; and March 4, 1913. For further details see page 1856 of the Annual Report for 1915 and page 862 of the Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 34 feet deep at mean low tide from deep water in Galveston Bay to and including the Houston turning basin, with a width of 400 feet through Galves- ton Bay, 300 feet in the cut through. Morgan Point, 300 feet thence to a point 5,000 feet above Baytown, thence 250 feet to Norsworthy, RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 793 and 200 feet thence to the turning basin (about 1,000 feet wide) with suitable widening of the bends at Lynchburg, Norsworthy, Man- chester and Harrisburg. The project also provides for suitable widen- ing of the channel in front of the wharf at Manchester, for certain cut-offs and easing of sharp bends, for the construction of a dike 26,000 feet long to protect the channel in upper Galveston Bay, and for a light-draft extension of the channel, 10 feet deep at mean low water and 60 feet wide, without easing the bends, through Buffalo Bayou from the turning basin to the mouth of White Oak Bayou in Houston, Tex. The mean tidal range under ordinary conditions is about 1.3 feet in the lower part of Galveston Bay, 0.6 foot in the upper bay, and less than 0.5 foot in the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou. The extreme ranges under ordinary conditions are about 1.6 feet, 1.3 feet, and 1 foot, respectively. Freshets sometimes cause rises of over 12 feet in Buffalo Bayou. The height of the tides, however, is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong northers in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1942, is $10,535,535, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, but inclusive of $1,365,000 contributed by local interests. The latest (1935) ap- proved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $800,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3,1905 Easing or cutting off of sharp bends and construc- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. tion of a pile dike. No. 35, 61st Cong., 2d sess. Mar. 2,1919 A channel 30 feet deep, widening bend at Man- H. Doc. No. 1632, 65th Cong., 3d sess. chester, and existing project dimensions of the turning basin. Mar. 3,1925 A light-draft extension of the channel to the H. Doc. No. 93, 67th Cong., 1st sess. mouth of White Oak Bayou. July 3,1930 Widening the channel through Morgan Point H. Doc. No. 13, 71st Cong., 1st sess. and to a point 4,000 feet above Baytown and widening certain bends. Aug. 30,19351 Deepening to 32 feet in the main channel and Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. turning basin, and for a 400-foot width through No. 28, 72d Cong., 1st sess. Galveston Bay. Aug. 30,1935 Existing project dimensions of the main channel_ Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 58, 74th Cong., 1st sess. (Con tains latest published map.) 1 Previously authorized Sept. 6, 1933, by Public Works Administration. Recomm e nded modiflcations of project.-Under date of March 4, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide for a branch channel 10 feet deep and 60 feet wide in the old channel of Buffalo Bayou behind Brady Island at an estimated cost of $21,300 for new work and $3,000 annually for maintenance, provided that no dredging be done by the United States within 15 feet of any wharf or structure; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 226, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). 794 RE~PO1T OF CHIEF OF ENGEiN F IRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Under date of April 18, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended further modification of the existing project so as to provide a chan- nel 34 feet deep from the entrance at Bolivar Roads to and includ- ing the turning basin at Houston and two intermediate turning basins, one at mouth of Hunting Bayou and one at lower end of Brady Island, the channel widths to be as follows: 400 feet from Bolivar Roads to a point 5,000 feet above Baytown, 350 feet thence to mouth of Boggy Bayou, 300 feet thence to lower end of Fidelity Island, 250 feet thence to the turning basin at the port of Houston, at a total estimated cost of $3,675,000 for new work, in addition to the cost of completing the existing project, and an increase in cost of annual maintenance of $60,000; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 256, 76th Cong., 1st sess.) Local cooperation.-The work authorized by the River and Har- bor Act of August 30, 1935, is subject to the provisions that local interests shall furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary rights-of-way for the widening of the channel and suitable areas for the disposal of dredged material during the initial construction and for future maintenance as and when needed, and release the United States from all claims for damages to private or municipal property due to the improvement and its maintenance. Cooperation required by the above act has been complied with except that suitable areas for spoil disposal for future maintenance are to be furnished as and when needed. Terminal facilities.-The city of Houston and the Harris County Houston Ship Channel navigation district have constructed modern terminals which supplement privately owned wharves. The exist- ing facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. (See Port Series No. 6, pt. 2, Corps of Engineers.) Operationsand results during fiscal year--Maintenance.-TheU. S. pipeline dredge Raymond dredged in the bayou section from July 1 to October 26, 1942, between stations 236+00 and 194+00, 410+00 and 520+00, 613 + 00 and 654+00, and 740+00 and 765+00, removing 826,281 cubic yards of material at a cost of $123,278.62; and from November 1 to 30, 1942, between stations 0+00 and 10+00 in upper Houston basin, and 13 + 00 and 23 + 00 main Houston basin removing 84,690 cubic yards of material at a cost of $34,829.45; and from De- cember 1, 1942 to May 25, 1943, between stations 654+00 and 740+00, 591+50 and 613+00, and 0+00 and 124+00, removing 1,374,651 cubic yards of material at a cost of $161,664.67. The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Galveston dredged in the bay section from July 1 to August 31, 1942, between stations 73 + 400 and 102 + 100 removing 522,366 cubic yards (bin measurement) at a cost of $57,057.39. The channel in the bay section was dredged under contract from August 3 to October 23, 1942, and from November 19, 1942 to January 4, 1943, between stations 0+000 and 43+000, removing 4,996,906 cubic yards of material at a cost of $316,443.01, and under another contract from April 28 to May 3, 1943, a light draft channel was dredged in Buffalo Bayou at Brady Island from station -2 +00 (the edge at Houston Ship Chan- nel) to station 9+00 (a short distance above the Consolidated Chemi- cal Co.'s dock), removing 17,596 cubic yards of material at a cost of $6,424.35; also a levee and spillway were prepared for this dredging with hired labor at a cost of $3,282.95. The total length of channel dredged was 119,750 feet. There were additional costs of $10,602.14 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 795 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections; $940.77 for preliminary plans and specifications for dredging in the lower bay section, by U. S. hopper dredge Galveston; $6,979.35 for surveys to repair chan- nel reference lines; and $4,627.59 for preparing dumping grounds. The total cost for the fiscal year was $726,130.29, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $721,766.90. Condition at the end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 96 percent completed. The channel from Bolivar Roads to and in- cluding the turning basin has been dredged to project dimensions. To complete the existing project would require dredging the light draft extension of the channel above the turning basin and the con- struction of a dike 26,000 feet long to protect the completed channel in upper Galveston Bay. A side or tributary channel 10 to 12 feet deep and 3,700 feet long has been dredged from the ship channel to the mouth of Goose Creek. The controlling depths at mean low tide along the centerline of the channel were as follows: Through Galveston Bay, 32.5 feet; thence to Vinces Bayou, 31 feet; thence to turning basin, 30.5 feet; in the turning basin 36.5 feet; thence to Houston, 7 feet. The controlling depth in the channel to the mouth of Goose Creek was about 6 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds _........ __ ..... . ... .. $7,319,603.01 -$9,.. 285, 510.02 $16,605,113.03 Public Works funds ...... _....... _ --... . 2, 612, 931.98 --- ... . 2,612,931.98 Total .... . 9,932,534.99 .....------------------------------------- 9, 285, 510.02 19, 218,045.01 The total expenditures were $19,217,040.47 of which $16,604,108.49 was from regular funds and $2,612,931.98 from Public Works funds. In addition $1,365,000 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $648,951.55, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------------ $1, 004. 54 Maintenance: Remove shoaling in the channel with United States pipe-line dredge (July 1943 to June 1944) ----------------------- 339,900.00 Remove shoaling in the lower bay section of channel with U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Galveston (August and September 1943)_---.60, 193-------------- ---= ------------------- 00 000. 00000 Remove shoaling in the channel by contract (January to April 1944) ---------------------------------------- 232, 857. 01 Remove trees and stumps from the channel by United States plant and hired labor as needed during fiscal year 1944------ 8,000. 00 Building levees and preparing dumping grounds by United States plant and hired labor (July 1943 to June 1944) -------------- 7,100. 00 Total-.--------- -------- --------------------- 648, 951. 55 The additional sum of $585,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance: Remove shoaling in the channel with a United States pipe-line dredge (July 1944 to June 1945) --------------------- $345, 000 Remove shoaling from the channel by contract (September to December 1944) 150, 000 796 RIEPORT OF CIIEF OF EN'GNEIERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Maintenance-Continued. Remove shoaling from the lower bay section of the channel with an available United States seagoing hopper dredge (May and June 1945) -------------------------------------------- $60,000 Remove shoaling from the light-draft extension of the channel with United States plant and hired labor (January and Feb- ruary 1945) ------------------------------------------- 20,000 Build levees and prepare dumping grounds with United States plant and hired labor (July 1944 to June 1945) ---------------- 10,000 Total ------------ ------------------------------- 585,000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $14, 037, 691. 86 .... Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943-- ------- 10, 498, 652.42 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -------- 24, 536, 344. 28 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 1004. 1, 54 Net total expenditures--- - ------- - -124, 535, 339. 74 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--------------------------- 648, 951. 55 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943----------- x25,184, 291. 29 In addition, expenditures from contributed funds were $1,209,178.78 for new work and 1 $200,000 for maintenance on previous projects and $1,365,000 for new work on existing project. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ... .. $506, 082. 83 $501, 099.39 $333, 671.15 .. Cost of maintenance .. --... 226, 079. 68 354, 671.42 308, 259.26 $376,114.15 $726,130. 29 Total cost_ --------- 732,162. 51 855, 770.81 641,930. 41 376, 114. 15 726,130.29 Total expended ---------------- 665, 888.12 845, 616. 91 738, 039.36 386, 220. 53 721,766.90 Allotted-..--_ _..-.............. -- 1,071,500.00 844,500.00 159,000.00 433,000.00 663,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942- ------- _______--$707, 718. 45 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942-------$80, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 2, 1943___-------- 583,000. 00 663,000.00 Amount to be accounted for_--__- _------ -1, 370, 718.45 Gross amount expended------------------------------------ 721, 766. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 648, 951. 55 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 _--___--------1, 004.54 Balance available June 30, 1943--.-- ----..- 647, 947.01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2--- ---- -- ------- 603, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance _ - - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - 585, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 8. DOUBLE BAYOU, TEX. Location.-This bayou enters upper Galveston Bay on the east side, about 30 miles north of Galveston and about 81/4 miles south of Ana- huac. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 797 Existing project.-The existing project provides for a channel 6 feet deep at mean low tide and 100 feet wide through the bar at the mouth of Double Bayou. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.7 foot and the extreme range is about 0.9 foot. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and, during strong "northers" in the winter season, the water surface may be depressed 11/2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work revised in 1928 was $12,500. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $10,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1899 (H. Doc. No. 387, 55th Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is contained in the project document. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities on this waterway are confined to small wharves for local use. They are considered adequate for the present commerce. Operations and resuldts during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1941. The controlling depth was 4.5 feet at mean low tide. The total costs and expenditures on the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $128,556.55, of which $10,309.75 was for new work and $118,246.80 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is ex- pected to be needed during the fiscal year 1944. The sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance dredging contract (August 1944). Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943---- --------------------- $10, 309. 75 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 118, 246.80 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -------------- 128, 556. 55 Net total expenditures ----- ------------------------------ 128, 556. 55 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_------ -- 128, 556. 55 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--........ . ...--------------.----------... . -------------- $3,356.55------- Cost of maintenance .......... _ .............. 6,073.33 Total cost...........___ .. ............- - ------------ --- .- 9,429.88 - -- Fotal expended.__------- .. . --- ---- --- ------. .---------. --- 9,429.88 -- Allotted....-----.....--- ------------ ------ - ------------- $15,000 -5,570.12 - -- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945; for maintenance ---- ------ --------------------- $15, 000. 00 9. ANAHUAC CHANNEL, TEX. Location.-The town of Anahuac is on the northeast side of upper Galveston or Trinity Bay, opposite the mouth of the Trinity River, 38 miles north of Galveston and 25 miles northeast of Seabrook. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) Existing project.-There is no definite project for this channel. The River and Harbor Act approved March 3, 1905, contained an item for "Improving West Galveston Bay Channel, Double Bayou, and 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1- 51 798 RIFPOIRIT OF CB]IEF OF EN'G~NEERS, T. S. ARMVIY, 1943 mouths of adjacent streams, including Trinity River, Anahuac Chan- nel, and Cedar Bayou," but at the time of the appropriation no recommendation of definite channel dimensions had been made to Congress. A channel 6 feet deep at mean low tide and 80 feet wide was dredged in 1905 from Galveston Bay to the wharves at Ahahuac, a distance of 16,000 feet. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.7 foot and the extreme range is about 0.9 foot. The height of tide is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 11/2 feet below mean low tide. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $12,500. The latest published map is contained in House Docu- ment No. 440, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session. Teriminal facilities.-The terminal facilities are at Anahuac and consist of several small privately owned wharves and slips for local use. They are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.--Maintenance.-The channel was dredged under contract from December 4, 1942, to Janu- ary 30, 1943, between stations 230+00 and 133+00, a channel length of 9,700 feet, 194,081 cubic yards of material being removed at a cost of $21,124.02. Miscellaneous surveys were made at a cost of $3,029.83. The total cost for the fiscal year was $94,153.85, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $24,113.90. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1911. The controlling depth was 7 feet at mean low tide. The total cost to June 30, 1943, was $358,641.67 of which $5,975.10 was for the new work and $352,666.57 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $358,640.45. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $20,213.35, will be applied as follows Accounts payable June 30, 1943_- ------- --- $1.22 Maintenance: Removal of shoaling from channel by contract (January and Feb- ruary 1944) ----------------------------------------- 15, 212. 13 Remove logs and snags from the channel by United States plant and hired labor as needed during the fiscal year 1944 5, 000. 00 -------- Total - ------ ----------- 20, 213.35 The additional sum of $25,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance: Dredge a portion of the channel by contract (November and Decem- ber 1944) - $20,000 Remove logs and stumps from the channel by United States plant and hired labor as needed during the fiscal year 1945--------------- 5, 000 Total --------------------------------------------- 25, 000. 00 Cost and financial swummary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943__- -------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------- --- --------- $5,475. 10 352, 666.57 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ---------. 358, 641. 67 RIVERS AND IHIARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 799 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943----------------------- $1. 22 Net total expenditures___ __ ____ _----_358, 640. 45 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943- - _-- 20, 213.35 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 - 378, 853. 80 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ................................... ........ -- Cost of maintenance ..-..... . $2, 080. 53 $19, 082. 57 $17, 646. 62 $32, 341. 40 $24, 153. 85 Total expended .....------------------ 2, 073. 34 19, 477.12 17, 152. 72 32, 634.02 24, 113.90 Allotted-......-------------.. ...-------- 37, 000. 00 25, 000. 00 10, 000. 00 18, 837. 04 20, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------------------------------- $24, 327.25 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved June 2, 1943-------------------------- _____ 20, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for____ _________ - _____44, 327. 25 Gross amount expended ___ __ _--_ _____24, -- 113.90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_ _ _____ __ --- 20, 213.35 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ _------------------- -- 1.22 Balance available June 30, 1943_ ______ _ _ _ ___20, 212. 13 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance - ____-- - - - - -- 25,000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 10. TRINITY RIVER, TEX. Location.-This river rises in north-central Texas and flows south- easterly about 760 miles, discharging into Galveston Bay, 37 miles northeasterly from Galveston. Previous projects.-The project outlined in House Document No. 409, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session, was adopted in part by the River and Harbor Acts of June 13, 1902, March 3, 1905, March 2, 1907, June 25, 1910, July 25, 1912, March 4, 1913 and July 27, 1916, each of which acts authorized the construction of certain-named locks and dams. The provisions of all of these acts for this improvement, so far as they related to lock and dam construction, were repealed by the River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922. For further details see page 1113 of Annual Report for 1921, and page 986 of Annual Report for 1932. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 6 feet deep and of navigable width from the niouth to Liberty, 41.4 miles above the mouth. At low water tidal influence extends about 50 miles above the mouth, the mean tidal range at the mouth being about one-half foot. The ordinary variation between high and low water at Liberty is 14 feet, extreme 26.3 feet. The estimate of cost, made in 1920, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, was $72,000 for new work and $20,000 annually for maintenance. The River and Harbor Act of September 22, 1922, having directed the abandonment of the improvement of the Trinity River from Lib- 800 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 erty to Dallas (H. Doc. No. 989, 66th Cong., 3d sess.), the improve- ment of the remainder, from Liberty to the mouth, continues as pro- vided for by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912. The latest published map is in House Document No. 409, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of September 4, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended approval of a compre- hensive plan of improvement as outlined in the district engineer's report and construction, at this time, of Benbrook, Little Elm, and Grapevine Reservoirs, the modification of Garza Dam, and the im- provement of levees and floodways at Fort Worth and Dallas, for flood protection and water conservation in the Trinity River Basin, and provision of a navigable channel from Houston Ship Channel to Liberty, with a project depth of 9 feet, 200 feet wide in Galveston Bay and 150 feet. wide in the river section, and with a turning basin at Liberty, Tex.; at an estimated Federal cost of $15,000,000 for con- struction and $155,000 annually for maintenance and operation; sub- ject to certain conditions of local cooperation (House Doc. No. 403, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.,-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The only wharves on this river are all in the first 20 miles above the mouth. They are four in number and range from 10 to 20 feet in length. All are privately owned, and usage is free at all except one. One has a hand derrick; the other three have no freight-handling facilities. They have no physical connection with any railroad. They are adequate for the existing commerce, and there is ample room for future enlargement. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1925. The ruling depth at low water was 6 feet between the mouth and mile 29 and 4 feet thence to Liberty. The total cost and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $264,- 946 of which $112,255.72 was for new work and $152,690.28 was for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $11,961.81, will be applied to removal of logs and snags from the channel as needed during the fiscal year 1944. No additional funds will be required for work in fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ____ 1 $2, 002, 661.37 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 2 696, 352. 50 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ --- 2, 699, 013. 96 Net total expenditures --------- 1 122, 699, 013. 96 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- ----------- 11,961.81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- --- -12 2, 710, 975. 77 1 Addition, $66,000 was expended from contributed funds for new work. 2 Includes $252,659.92 from permanent indefininte appropriations, 1884-1909. RIVERS AND HABRORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 801 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work----....-.... ------------------------------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance--------- -------------- $20, 504.22 $70, 507. 55 Total expended ......... ---.. . ...... 20,412. 24 70, 599. 53 Allotted.----------------------$100, 000 5,000.00 26,933. 58 $19, 000 -$47, 960 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ ______ __$59, 921. 81 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ 47,960.00 Net amount to be accounted for_ ____11, 961. 81 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943__ ______11, 961.81 11. CEDAR BAYOU, TEX. Location.-This bayou is about 30 miles long. It flows to the south and empties into the northwest corner of upper Galveston Bay, about 1 /2 miles below the mouth of San Jacinto River and about 281/2 miles north of Galveston, Tex. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) Previousprojects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of Sep- tember 19, 1890, and July 13, 1892. For further details see page 869, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 10 feet deep at mean low tide and 100 feet wide from the Houston Ship Channel to a point on the bayou, 11 miles above the mouth. The project also includes the jetties at the mouth of the bayou provided for under the previous project. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.6 foot and the extreme range 1.3 feet. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work made in 1930, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects, is $50,000, of which $25,000 is to be con- tributed by local interests. The latest (1930) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $20,000. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 3, 1930 (S. Doc. No. 107, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest pub- lished map is in this document. Local cooperation.-The River and Harbor Act, approved July 3, 1930, provides that local interests shall contribute 50 percent of the estimated first cost of the improvement, but not to exceed $25,000, and shall furnish, without cost to the United States, all necessary easements, rights-of-way, and dumping grounds. These conditions have not been completely met, but local interests have complied with all the necessary requirements to complete the channel to the first bend in Cedar Bayou above the mouth. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities consist of a few small wharves, privately owned, for local use located at various places along Cedar Bayou, an oil-loading wharf owned by the Atlantic Pipe Line Co. located one-half mile above the mouth of the bayou, and an oil- loading wharf owned by the Sinclair-Prairie Oil Co. located 11 miles 802 RIEIPORr OF CTI F OF E UEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 above the mouth of the bayou. The present facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.--None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 50 percent completed. The channel has been completed to project dimen- sions from the Houston Ship Channel to the first bend in Cedar Bayou above the mouth. Two brush and stone jetties have been constructed at the mouth of Cedar Bayou. To complete the project the bayou must be dredged to project dimensions from the first bend above the mouth to a point 11 miles above the mouth. The controlling depths at mean low tide were 7 feet from the Houston Ship Channel to the first bend in Cedar Bayou above the mouth and 7.5 feet thence to a point in the bayou 11 miles above the mouth. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $169,284 of which $25,151.13 was for new work (consisting of $12,575.56 United States funds and $12,- 575.57 contributed funds) and $144,132.87 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $169,284 of which $156,708.43 were United States funds and $12,575.57 contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $25,000, will be applied to maintenance dredging of a por- tion of the channel by contract (November and December 1943). The additional sum of $25,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance dredging by contract (April and May 1945). Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_-- ------ _--- __--$51, 662.71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_--------- - 213, 917. 00 -__ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943-- ------------ 265,579.71 Net total expenditures _ _ _______ - _- ---- 265, 579. 71 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 -------------------------------- 25, 000. 00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 .--------------- 1 290, 579.71 1In addition, $12,575.57 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work . -.----- - Cost of maintenance_ _ _ _ _ $24, 548. 81 $35. 87 $26, 129.80 Total expended ....... - . . . .. . -. 24, 530. 69 53. 99 26. 129. 80 Allotted---- ------------ $40, 000 22, 000. 00 -11, 285. 52 $25, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved June 2, 1943 ---------------------------------------- $25, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------------------------------ 25,000.00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - existing project 2 3 12, 500. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 3- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 25, 000.00 2 In addition, $12,424 to be contributed by local interests. 3Exclusive of available funds. 12. CLEAR CREEK, TEX. Location.-ClearCreek has its source about 13 miles south of Hous- ton, Tex., and flows southeast for a distance of about 25 miles, empty- RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 803 ing into the west side of upper Galveston Bay at a point 24 miles northwest of Galveston, Tex. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) Existing project.-This provides for a channel 6 feet deep at mean low tide and 60 feet wide from deep water in Galveston Bay to the bridges 1 mile above the mouth of Clear Creek. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.6 foot and the extreme range 1.3 feet. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind * and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The original estimate of cost for new work, made in 1900, was $10,000. The latest (1935) approved estimate for annual cost of mainte- nance is $6,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 13,1902 A channel 4 feet deep and 50 feet wide .--- - H. Doc. No. 449, 56th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 30,1935 Enlargement of the channel to depth of 6 feet and H. Doe. No. 264, 73d Cong., 2d sess. width of 60 feet. (Contains latest published map.) Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of July 11, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide for a channel 7 feet deep and 75 feet wide from deep water in Galveston Bay to a new entrance to Clear Creek, and a channel 7 feet deep and 60 feet wide in Clear Creek and Clear Lake to the county highway bridge at League City at an estimated cost of $30,000 for new work with $4,000 annually for maintenance in addition to that now required; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 319, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.--The terminal facilities consist of small, pri- vately owned wharves for local use located at the town of Seabrook, at the mouth of the creek, and at various points along the length of the waterway. They are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1936. The controlling depth at mean low tide was 4.5 feet. The total cost and expenditure to June 30, 1943, was $95,444.67 of which $14,290.95 was for new work and $81,153.72 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-No funds are available and no work is ex- pected to be needed during the fiscal year 1944: The sum of $15,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance dredging contract (February 1945). Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 -------------------------- $14, 290.95 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 81,153. 72 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------- 95, 444. 67 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------- 95, 444.67 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 -------------------- 95,'444.67 804 RPEPORT OF CHIEF OF E N INEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ... ...... .... ... .. -- .........-................. . .. .... Cost of maintenance--- ...----. .... - -... $447.33----- ........ $11, 552.67 ...... Total expended .... ... ... . -- 447.33 ----- ------- 11, 552.67 _.--_--_- Allotted_ ... . .-------- $12,000 ---------------- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance --------------------------- $15,000.00 13. DICKINSON BAYOU, TEX. Location.-This bayou enters Galveston Bay on the west side about 20 miles northwest of Galveston. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1282.) FI4isting project.-This provides for a channel 6 feet deep and 60 feet wide at mean low tide along the present route from the natural 6-foot depth in Galveston Bay through Dickinson Bay and Dickinson Bayou to the Galveston, Houston & Henderson Railroad bridge at Dickinson. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 0.9 foot and the extreme range about 1.6 feet. The height of tides is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong north winds in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 21/2 feet below mean low tide. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1938,'was $42,000. The latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $12,500. For an explanation for the authority of the original dimensions (4 feet by 50 feet) of this channel, see page 1093 of Annual Report for 1931. The River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938, author- ized the present project dimensions (H. Doc. No. 568, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). The latest published map is in this document. Local cooperation.-The work authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938, is subject to the provisions that local interests shall furnish, without cost to the United States, all lands, easements, and rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas for the initial work and for subsequent maintenance as required. These conditions have not been complied with since no rights-of-way and spoil-disposal areas were needed for initial construction. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities consist of small pri- vately owned wharves for local use. They are considered adequate for the existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.---None. Conditions at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1940. The controlling depth was 5 feet at mean low tide. The total cost and expenditure to June 30, 1943, was $90,096.20, of which $33,942.37 was for new work and $56,153.83 for maintenance. Proposed operations.--No funds are available and no work is ex- pected to be needed during the fiscal year 1944. The sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance dredging by contract (March 1945). RIVERS AND HARBORS -GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 805 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-- ----------- $33, 942.37 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943--- --------- 56,153.83 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_--- - 90,096.20 Net total expenditureso__- - - - ___- -- -90, 096.20 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ....... ----- 90, 096.20 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--------------------------- $24,881.98 $2, 773.11- Cost of maintenance---------------..------- . ......--------------.......... --------------. $600 Total expended--.............----------------.--- ------- 5, 531.86 12, 123. 23 600 Allotted..-------......... ..- $35,000------........ -4,255.09 -11,000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance _________ _________________ $20,000.00 14. FREEPORT HARBOR, TEX. Location.-This harbor is formed by the improvement of the Brazos River, Tex., from the mouth to Freeport, about 6 miles above. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 525.) The mouth of the Brazos River is about 47 miles southwest of Galveston Harbor entrance and about 137 miles northeast of Aransas Pass (Port Aransas). Previous projects.-Authorized by River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880. For further details see page 1860 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 872 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 32 feet deep from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to a point about one-half mile below the Stauffer chemical plant with two turning basins, one 700 by 700 feet at Brazosport and one 600 by 600 feet at the upper end of the channel, the channel to have a width of 300 feet seaward of the jettied entrance, 200 feet from jettied entrance to the Brazosport turning basin, widened at the bend, and averaging 375 feet, thence to the upper turning basin; the widths in the approaches to the turning basins to converge within a distance of 800 feet from the width of the turning basin to the width of the channel; and provides also for the extension of the channel with a depth of 30 feet and a width of 200 feet to and including the turning basin near the Stauf- fer chemical plant at Freeport at a cost of $18,000 when required in the interests of commerce and navigation. The work to be accom- plished as may be found desirable, by dredging, by jetties at the mouth of the harbor, and by a diversion dam in the Brazos River, a diversion channel, and necessary auxiliary works in general accord- ance with plan No. 6, as proposed by the district engineer, together with a lock in the diversion dam, approximately 200 feet long, 55 feet wide and 121/2 feet deep over the miter sills. The River and Har- bor Act of July 3, 1930, modified the act of March 3, 1925, so as to provide that when local interests shall have furnished assurances sat- isfactory to the Secretary of War that they will maintain the diver- sion channel, the United States shall assume the cost of maintenance 806 RIEPOtt OF CHIEF OF ENGaNEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 of the navigable channel, estimated at $75,000 annually, including care and operation of the lock, if provided (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 18, 70th Cong., 1st sess). Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1.8 feet and the extreme range about 21/2 feet. Freshets in the river, except under extreme conditions, do not cause a greater variation in the water surface than the tidal action. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1935, is $2,504,000, including $1,334,500 to be provided by local interests. The latest (1935) approved estimate of cost of annual maintenance is $115,000 for 2 years after completion of the project and $100,000 thereafter. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3,1899 Dredging and such other work as may be deemed Specified in act. most effective in the judgment of the Secretary of War in improving and develoling the harbor; for taking over the jetties and other privately built works at the mouth of the river. Mar. 2,1907 Examination authorized. The work was subse- H. Doc. No. 1087, 60th Cong., 2d sess. quently confined to maintenance of the jetties. Feb. 27,1911 Repairs to jetties and dredging-_ __--- - Specified in act. Mar. 4,1913 Construction of a seagoing hopper dredge, one- Do. half the cost to be charged to this improvement and one-half to Aransas Pass. Aug. 8,1917 Purchase of one 15-inch pipe-line dredge and H. Doe. No. 1469, 63d Cong., 3d sess. equipment, its operation for an experimental 3 period of 3 years, the operation of the seagoing dredge jetties. time for 3 years, and repairs to the Mar. 3,1925 Diversion dam, diversion channel, and necessary Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. auxiliary works. No. 10, 68th Cong., 2d sess. July 3,1930 Maintenance of the diversion channel at the ex- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doe. pense of local interests. No. 18, 70th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 30,19351 Dredging the channels and turning basins to Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. greater depths. (Project completed to within No. 15, 72d Cong., 1st sess. Hmile of the upper limit of the channel with Public Works Administration funds and con- tributed funds.) Do--...... Maintenance of the present project dimensions Rivers and Harbors Committee Does. of the channels and turning basins at Federal Nos. 15, 72d Cong.,lst sess., and 29,2 expense. 73d Cong., 2d sess. 1 Included in Public Works Administration program, Sept. 6, 1933. sContains latest published maps. Local cooperation.m-All required local cooperation has been fully complied with, except the 50-percent contribution toward the cost of the extension of the channel to Freeport, which has not been requested. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities are located at the town of Freeport at the upper end of this improvement and at a point about a mile above the inner ends of the jetties. The facilities at Freeport consist of a small wharf, privately owned, and one free public wharf owned by the municipality of Freeport. The facilities RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT' 807 just inside the mouth of the river consist of one sulfur-loading dock, about 250 feet long, and one oil dock. The existing facilities are con- sidered adequate for the commerce that exists. Operations and resudts during fiscal year.--Maintenance.--Nomain- tenance dredging was done along this waterway due to the lack of dredging plant. The costs were $4,193.68 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections, $4,793.51 for preliminary surveys for dredging under contract and $421.84 for purchase of small tracts of land and minor improvements. The total cost of all work during the year was $9,409.03, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $9,656.69. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 85 percent completed. The work remaining to be done consists of dredging the extension of the channel to and including a turning basin near the Stauffer Chemical Plant at Freeport and constructing a lock in the diversion dam in the Brazos River. The controlling depths at mean low tide in the various channels and turning basins were as follows: From deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to the jettied entrance, 30 feet; thence to the Brazoport turn- ing basin, 27.5 feet; and the Brazosport turning basin, 29 feet; in the channel above the Brazosport turning basin to and including the upper turning basin, 21 feet; and in the remainder of the channel, in- cluding the turning basin at the Stauffer Chemical Plant, 18.8 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds _._ .. ... ...--. . .... ... $1,101,061.89 $2, 235, 362.20 $3, 336, 424.09 Public Works funds _......... _ ....... 116, 574. 74 116, 574. 74 Total United States funds_ 1, 217, 636. 63 2,235, 362. 20 3,452,998.83 Contributed funds (includes $225,000 contributed under sec. 4, River and Harbor Act of Mar. 4, 1915) 758,302.79 758,302.79 Total all funds __ -- _-_ -- -_ - 1,975, 939. 42 2. 235, 362.20 4,211,301.62 The total expenditures were $3,453,196.10 of which $3,336,621.36 was from regular funds and $116,574.74 from Public Works funds. In addition $758,302.79 was expended from contributed funds. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $195,439.45, including accounts receivable will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 -- -------- _ $11. 10 Maintenance: Dredge the portion of the waterway from the Brazosport turn- ing basin to and including the upper turning basin under an awarded contract (Aug. 1, to Sept. 30, 1943)____ 78, 650. 00 Dredge the sea bar and jetty channels with a United States sea- going hopper dredge (Oct. 1, to Nov. 30, 1943)-_____- 72, 000. 00 Dredge Brazosport turning basin and inside channels leading to the jetty channel by contract (Nov. 1 to Dec. 30, 1943)'_ __ 44, 778. 35 Total ------------------------------------------------- 195,439.45 808 RIEPORrF OF CHIEF OF ENGiNEIEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The additional sum of $100,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows.: Dredge the sea bar and jetty channels with an available United States seagoing hopper dredge (December 1944 and January 1945) $70, 000 --------- Dredge Brazosport turning basin and inside channels leading to the Jetty Channel, by contract (January and February 1945) 30, 000 ------------ Total ---------------------------------------------- 100, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $1, 364, 735. 06 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 2, 235, 362. 20 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_--- 600097. 26 - 3,600, Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-....... 208. 37 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943- 3, 600, 305. 63 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_ 11. 10 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 13, 600, 294. 53 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ - 195, 231. 08 Total amount appropriated June 30, 19433---------------3, 795, 525. 61 1 In addition, $758,302.79 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work... Cost of maintenance .......------------ $44,570.80 $56, 698.73 $129, 326.85 $86, 808.17 $9,409.03 Total expended.... ---------------- 69, 217. 22 56, 827. 78 120, 998. 22 95, 228.37 9, 656. 69 Allotted------............----------------........... 55, 609. 02 46, 000. 00 165,000.00 72, 500. 00 90,000.00 Balance unexperded July 1, 1942__ - - - - -$114, 887. 77 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943 ------------------------------------ 90,000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_-- -------- 204, 887. 77 Gross amount expended---- -------------- 9, 656. 69 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- -------- 195, 231. 08 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 11. 10 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 195, 219. 98 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- 208. 37 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_ ....---- 195, 428.35 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2____- __ __--_- 9, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance ---------------------------- 100, 000. 00 2Exclusive of available funds. 15. CHANNEL FROM PASS CAVALLO TO PORT LAVACA, TEX. Location.-The bar at Pass Cavallo is 125 miles southwest of Gal- veston entrance and 54 miles north of Aransas Pass. Port Lavaca lies 26 miles to the northwest of the pass, across Matagorda and Lavaca Bays. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1117.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 809 Existing project. This provides for a depth of 9 feet and a width of 100 feet from Lynns Bayou at Port Lavaca, Tex., to deep water in Matagorda Bay near Port O'Connor, Tex., a distance of about 11 miles. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 1 foot and the extreme range about 2 feet. The height of tide is dependent largely on the wind, and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface may be depressed 2 feet below mean low tide. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1937, is $138,874. The latest (1937) approved estimate of cost for annual maintenance is $15,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 25, 1910 Channel to Port Lavaca, Tex., 7 feet deep and H. Doc. No. 1082, 60th Cong., 2d sess 80 feet bottom width. Aug. 30, 1935 Extension of 7-foot channel to the shore line of Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. Lavaca Bay at the mouth of Lynns. Bayou. No. 28, 74th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 26, 1937 Deepen and widen channel to present project Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. dimensions. No. 37, 75th Cong., 1st sess. (Con- tains latest published map.) Recommended modification of project.-Under date of May 25, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project so as to provide a channel 100 feet wide and 6 feet deep from Port Lavaca by way of Lavaca Bay and Lavaca River to about mile 3 on the Navidad River, a total distance of 20 miles, at an estimated first cost of $85,000, with annual maintenance of $10,000, in addition to that now required; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 314, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation. Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-The terminal facilities consist of several pri- vately owned piers and two privately owned slips at Port Lavaca, and a municipally owned wharf, turning basin, and refrigerated sea- food processing and packing plant at the mouth of Lynns Bayou. The municipally owned facilities are open to the general public and are adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-From May 21 to June 30, 1943, 324,791 cubic yards of material were removed from two reaches of the channel totaling 22,015 feet in length between Lynns Bayou and Sand Point Reef, by contract, at a cost of $35,201.82. Miscellaneous surveys were made at a cost of $988.49. The total cost of work during the fiscal year was $36,190.31, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $6,945.82. Condition at end of fscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1939. The controlling depth at mean low water was 8 feet. The total cost of the project to June 30, 1943, was $205,393.11, of which $111,494.49 was for new work and $93,898.62 was for mainte- nance. The total expenditures were $176,001.07. 810 RIEP0ORl OF CHIEF OF ENGINEEiRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounted to $43,,403.92, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943___------------------------------$29, 392.04 Maintenance: Complete dredging between Lynns Bayou and Sand Point Reef, tinder existing contract (July 1943) ______-___ _ __14, 011. 88 Total --------------- __------ _ _ 43,403. 02 The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance dredging where necessary, by con- tract, about August 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ --------------------------- $111, 494. 49 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 93, 898. 62 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943___ ___ 205, 393. 11 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943- ----------- 29, 392. 04 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 176, 001. 07 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943---- --------- 43, 403.92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 --------------- 219, 404,99 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ..-------------- $89,803. 71 - - Cost of maintenance__.. ----- ...------. -$1, 624. 41 $45,060. 15 $1, 177.51 $36, 190.31 Total expended................----------------. 89, 088. 68 2, 830. 16 45, 003. 10 1, 088. 32 6, 945.82 Allotted......................----------------------- 5, 000. 00 12, 500. 00 17, 500. 00 1, 500. 00 35, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------------------- $15, 349. 74 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved April 28, 1942------------------ $20, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943-- ------- 15, 000. 00 35,000.00 Amount to be accounted for--- --------- -50, 349. 74 Gross amount expended ___ -- - - - - - 6, 945.82 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 43, 403.92 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 41, 128. 37 Balance available June 30, 1943_------- 2, 275. 55 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 _________________ 30, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 16. PORT ARANSAS-CORPUS CHRISTI WATERWAY, TEX. Location.-This is a consolidation of the old improvements of Port Aransas, Tex., and the channel from Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi, Tex. Aransas Pass is on the southern portion of the coast of Texas, 180 miles southwest of Galveston and 132 miles north of the mouth of the Rio Grande. Aransas Pass connects Corpus Christi Bay and Aransas Bay with the Gulf of Mexico. The waterway ex- tends from deep water in the Gulf through the Aransas Pass jettied entrance, thence westerly 203/4 miles to and including a turning basin RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 811 at Corpus Christi, thence westerly 13/4 miles through the Industrial Canal to and including the turning basin at Avery Point, thence westerly 41/4 miles to and including a turning basin near Tule Lake. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Charts Nos. 1285 and 1286.) Previous projects.-The original project for improvement of Aransas Pass (Port Aransas) was authorized by the River and Har- bor Act of March 3, 1879. The improvement was taken over by the Aransas Pass Harbor Co. on June 30, 1890, under authority of the act of May 12, 1890. This company relinquished its rights to the United States on March 27, 1899. The channel from Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi was first improved under the River and Harbor Acts of March 2, 1907, and June 25, 1910. For further details see page 1861 of Annual Report for 1915 and page 877 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-The modified project dimensions provided for in the various channels and basins comprising this waterway are shown in the following tabulation: Adopted project dimensions Section of the Port Aransas-Corpus Christi Depth in Waterway, Tex. feet below Bottom width in feet mean low Gulf level Aransas Pass outer bar -__700 --------------------------------------- ...... 37 Aransas Pass jetty channeL - -- 600 from inner end to opposite station 90, (1) north jetty, thence increasing to 700 at outer end of jetty. Inner basin at Harbor Island - _650 by 3,000 long .................... --- 30 Inner basin at Clines Point to west end Humble 400 at east end decreasing to 300 at west end_ 35 Oil & Refining Co. basin. Channel to town of Port Aransas ....... 100__ ...............---------------------------------------... 12 Channel from Port Aransas to Corpus Christi 200 ...................--------------------------------------- 32 turning basin. Corpus Christi turning basin_- .. _ - 1,000 by 5,500 long (includes approach to 32 turning basin). Industrial Canal ---------------- .. 150 --------------------------------------- . .... .. ... ..... .... 32 Turning basin at Avery Point -------------- 800 by 1,200 long ......---------------------------- 32 Channel to vicinity of Tule Lake----- ...... 150 ..............--------------------------------------- 32 Turning basin near Tule Lake.-------------- 900 by 1,000 long .......................----------------------------. 32 135 feet from inner end to opposite station 90, north jetty, increasing to 37 feet at outer end of jetty. The project also provides for two rubblestone jetties at Aransas Pass entrance, extending into the Gulf from St. Joseph and Mustang Islands, the project lengths of which are 11,190 and 8,650 feet, re- spectively. The project further provides for a stone dike on St. Joseph Island about 19,100 feet long connecting with the north jetty and extending up this island to prevent a channel being cut around the jetty. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range at Aransas Pass is about 1.1 feet and the extreme range about 2 feet, and at Corpus Christi the mean range about 1 foot and the extreme about 11/2 feet. The heights of tides are dependent largely on the strength and direc- tion of winds, and during strong north winds in the winter season the water surface may be depressed as much as 3 feet below mean low Gulf level. The estimated cost for new work, revised in 1941, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects is $11,000,000. The latest (1938) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $624,000. 812 REPOR OF CHIEF OF ENGMUNEJRS, U. .S. ARMY, 1943 The existing project was adopted by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar 3,1899Acquisition of the old curved portion of the north Specified in act. jetty previously constructed by private parties. June 13,1902 SCompletionof north jetty in accordance with the Do. Mar. 3,1905 plans of its builders. Mar. 2,1907 Connection of old curved jetty to St. Joseph Is- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. land, and construction of south jetty. No. 5, 59th Cong., 2d sess. Feb. 27,1911 Dredging roadstead in Harbor Island Basin to H. Doc. No. 1094, 61st Cong., 3d sess. depth of 20 feet and construction of 10,000 linear feet of the stone dike on St. Joseph Island. Mar. 4,1913 Deepening of channel between jetties and the Har- H. Doc. No. 1125, 62d Cong., 3d sess. bor Island Basin to depth of 25 feet, extension of jetties seaward, extension of dike on St. Joseph Island 9,100 feet, and dredging the approach channel 12 feet deep to town of Port Aransas. Sept. 22, 1922 Dredging channel from Aransas Pass to Corpus H. Doc. No. 321, 67th Cong., 2d sess. Christi, 25 feet deep, 200 feet bottom width. July 3,1930 Deepening entrance channel from Gulf of Mexico H. Doc. No. 214, 70th Cong., 1st sess.' to Harbor Island and provision of an inner basin at Harbor Island of reduced area but greater depth.1 Do....... Aransas Pass to Corpus Christi Channel with Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. depth of 30 feet. No. 9, 71st Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 30, 19352 Enlarging all channels from the Gulf to the west- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. ern end of basin dredged by Humble Oil & Re- Nos. 35, 72d Cong., 1st sess.,1 and 40, fining Co. at its docks on Harbor Island, with 73d Cong., 2d sess.1 Public Works Administration funds. Do ...... Maintenance of channel and maneuvering basin H. Doc. No. 130, 72d Cong., 1st sess. between breakwater and western shore line of Corpus Christi Bay. Do........ Maintenance to 30 feet depth, except on strips Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. lying 50 feet channelward of any established No. 13, 74th Cong., 1st sess.1 pierhead liies or within 50 feet of the foot of any wharf or structure of the approach channel, turning basin at Corpus Christi, Industrial Canal and turning basin at Avery Point. Aug. 30,1935 Maintenance and deepening to 32 feet of the chan- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. nel from deep water at Port Aransas to and in- No. 63, 74th Cong., 1st sess.' cluding the turning basin at Corpus Christi. June 20, 1938 Extend the main turning basin at Corpus Christi H. Doc. No. 574, 75th Cong., 3d sess.' westward 2,500 feet at its present width and depth, deepen the existing Industrial Canal and turning basin to 32 feet and for the extension of this canal at a depth of 32 feet and general width of 150 feet, westward along Nueces Bay shore to a turning basin 32 feet deep, 900 feet wide, and 1,000 feet long near Tule Lake. I Contain the latest published maps. 2 Included in Public Works Administration program Sept. 6, 1933, and Feb. 16, 1935. Local cooperation.-Underprovisions of the River and Harbor Act of June 20, 1938, local interests are required to furnish, free of cost to the United States, necessary lands, rights-of-way, and spoil-disposal areas for initial work and- for subsequent maintenance as may be required, and release the United States from all claims for damages attributable to the work of improvement; and provided further, that deepening of the existing Industrial Canal with its turning basin RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 813 and construction of the proposed extension thereto and new turning basin near Tule Lake shall not be undertaken until and unless the Nueces County navigation district furnishes assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that bona fide arrangements have been made with various industries so as to guarantee additional tonnage sufficient to warrant the construction and maintenance of the extension of the Industrial Canal to any point up to and including the proposed turning basin near Tule Lake. All prior requirements fully com- plied with. Terminal facilities.-Terminal facilities located on Harbor Island at the head of Aransas Pass, Ingleside, Corpus Christi, and Avery Point are considered adequate for existing commerce. (See Port Series No. 6, pt. 3, Corps of Engineers.) Operations and results during fiscal year-Maintenance.-Under a contract and supplemental agreement for repairing the north and south jetties, there were placed from July 1, 1942, to April 20, 1943, 4,684.36 tons of core stone, 5,241.38 tons cover stone, and 92 existing cover stones picked up and replaced over a jetty length of 700 feet at a cost of $92,116.90. Under a contract for repairing the south jetty there were placed from July 1 to 14, 1942, 93.95 tons core stone, 755.75 tons cover stone, and 54.6 tons of gravel over a jetty length of 100 feet at a cost of $10,542.94. The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Benyaurd redredged the sea bar and jetty channel from October 7 to December 29, 1942, removing 409,375 cubic yards (bin measurement) from a channel length of 9,000 feet at a cost of $87,964.73. Under a contract and two supplemental agreements the Avery Point turning basin, the Industrial Canal, the easterly one-half of the Corpus Christi turning basin and the channel easterly thereof to the inner basin at Port Aransas were redredged from July 1 to October 10, 1942: 4,685,064 cubic yards of material were removed from a channel length of 108,675 feet at a cost of $291,880.18. There were additional costs of $12,497.31 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections. The total cost of,-all work during the year was $495,002.06 all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $538,745.35. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was about 47 percent completed. The two jetties have been built to partial project lengths, the north jetty being 9,240 feet long and the south jetty 7,385 feet long. A stone dike connecting with the north jetty has been constructed on St. Joseph Island, its total length being 20,991 feet; this part of the project was completed in 1916. The channel between the jetties from the Harbor Island Basin to the Gulf has been dredged to 35 feet at mean low tide inside and 37 feet deep at the Gulf end. Harbor Island Basin has been deepened to 30 feet at mean low tide over an area 650 feet wide and about 1,000 feet long at the lower end adjacent to the dock. The approach channel from Harbor Island Basin to the town of Port Aransas was completed in 1914. The channel to Corpus Christi, in- cluding a turning basin approximately 1,000 feet wide and 5,500 feet long, and the approach channel was completed in 1940. The industrial canal and turning basin at Avery Point have been dredged to 30 feet, 558155-44-pt. 1, vol, 1-52 814 RmPowr OF CHIEF OF ENGINEEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The work required to complete the existing project consists of ex- tension of the jetties at an estimated cost of $5,000,000, enlargement of Harbor Island Basin at an estimated cost of $120,000, deepening the Industrial Canal and turning basin at Avery Point, and dredging the channel from the Avery Point turning basin to and including a turning basin near Tule Lake at an estimated cost of $742,000. These items of work are not required at the present time. The controlling depths along the centerline of various sections of the channels and turning basins were as follows: Depth in feet below mean low tide Deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to station 90 on north jetty 40. 5 ---------- Station 90 on north jetty to Clines Point --------------------------- 31. 8 Clines Point to westward end of Humble Basin ---------------------- 34. 2 Inner basin'at Harbor Island ------------------------------------ 36. 3 Channel to Port Aransas ........ _11.5 Channel, Port Aransas to Corpus Christi turning basin---------------- 31. 4 Turning basin at Corpus Christi- - ------------------------- 34.5 Industrial Canal ---------------------------------------- 34. 1 Turning basin at Avery Point ------------------------------------ 34.0 The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds _ $4, 811, 471.32 $6, 821, 903. 10 $11, 633, 374. 42 Public Works funds __ _ 324, 287. 14 . 1 324, 287. 14 Total United States funds_.-. 5, 135, 758. 46 6, 821, 903. 10 11, 957, 661. 56 Contributed funds_... - - 152, 555. 09 152, 555. 09 Total all funds__ ------------------------------ 5, 135, 758. 46 6, 974, 458. 19 12, 110, 216. 65 The total expenditures were $11,956, 757.12, of which $11,632,469.98 was from regular funds and $324,287.14 from Public Works funds. In addition $152,555.09 was expended from contributed funds for' maintenance. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $481,306.63, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943_.. _.....___ ___ $904.44 Maintenance: Dredge the jetty and sea bar channels with a United States sea- going hopper dredge (October, November, and December 1943) .--------------------------------------------- 105,000.00 Dredge the waterway inside the jetties, including the turning basins, where necessary, by contract (March 1 to June 30, 1944)- _____-------305, 402.19 Dredge the sea bar and jetty channels with an available United States seagoing hopper dredge (May and June 1944) .... 70, 000. 00 Total ------------------------------------------- 481, 306. 63 The additional sum of $405,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance: Dredge the waterway inside the jetties, including the turning basins where necessary, by contract (December 1944 through May 1945)__ ------------------- $300, 000 Dredge the jetty and sea bar channels with an available seagoing hopper dredge (March, April, and May 1945) _-105, 000 Total -405, - .......-.- 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 815 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943---------- $6, 508,292. 89 Cost of maintenance* to June 30, 1943_ __ _____----------16, 884, 354. 96 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 __ 13, 392, 647. 85 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943----------------- 904. 44 Net total expenditures------------------------------ 13, 391, 743. 41 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ _481, 306. 63 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 _-113, 873, 050. 04 1 In addition, $152,555.09 was expended from contributed funds for maintenance. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941* 1942 1943 I I - - - Cot o I I i Cost of new work___ $1, 769.00 $228, 408.95 $11, 529. 05 Cost of maintenance ......... 149, 495.36 284, 298.49 241, 730.89 $147, 289.91 $495, 002.06 Total cost- 151, 264.36 512, 707.44 253, 259.94 147, 289.91 495, 002.06 Total expended .. 119,104. 51 443, 399.49 357, 153. 57 102, 236.14 538, 745. 35 Allotted . . . . . -... . 788, 500.00 300, 200.00 450, 000.00 172,724.12 105,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ____________________ $915, 051. 98 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropri ation Act approved June 2, 1943 -.. 390,000.00 Amount to be accounted for_ - -- 1, 305, 051. 98 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment___ 285,000.00 Net amoupt to be accounted for -- _ 1, 020, 051.98 Gross amount expended - -- - -- 538, 745. 35 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 481, 306. 63 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943___ 904. 44 Balance available June 30, 1943__ 480, 402. 19 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2- 5, 862, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 2 405, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 17. CORPUS CHRISTI, TEX. CHANNEL TO AND INCLUDING A TURNING BASIN AT NAVY SEAPLANE BASE, ENCINAL PENINSULA Location.-This improvement is an extension to the Port Aransas- Corpus Christi waterway, Texas. The channel extends in a south- westerly direction from the Port Aransas-Corpus Christi waterway opposite McGloins Bluff, to the western shore of Corpus Christi Bay at Encinal Peninsula, a distance of 8.7 miles, including a turning basin 2,000 feet square. For the entrance from the Gulf and channel to the turn off point see "Location" under the Port Aransas-Corpus Christi waterway, Texas. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 30 feet deep and 200 feet wide and for a turning basin at the southwest end, 30 feet deep and 2,000 feet square. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range at Encinal Penin- sula is about 1 foot, and the extreme about 11/2 feet. The height of 816 iEowr OF CIIEF OF ENGNE1EIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 tides is dependent largely on the strength and direction of winds. During strong north winds in the winter season the water surface may be depressed as much as 3 feet below mean low Gulf level. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 194d, was $1,500,000. The approved (1940) estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $300,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of October 17, 1940, and in accordance with the report on file in the Office, Chief of Engineers. Terminal facilitzes.-Those constructed, and to be constructed are owned by the United States Navy and will not be open to the public. Operations and results during fiscal year-Maintenance.-Nomain- tenance dredging was done on this waterway as the Navy Department made no use of it other than by shallow draft vessels. There were costs of $6,683.74 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections. The total cost of all work for the year was $6,683.74 all for main- tenance. The total expenditures were $6,468.05. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed December 10, 1941. The controlling depth at mean low tide along the centerline of the channel was 25.5 feet and in the turning basin 26 feet. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $1,201,028.43 of which $1,194,344.69 was for new work and $6,683.74 was for maintenance. The total expenditures were $1,200,812.65. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $203,830.93 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 ---------------------------------- $215. 78 Maintenance: Dredge the channel and turning basin where necessary by con- tract when requested by the U. S. Navy Department 203, 615. 15 ------ Total -------------------------------------------- __ 203, 830. 93 The additional sum of $300,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 in redredging the entire channel and turning basin by contract (January through June 1945). Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $1, 194, 344. 69 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_---------- - 6,683. 74 total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -- - 1, 201, 028. 43 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943-------------------------- 215. 78 Net total expenditures--- ---------------------- 1,200, 812. 65 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 203, 830.93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 -------------- 1, 404, 643. 58 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.------------------ $550, 585. 30 $643, 759. 39 cotofofmaintenance______-------------- Cost maintenance- - --------------"-- -$5,58.3_$637939----------------------6637 .$6,683.74 Total expended.............. .. I--------173, 020,462-.81 881.-79 1,-- 6,468.05 Allotted- . -___ - -___-- -..................... - 1,500,)00.00 -105.356.42 10,000.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS--GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 817 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ...- $200,298.98 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943 ----------------------------------- 200,000.00 Amount to be accounted for---------------------------400,298.98 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---------------- 190,000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for-- ---------- 210, 298.98 Gross amount expended.. ___------------------------------------- 6, 468.05 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ------------- 203,830.93 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 --- _- -- _215.78 Balance available June 30, 1943----------------------- 203, 615.15 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1- -- - -- - - -- - -- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1945 for maintenance 300, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 18. BRAZOS ISLAND HARBOR, TEX. Location.-At the extreme south end of the coast of Texas, about 7 miles north of the mouth of the Rio Grande, and about 125 miles south of Port Aransas. The harbor is at the inner end of Brazos Santiago Pass, which lies between Brazos and Padre Islands, and is the natural outlet from the Laguna Madre to the Gulf of Mexico. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Chart No. 1288.) Previous projects.-Authorized by River and Harbor Acts of June 18, 1878, March 3, 1881, and March 2, 1919. For further details see page 1017, Annual Report for 1932 and page 882, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for a channel 31 feet deep and 300 feet wide through Brazos Santiago Pass; for a channel 28 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the pass to a point on the westerly side of Lon Island; for a channel 28 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the end of Brazos Santiago Pass-Long Island Channel to and in- cluding a turning basin 600 feet wide by 700 feet long at Point Isabel; for a channel 28 feet deep and 100 feet wide from the end of Brazos Santiago Pass-Long Island Channel to and including a turning basin 1,300 feet long and 1,000 feet wide in the vicinity of Brownsville and for the easement of bends and curves. The project also provides for two jetties at the Brazos Santiago Pass entrance. The project further provides that all inside channels and turning basins may be widened with the approval of the Chief of Engineers provided local interests bear the entire cost. Under ordinary conditions the mean tidal range is about 11/2 feet and the extreme range about 2 feet. The height of the tides is dependent, to some extent, on the wind, and during strong "northers" in the winter season the water surface in the southern end of the Laguna Madre may be raised 4 feet or more above the mean low tide in the Gulf. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1938, was $5,185,000, inclusive of $2,425,000 contributed by local interests, but exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1937) ap- proved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $150;000. 818 RIEPOiRfr OF CHIEF OWFE1'GINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The existing project was atuthorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents July 3,1930 Jetty channel, all inside channels and turning Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. basins, and 2 rubble mound jetties. No. 16, 71st Cong., 2d sess. May 24,1934 Local cooperation requirements modified to pro- Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. (P. W. A.) vide for the contribution of sufficient funds to No. 10, 72d Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 30,1935 cover the entire cost of the original dredging of all inside channels and turning basins. Aug. 26,1937 Deepening the jetty channel to 31feet and all inner Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. channels and the Brownsville and Point Isabel No. 32, 75th Cong., 1st sess. (Con- turning basins to 28 feet, provided no dredging tains latest published map.) will be done at public expense within 50 feet of any established pierhead line, wharf, or other structure. Recommended modifications of project. Under date of May 25, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the exist- ing project, so as to provide for the enlargement of the turning basin at Port Isabel, Texas, to 1,300 feet in length and 1,000 feet in width. with a flared entrance, at an estimated first cost of $127,500, with an- nual maintenance of $5,000 in addition to that now required, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 335, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Under date of May 6, 1941, the Chief of Engineers recommended further modification of the existing project to provide for deepening the channel through Brazos Santiago Pass to 35 feet from deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to station 0+ 000; deepening and widening the bay channel to 33 by 200 feet from station 0+000 to station 15+ 525; deepening the Brownsville Channel to 32 feet from station 15+525 to station 82+ 890; deepening the Port Isabel Channel and turning basin to 32 feet; extending the north side of the Brownsville turning basin 5,140 feet to the east and deepening the basin to 32 feet; and dredging the shallow-draft channel from the railroad bridge around the south part of Port Isabel, to the shore line to Laguna Madre and the shallow-draft channel connecting with the Port Isabel turning basin to provide a depth of 6 feet and a width of 60 feet; at an esti- mated first cost of $635,000 with $22,000 annually for maintenance in addition to that now required; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 347. 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-On the westerly side of the turning basin at Point Isabel there is a steel-sheet pile wharf about 550 feet long, pro- vided with a sheet-metal transit shed 100 feet wide and 350 feet long and a precooling plant of approximately 24 cars capacity each 8 hours. Westward, about 70 feet back of the warehouse on the dock, is a sheet-metal warehouse 100 feet wide and 200 feet long. Along the north side of the turning basin, distinctly separate from other structures, is an oil dock 300 feet long equipped for receiving and loading oil cargoes. All the facilities above mentioned are owned by the Port Isabel, San Benito navigation district. An oil refinery RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 819 and storage tanks, served by pipe line, all privately owned, are located near the Point Isabel turning basin. This refinery has a maxi- mum daily capacity of 7,500 barrels of refined products and a tank storage capacity of 360,000 barrels. The entire terminal system has railroad and highway connections and is open to all on equal terms. All docks and wharves are equipped with facilities for bunkering ships and servicing with fresh water and electric current. The Brownsville navigation district has constructed along the north side of the Brownsville turning basin 3 concrete wharves, each approximately 400 feet long, provided with sheet-metal-covered tran- sit sheds, each approximately 80 feet wide and 400 feet long. Along the west side of the turning basin is a concrete wharf about 400 feet long provided with a sheet-metal-covered transit shed enclosing a precooling plant of 100 cars daily capacity. To the north of the general cargo terminal is a high-density cotton compress, privately owned, with storage sheds for about 25,000 bales of cotton. All docks and wharves are equipped with facilities for servicing ships with fresh water and electric current. There are no bunkering facilities at this terminal. To the eastward of the general cargo terminal is a creosoted-pile oil dock owned by the Brownsville navigation district for unloading refined-oil cargoes into nearby privately owned storage tanks of approximately 15,000 barrels capacity. This terminal has railroad and highway connections and is open to all on equal teims. The terminals, as provided at Point Isabel and Brownsville, are sufficient for existing and prospective commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance.-TheU. S. seagoing hopper dredge Benyaurd redredged the sea bar and jetty channels from December 31, 1942, to January 3, 1943, removing 33,906 cubic yards (bin measurement) from a channel length of 7,000 feet at a cost of $26,036.20. The U. S. seagoing hopper dredge Hoffwiman redredged the sea bar and jetty channel from May 19, to June 30, 1943, removing 249,312 cubic yards (bin measurement) from a channel length of 7,000 feet at a cost of $67,088.06. There were additional costs of $6,965.28 for miscellaneous surveys and inspections. The total cost of all work for the year was $100,089.54, all for maintenance. The total expenditures were $103,268.26. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1940. The 25-foot project channels and jetties were com- pleted in 1936. The sea bar and jetty channels and the channel from inside the pass to a point opposite Long Island, and thence to the turning basins at Point Isabel and Brownsville were deepened to the new project dimensions in 1940. The controlling depths along the centerline of the various channels and turning basins were as follows: Feet Deep water in the Gulf of Mexico to jettied entrance------------------- 32 Jetty channel to inside the Pass --------------------------------- 28 Channel inside the Pass to Long Island_ ----------------------------- 28 Channel from Long Island to Point Isabel turning basin--------------- 28.5 Point Isabel turning basin -- 30 Channel from Long Island to Brownsville turning basin ........ -26 Brownsville turning basin- - ------------ 31 820 PEPowr OF CHFEFOF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds..........----------------------------------- $710,071.15 $1,069,813.85 $1,779,.885.00 Publie Works funds....... ....................------------------------------ 2,848,560.03 ...........--------------- 2,848,560.03 Total United States funds _---- 3,558,631.18 1,069, 813. 85 4,628,445.03 Contributed funds......................--------------------------- 1,683,257.70 ............... 1,683,257.70 I Total all funds --.......... --........ .......... 5, 241,888. 88 1,069, 813.85 6, 311,702.73 The total expenditures were $4,630,843.44 of which $1,782,283.41 was from regular funds and $2,848,560.03 from Public Works funds. In addition $1,683,257.70 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $165,437.98, including accounts receivable, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 -------------------------------- $632.83 Maintenance: Dredge sea bar and jetty channels and inside channels with the U. S. hopper dredge Hoffman (July, August, and September 1943) ---- ------------------------------------- 115,000.00 Dredge sea bar and jetty channels with ah available United States seagoing hopper dredge (Mar. 1 to Apr. 10, 1944) 49, 805. 15 ------------ Total ------------------------------------------- 165, 437. 98 The additional sum of $150,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, to be applied as follows: Maintenance: Dredge the sea bar and jetty channels and all inside channels and basins with an available United States seagoing hopper dredge (March through June 1944) $150,000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 . --- 1 $4, 234, 486.48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943------------- 1, 069, 813. 85 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------------ 5, 304, 300. 33 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 3, 031.24 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ------------ 5, 307, 331. 57 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 632. 83 Net total expenditures_ - - 1 5, 306, 698. 74 Unexpended blance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 162, 406.74 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 - - - 5, 469, 105. 48 1 In addition $1,806,619.37 was expended from contributed funds for new work. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-. -.......... - - $88, 263.21 $554, 092.93 -------............... Cost of maintenance ....... 25, 016. 38 53, 400.06 $162, 263.19 $69, 530.82 $100, 089.54 Total cost...........--------------- 113,279.59 607, 492.99 162, 263.19 69,530.82 100,089.54 Total expended ...........---------------- 107,554.21 624, 304.45 178,835.94 69,029. 66 103, 268.26 Allotted---------------------........................ 725, 400.00 150, 000.00 32,156.19 76, 077.99 150,000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 821 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-__- ___ ___------- - - $115, 675. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act app roved June 2, 1943--------------------- ---- 150,000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-_ - -_-_ -- 265, 675. 00 Gross amount expended 03, 268. 26 1------------------------------- Balance unexpended June 30, 1943----- -- 162, 406. 74 Outst anding liabilities June 30, 1943 32. 83 6------------------------- Balance available June 30, 1943----------------------- 161, 773. 91 Accou nts receivable June 30, 1943- --- 3, 031. 24 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943------------ 164, 805.15 Amount that can be profitably expended 2 in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance ___________ ___ __ 150, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 19. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $75,210.51 and the expenditures were $45,155.40. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year $138,601.31, including accounts receivable plus allot- ments to be made during the year will be applied as needed in pay- ment of expenses incurred under this heading during the fiscal year 1944. The additional sum of $125,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943--- -------- $1, 577, 089.66 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 --------- 1, 577, 089. 66 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943-- ------- 107. 55 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 -------------------- $1, 577, 197.21 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 .... 8. 55 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 1, 577,188. 66 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- -------- -138, 493.76 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- --- -1, 715, 682.42 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 C ost of new w ork .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . Cost of maintenance- ..... .... $581, 747.52 $109,917. 85 $113,078. 99 $71, 384.87 $75, 210. 51 Total expended ---------------- 571,305. 60 150,122.51 106,538.03 105, 044.88 45,155.40 Allotted .. .......---------------------- 558,000.00 186,900.00 140, 000.00 -------------- 63, 050.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942...--------------------- $120, 599. 16 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941 ----------- $10, 250. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 2, 1943 ------- _---- 52, 800.00 63, 050. 00 Amount to be accounted for_------- ---------------- 183, 649.16 822 REPOWr OF CHIEF OF ENG1~EEaS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Gross amount expended- _ - -- $73, 957. 81 Less reimbursements collected ------ ---- 28, 802. 41 $45, 155. 40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943----------------------138, 493. 76 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 - --- ---- ---- 8. 55 Balance available June 30, 1943---- -138, 485. 21 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943------------------------------- 107. 55 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 138, 592. 76 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending - June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 _ _ _-_ _ _ _ _ ________125, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 20. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full re- June 30, 1943 amount Name of project pon rt, see Annual required Report New work to com. Maintenance plete for-- 1. Johnsons Bayou, La.1 $2,261.35 1-------------------------1933 $54,042.26 (2) 2. Mouth of Trinity River, Tex.1........... 1928 79, 540. 44 10, 870. 95 (2) 3. 4. Chocolate Bayou, Tex.1- Bastrop Bayou, Tex. 1 -1931 -1922 6, 512. 12 9,920. 22 33, 248. 17 27, 129. 21 $8, 500 10,000 5. Brazos River, Tex., from Velasco to old Washing- ton 1 .-... ...... .. ..... .1 4 .. . ... 1924 216,989. 48 223, 010. 52 (2) 6. Guadaloupe River to Victoria, Tex. 1 -. .. 1922 172, 547. 28 106, 100. 36 (2) 7. East Bay Bayou (Hanna - - -- - Reef), -- -- --5------ -- -- Tex. -- - -- -- -- -- 1922 2, 476.02 847.80 7, 500 8. Oyster Creek, Tex.5... .. 1922 6, 942. 24 7, 556. 73 (2) ' Channel adequate for commerce. 2 Completed. 3 Under date of May 25, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project; H. Doc. No. 337, 76th Cong., 1st sess. 4 Under date of Feb. 24, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modification of the existing project; H. Doc. No. 247, 76th Cong., 1st sess. SNo commerce reported. 21. PLANT ALLOTMENT, GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_-.........--- $2, 225, 850. 53 Net total cost to June 30, 1943- .... -- --------- 2, 225, 850. 53 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-..... - ------ 140, 361.06 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943- - -------- 2, 366, 211. 59 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-.........---- - 263, 933. 58 Net total expenditures-_ 2, 102,278. 01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_- - ---------- 554,640. 15 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ ---- 2, 656, 918. 16 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Total expended .. $81,166. 48 ...---------------- -$76, 796. 63 $246, 274. 53 -$158, 382. 99 $177, 009. 73 Allotted-- -------------------- 69,809.08 148,000.00 126,000.00 - - _ 300,673.04 RIVERS AND HARBORS---GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 823 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 _ _____ _ $430, 976. 84 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941 ___ 300, 673. 04 Amount to be accounted for ... _________ 731,649. 88 Gross amount expended-_- ...- - $4, 183,620. 97 Less: Reimbursements collected------. $4,000, 519. 42 Receipts from sales_ ............ 6, 091.82 4,006,611.24 177, 009. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943__ 554, 640. 15 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ $322, 434. 80 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts__ ... 67, 842. 00 390, 276. 80 Balance available June 30, 1943--------------------- 164, 363. 35 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 --------------------- 140, 361.06 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-------------- 304, 724. 41 Status of all investigations for navigation, called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Docu- Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to ment menda- Congress No. tion -i-- --- -- - I-- -- -- I- - -- I - - -- Allens Creek, tributary of Brazos River, River and Harbor Act. Austin County, Tex., for navigation Aug. 26, 1937. and flood control. Brazos Island Harbor, Tex., improve- Rivers and Harbors Com- ment at and near Port Isabel. mittee resolution. Feb. 11, 1941. Brazos River, Tex., comprehensive sur- River and Harbor Act, vey for navigation, flood control, and Aug. 26, 1937. other water uses. Colorado River, Tex., for navigation Commerce Committee reso- and flood control. lution, Aug. 4, 1936. Colorado River and tributaries, Tex., River and Harbor Act, improvement for navigation and flood Aug. 26, 1937. control. Guadalupe River, Tex., improvement Rivers and Harbors Com- for navigation, flood control, power mittee resolution, Apr. 8, and irrigation (final report). 1938. Houston Ship Channel, Tex .. - - Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, Apr. 24, 1941. Mill Creek, a tributary of Brazos River River and Harbor Act, in Austin County, Tex., for naviga- Aug. 26, 1937. tion and flood control. Pass Cavallo, Tex ........... Rivers and Harbors Com- mittee resolution, May 24. 1939. Pass Cavallo to Port Lavaca, Tex., Rivers and Harbors Com- Channel. mittee resolution, Jan. 21, 1942. Sabine-Neches Waterway, Texas, re- Rivers and Harbors Com- Aug. 14,1943 Unfavor- moval of Harbor Island in Sabine mittee resolution, Sept. able. River. 12, 1941. San Antonio River, Tex., improve- River and. Harbor Act, ment for navigation, flood control, June 20, 1938. power and prevention of erosion. 22. BUFFALO BAYOU, TEX. Location.-Thisproject covers the improvement for flood control of Buffalo Bayou and tributaries upstream from the Houston Ship Chan- nel turning basin at Houston, Tex. The streams and watershed in- volved are located in and immediately northwest of Houston, Tex. 824 lEPOHrl OF C orENGNEiERSF, EPOF U. S. ARMY, 1943 Existing project.-This provides for the improvement of Buffalo Bayou and its tributaries above the turning basin (Houston) of the Houston Ship Channel to provide for the control of floods, the pro- tection of the city of Houston from flood damages, and the prevention of the deposit of silt in the turning basin of the Houston Ship Channel by means of detention reservoirs, enlargement and rectifications of channels, the construction of control works, and any diversions which may be found advisable. The authorized cost of Federal participation for construction is limited to $9,000,000. The total estimated cost of the project is $31,995,400. Of this sum the Federal cost is estimated at $9,000,000 for construction and $9,751,700 for lands and damages. The estimated cost to local interests is $13,$43,700. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved June 20, 1938 (H. Doc. No. 456, 75th Cong., 2d sess.) and the Flood Control Act approved August 11, 1939. Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. The require- ments are being complied with. The offer of the Harris County flood- control district to advance the sum of $2,500,000 to the Department for prosecution of the Buffalo Bayou project was accepted by the Secretary of War on December 18, 1940. Operations and results during fiscal year---New work.-The opera- tions during the fiscal year consisted of the continuation of the acquisi- tion of lands, preparing of leases, engineering studies and design, preparation of plans and specifications, and curative work required in connection with the acquisition of land. Construction of Barker Dam was carried on during the year. The cost during the fiscal year was $750,028.58, all for new work, of which $647,485.67 were from funds advanced by local interests and $102,542.91 were from regular funds. The expenditures were $721,4 110.23, including $601,000. 35 from funds advanced by local interests and $120,109.88 from regular funds. Condition at end of fPcal year.-Topographic surveys have been completed on Barker Reservoir, Addicks Reservoir, and are 75 per- cent complete on White Oak Reservoir. Due to newly developed oil fields a realignment of the North Canal will be necessary and ad- ditional topographic surveys will be required in this area. Land surveys and appraisals were completed or in progress for sev- eral units of the project, including the Barker, Addicks, and White Oak Reservoirs. Condemnation proceedings of lands in the Barker Reservoir area have been initiated and hearings to determine values are in progress. Soil explorations and tests for the entire project are about 85 percent complete. The work of designing and preparing contract drawings and specifications for the construction of Addicks Dam is about 92 percent complete, and the remainder is scheduled for completion by August 31, 1943. The construction of Barker Dam and appurtenant outlet works, channel rectification, and drainage ditches is 54 percent complete. No work has been done on the second stage of the develop- ment, which includes the construction of the South Canal and its appurtenant interception dam and rectification work. To complete the project, surveys, explorations, and detailed design must be com- pleted, the construction of the Barker Dam must be continued to com- pletion, and the construction of the remaining units of the authorized project must be accomplished. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 825 The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $2,045,504.82, of which $326,027.61 were from Federal funds for rivers and harbors; $1,123,616.22 from funds advanced by local interests, and $595,860.99 from Federal flood-control funds. Total expenditures w e r e $1,947,939.05, including $326,027.61 from Federal funds for rivers and harbors, $1,027,949.37 from funds advanced by local interests, and $593,962.07 from Federal flood-control funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the tiscal year, amounting to $3,478,088.,56, including $2,006,037.93 of Federal flood-control funds, and $1,472,050.63 of funds advanced by local interests, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943_______ $97, 565. 77 New work: Completing the design and preparation of plans and specifica- tions for construction of Addicks Dam and outlet works (July 1943 to Aug. 31, 1943) - 12, 000.00 Designing and preparing plans and specifications for the construction of White Oak Dam (July 1943 to Dec. 31, 1943)_ 42,000.00 Designing and preparing plans and specifications for construc- tion of Brickhouse Gully (November 1943 to Mar. 31, 1944) 8, 500. 00 Engineering investigations and surveys and designing and pre- paring plans and specifications for construction of North Canal (November 1943 to Apr. 30, 1944)--------------- 95,000.00 Completing the construction of Barker Dam and appurtenant outlet works by contract (July 1943 to June 30, 1944) - Acquiring lands, easements, and rights-of-way, including recon- 1, 348, 889. 00 struction and relocation costs, for Barker Reservoir (July 1943 to June 30, 1944) ----------------------------- 900, 000.00 Partially acquiring lands, easements, and rights-of-way for Addicks Dam and Reservoir (July 1943 to June 30, 1944) Partially acquiring lands, easements, and rights-of-way for - 425, 000. 00 White Oak Dam and Reservoir (July 1943 to June 30, 1944)__ 400, 000.00 Partially acquiring lands, easements, and rights-of-way for North Canal (July 1943 to June 30, 1944) 125, 000. 00 Acquiring lands for Buffalo Bayou channel rectification from Barker Dam outlet works to Dairy-Ashford Road (July 1943 to June 30, 1944) --------------------------------- 8,925. 13 Acquiring lands for Buffalo Bayou channel rectification from Dairy-Ashford Road to South Canal (July 1943 to June 30, 1944)____- _ - 15, 208. 66 Total ----------------------------------------- 3,478, 088. 56 No additional funds are proposed for the fiscal year 1945, in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime construction. Cost and financialsummary UNITED STATES FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- '$921, 888. 60 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -- 1921,888. 60 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943-------------------------- 1, 898. 92 Net total expenditures------------------------------1919, 989. 68 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-------------------------2, 006, 037. 93 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ------------- 2, 926, 027.61 1Includes $326,027.61 rivers and harbors funds. 826 a ioIr OF CHI'EF OF ENGTTEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1.943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work- .......-. ... $326, 027. 61 $269, 515.89 $223, 802.19 $102, 542.91 Cost of maintenance....... . -----. ----.--............... --... Total expended ..--------- ...- ---- .------- 324,314. 84 262,989. 54 212. 575. 42 120, 109.88 Allotted---_ --- _-- _---$500,000.00 140,000.00 900,000.00 1,386,027. 61 - -- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__ ____ $2, 126, 147. 81 Gross amount expended ------------------------ $129,533.07 Less: Reimbursements collected ---------- $8, 490. 69 Receipts from sales----------------- 932. 50 9, 423. 19 120, 109. 88 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 .....- _______-_-2,006, 037. 93 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943___ - ---- $1, 898 92 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts --------- 86, 000. 00 87,898. 92 Balance available June 30, 1943- -- -------- 1, 918, 139. 01 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion - - -- - -- - -- - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - - of existing project 2 -- 15, 825, 700. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. ADVANCED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1943----- ------------------ $1, 123, 616. 22 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943- ---- ------------ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------------ 1, 123, 616. 22 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943- -- --------- 95, 666. 85 Net total expenditures- -- -- ---------- 1, 027, 949. 37 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943- -- --------- 1,472, 050. 63 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ - -- __ 2, 500, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work_...... _.... ... .. ...... I $37, 331.37 $438, 799. 18 $647,485.67 Cost of maintenance -... .. I........ Total expended --------- ---.............. 33, 379. 43 393, 569. 59 601,000. 35 Allotted--- --- .. .- - -97, 715.00 2, 402, 285. 00I- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 -------------------------- $2, 073, 050. 98 Gross amount expended ------- --- 601, 000. 35 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- 1,472, 050. 63 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------------- 1, 396, 708. 28 Balance available June 30, 1943-.... -- - ------ 75,342. 35 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR BUFFALO BAYOU, TEX. Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 1$2, 045, 504. 82 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 194;'_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ----------- 12, 045, 504. 82 1 Includes $326,027.61 rivers and harbors funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS---GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 827 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------------- $97, 565. 77 Net total expenditures--------------------------------11,947, 939.05 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943---------------------------3,478, 088. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-------------- 15, 426, 027. 61 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ... -$326,027.61 $306,847.26 $662, 601.37 $750,028.58 Cost of maintenance---- - ,- Total expended ... - 324, 314.84 296, 368.97 606,145.01 721,110.23 Allotted -$500, 000 140,000.00 997, 715.00 3, 788, 312.61 _ Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_- $4, 199, 198.79 Gross amount expended -- --- $730, 533.42 Less: Reimbursements collected --------- $8, 490.69 Receipts from sales_--------------- 932.50 9,423.19 721, 110.23 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 3, 478, 088.56 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_-------------- $1, 898.92 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------- 1, 482, 708.28 1,484,607.20 Balance available June 30, 1943---------------------- 1, 993, 481.36 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ------- - 15, 825, 700. 00 SIncludes 2- $326,027.61 rivers and harbors funds. 2Exclusive of available funds. 23. WHITNEY RESERVOIR, BRAZOS RIVER, TEX. Location.-The site of the Whitney Dam is on the Brazos River, Tex., about 442 miles above the mouth of the river, 5.5 miles southwest of Whitney, Tex., and about 38 miles upstream from the city of Waco, Tex. (See U. S. Geological Survey sheets: Waco, Cleburne, and Grandbury, scale 1: 125,000, and Whitney, Blum, and Morgan, scale 1: 62,500.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for a concrete dam about 1,870 feet long at the top, including a 1,200-foot spillway section, and an earth embankment about 1,490 feet long.. The top of the dam will be about 116 feet above the river bed. The reservoir will have a gross storage capacity of 721,000 acre-feet, including 491,000 acre-feet of flood-control storage, 129,000 acre-feet of power storage, and 101,000 acre-feet of dead storage. A powerhouse will be located immediately downstream from the nonoverflow section of the dam. The capacity of the initial installation of hydroelectric generating facilities will be 30,000 kilowatts. The project will afford substantial flood protection for the city of Waco, Tex., and the lower Brazos River Valley and will provide for generation of hydroelectric power, and for other beneficial water uses. The cost of the project, estimated in 1939, is $8,166,000 for con- struction and $1,984,000 for land and damages, including railway relocations, a total of $10,150,000. The estimated cost of annual maintenance, made in 1939, is $70,000 for maintenance and operation, including the power plant. The Flood Control Act, approved August 18, 1941, approved the existing project in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief 828 EPm RI' OF CHIEF OF EN'GliNEEJRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 of Engineers in House Document No. 390, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, which contains the latest published maps, and authorized $5,000,000 for the initiation and partial accomplishment of the project. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations ad results during fiscal year.-The operations during the fiscal year consisted of completion of the preparation of detailed plans. The costs during the fiscal year were $845.75, and the expenditures $29,648.16, all for new work. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-Detailed plans have been completed. The total cost and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $29,648.16. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $145,351.84, will be applied to the preparation of contract plans and specifications. The additional sum of $125,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 on the preparation of contract plans and specifica- tions. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- $29, 648. 16 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------ 29,648. 16 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------- 29,648. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 145, 351.84 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ----- 175, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ... ..---------------- ------------------ -------------- $28,802.41 $845.75 Cost ofmaintenance--------.----------------------------------------------------------- Total expended ----.. ------.....---------------------------------------------------- 29,648.16 Allotted.........-------------..----------------------------...-------------- 100,000 00 75,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_-...... ------- $100,000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942 ------------------------------------ 75,000.00 Amount to be accounted for--- ---------- 175,000.00 Gross amount expended ------------ 29, 648. 16 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- ..... ------ 145, 351.84 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion 1 - -- - -- - - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - - -- - -- -- - -- - - - of existing project 9, 975, 000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work "___-_ 125, 000.00 x Exclusive of available funds. 24. EAGLE LAKE TO MATAGORDA, COLORADO RIVER, TEX. Location.-Along the Colorado River, Tex., between the town of Matagorda and the town of Eagle Lake extending from 6.5 to 115 miles above the mouth of the river. (See U. S. Geological Survey base map, Texas, scale 1: 500,000.) RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 829 Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for a system of parallel levees along the river, with the following features: About 82.2 miles of earth levee along the left bank of the river from mile 6.5 to mile 115 above the mouth; about 53.9 miles of earth levee along the right bank from mile 15 to mile 87; suitable drainage structures and appurtenant works; a cut-off channel 14,100 feet long at the town of Wharton between mile 63 and mile 70.5; channel improvement near Glen Flora between mile 75.6 and mile 77; construction of a new high- way and a new railroad bridge across the cut-off at Wharton; and alterations of two highway and two railroad bridges across the flood- way. The project will provide protection to about 421,000 acres of agricultural land and eight towns against major floods reasonably to be contemplated. The Federal cost of the project, estimated in 1939, is $6,150,000. The local cost including bridge alterations is estimated at $672,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. No. 312, 76th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published maps). Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation, as provided by law, local interests are required to bear the expense of necessary bridge altera- tions and to maintain and operate the two new bridges across the cut-off at Wharton. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on this project. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $50,000, will be applied to the partial preparation of de- tailed plans. The additional sum of $136,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, for the preparation of detailed plans. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943.... Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- ----------- $50, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 . . ------ 50, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work---- Cost of maintenance------------- -------------- ----------- - ------.... .... .... ...... . Total expended--------------------------------------------- ----- Allotted- -------------------------------------------------------------------- $50,000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved May 23, 1941 --------- ----------------------------- $50, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943----------------------- 50, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project x----- ----------------------------------- 6, 100, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1 - _ - - -- -_ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1945, for new work _ -__ 136,000 1 Exclusive of available funds. 558155---44--pt. 1, vol. 1-53 830 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, ,U. S. ARMY, 1943 25. COLUMBUS, COLORADO RIVER, TEX. Location.-On the right bank of the Colorado River, about 135 miles above the mouth, at the city of Columbus in Colorado County, Tex. (See U. S. Geological Survey base map, Texas, scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for an earth levee about 28,500 feet long, around the city of Columbus, with suit- able drainage structures and bank protection where necessary. The improvements will protect the city of Columbus against major floods reasonably to be contemplated. The cost of the improvement, estimated in 1939, is $250,000 for con- struction and $18,000 for land and damages. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. No. 312, 76th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published maps). Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on this project. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $15,000, will be applied to partial'preparation of detailed plans. The additional sum of $19,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, for the preparation of detailed plans. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Net total expenditures_--- .......-------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- $15, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943--- ------ - 15, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work -- - - - - - -. - - - - - -. . - - - - - - . - - - - - - . -- - - - - - .. . . . . . Cost of m aintenance - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - ------- -- --. . . Total expended..------------------------------------------ - ----- --- Allotted _ $15,000 $----------- Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved May 23, 1941_- - - - -- _- $15, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 _------------------------------15, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of exist- ing project 1 -___ __ __________ __ 235, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945 for new works -_ - ___ - - _____ ________ 19,000 1 Exclusive of available funds. 26. LA GRANGE, COLORADO RIVER, TEX. Location.-On the left bank of the Colorado River, Tex., between mile 173.6 and mile 176.6 above the mouth, at the city of La Grange, RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 831 in Fayette County, Tex. (See U. S. Geological Survey base map, Texas, scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for about 13,500 feet of earth levee, with suitable drainage structures, extending from high ground on the upper side of the town, around low-lying portions of the town along the river, to high ground on the lower side of the town. The improvements will protect the city of La Grange against major floods reasonably to be expected. The cost of the project, estimated in 1939, is $100,000 for construc- tion and $15,000 for land and damages, a total of $115,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. 312, 76th Cong., 1st sess., which includes the latest published maps). Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Operations and 'resultsduring fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on this project. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $14,000, will be applied to the partial preparation of de- tailed plans. The additional sum of $9,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, for the completion of detailed plans and for the preparation of contract plans and specifications. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943---.......-------- Net total expenditures-------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_----- _------ _$14, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 14, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--- Cost of maintenance--- Total expended--.- Allotted------------- -------------------------------------------------------- $14, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved May 23, 1941 14,000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ------------------------------- 14,000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-- -- ------------- 86, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1945, for new work 1- - - 9, 500 1 Exclusive of available funds. 27. BRADY, BRADY CREEK, TEX. Location.-On Brady Creek, between 28.6 and 30.4 miles above the mouth, in the city of Brady, McCulloch County, Tex. (See U. S. Geological Survey sheet Brady, Tex., scale 1: 125,000.) 832 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for an im- proved floodway for Brady Creek and levees and floodwalls in the city of Brady consisting of the following features: Approximately 9,700 feet of channel enlargement, 6,935 feet of earth levee, 345 feet of concrete floodwall, alteration of two highway bridges and one railroad bridge, and the necessary drainage structures. The proj- ect provides for the protection of the city of Brady from floods with a peak discharge 2.4 times as great as that of the maximum flood of record which occurred in July 1938. The Federal cost of the improvement, estimated in 1939, is $825,000 for construction. The local cost for lands and damages, including bridge replacements and alterations, is $348,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941 (H. Doc. No. 441, 76th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published maps). Local cooperation.--See page 6 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to bear the expense of the necessary bridge alterations. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on this project. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $25,000, will be applied to the preparation, of detailed plans. The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended dur- ing the fiscal year 1945 for the preparation of contract plans and specifications. Gost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30 1943.---- Cost of maintenance to June 30 1943 ------------- -. - Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-..... ---------- $25, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__----- -25, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work------------------------------- -------------------------- Cost of maintenance- ... Total expended------------- --------------------------------------------------- Allotted--- --------------------------------------------------------------- $25,000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941 -------------------------------------------- $25, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_----- ------- _25,000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of 1 -- -- - - -- - -- - - -- - -- - -- - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - -- existing project 800, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1 - - - - - - 1945, for new work 5, 000 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 833 28. PECAN BAYOU, TEX Location.-These improvements are located on Pecan Bayou and its tributary, Hords Creek, in the State of Texas. Definite locations of the individual items are given in the following paragraph. (See U. S. Geological Survey sheets, Brownwood, Coleman, and Ballinger, scale 1: 125,000, and Grosvenor.and Zephyr, scale 1: 62,500.) Existing project. The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the plan of improvement for flood control and other purposes on Pecan Bayou and tributaries as set forth in House Docu- ment No. 370, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, and authorized $1,400,000 for initiation and partial accomplishment of the project, including $460,000 for the Hords Creek Reservoir. The plan of improvement provides for the enlargement of the existing Lake Brownwood Reservoir and for the construction of the Hords Creek Reservoir. The following tabulation gives descriptive data on these reservoirs. Dams and Reservoirs Name ----------------------------------------- Lake Brownwood Hords Creek Nearest city --. Brownwood, Tex..--------..... Coleman, Tex. Distance above mouth (miles) --- 57.1 on Pecan Bayou .-.... 27.8 on Hords Creek. Height of dam ......-------------------------------...... 135 feet 74 feet. ..----------------- Type of dam .-......... ... . .. ... .. Earth fill---------------- Earth fill. Reservoir capacity -. -- . .------ -..... .....-.-----.... 768,000 acre-feet---- 21,200 acre-feet. Estimated cost: Construction . ....------------------------------------$1, 678, 000 $522, 000 Lands and damages ----------------------------- 822, 000 38, 000 Total ...... ......------------------------------------------ 2,500,000 1... 560,000 1Estimated first cost of enlarging Lake Brownwood Dam and Reservoir. The estimated investment in existing Lake Brownwood Dam and Reservoir is $1,500,000. The Hords Creek Reservoir will afford substantial flood protection to the city of Coleman, Tex., and to other extensive areas in the Hords Creek Valley, and will provide municipal water supply for the city of Coleman. The Lake Brownwood Reservoir will afford substantial flood pro- tection in the valleys of Pecan Bayou and the lower Colorado River, including the city of Brownwood, Tex., and will also provide addi- tional conservation storage. Local cooperation.-Thisproject was adopted subject to the follow- ing conditions: (a) That local interests contribute the sum of $100,000 toward the first cost of the Hords Creek Reservoir; and (b) that the local agency owning and controlling Lake Brownwood permit the United States to utilize, without cost, the existing dam, reservoir, and appurtenant works, and any of its lands needed for the construction and operation of the enlarged dam and spillway, and maintain and operate the enlarged reservoir upon completion in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of War. Operations and results dwring fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on this project. 834 RIEPORIT OF CTHIEF OF EG~0INEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $40,000, will be applied as follows: Lake Brownwood Reservoir: Partial preparation of detailed plans -. $15, 000 Hords Creek Reservoir: Partial preparation of detailed plans ---------- 25, 000 Total ----- -------------------------------------------- 40,000 The additional sum of $115,000 can be profitably expended in fiscal year 1945, as follows: Lake Brownwood Reservoir: Preparation of detailed plans and speci- fications ------------------------------------------------- $80, 000 Hords Creek Reservoir: Preparation of detailed plans and specifications_ 35, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30 1943------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Net total expenditures.. Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_--------- ---- $40, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 40,000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work---------------------.. . . .. . ..----- -- --- -------.. . . . . . Cost of m aintenance - - - - . --- .. . . . . . - - -- - --.. - --- . . . . . . . . . . . -. ----. . . Total expended .-----------. . --- .- ..--- .- .- .. . .. . .. . ...-------------- Allotted. ..--------------.------------------------------------------------------- $40,000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941 ------------------------------------ $40, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943--...........------- 40,000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ----------------- 2 2, 920, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work --- -------------------------------- 115, 000 1 Exclusive of available funds. 2 In addition to this amount, the sum of $100,000 is to be contributed by local interests. 29. NORTH CONCHO RIVER, TEX. Location.-These improvements are located on the North Concho River, a tributary of the Concho River, in the vicinity of the city of San Angelo, Tex. Definite locations of the individual items are given in the following paragraphs. (See U. S. Geological Survey base map, Texas, scale 1: 500,000, and sheet Wall, scale 1:62,500.) Existing project.-The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the plan of improvement for flood control on the North Concho River, Tex., as set forth in House Document No. 315, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, and authorized $2,000,000 for the initiation and partial accomplishment of the project. The plan of improvement provides for the construction of the San Angelo Reser- voir on the North Concho River upstream from San Angelo and for the construction of a floodway, levees, and floodwalls in the city of San Angelo. RIVERS AND IHARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 835 The San Angelo Reservoir will be located about 6.7 miles above the mouth of the North Concho River, near the town of San Angelo, Tex. The dam will be of the earth-filled type with a gate-controlled concrete spillway located in the channel. An emergency overflow spillway will be located in a draw to the south of the dam. The maximum height of the dam will be 90 feet above the valley floor. The upstream slope, when the height of the dam exceeds 30 feet, is to be protected by rip- rap 18 inches thick laid on a 6-inch gravel blanket, and a rock drain is provided at the toe of the dam. The reservoir will have a gross storage capacity of 364,900 acre-feet. The estimated cost of construction is $5,489,000 and of lands and damages is $542,000. The local protection works in the city of San Angelo provide for constructing levees and floodwalls along vulnerable sections of the city, filling in low-lying areas adjacent to the river, removing existing channel obstructions, altering existing bridges, and improving the carrying capacity of the channel over a reach from mile 0.9 to 3.5. En- largement of the channel will be accomplished by excavating 1,057,000 cubic yards of material which, in turn, will be used to fill in the low- lying areas along the south bank of the river in order to reclaim these areas. Five highway bridges which restrict the waterway opening will be reconstructed. Three low-water dams, two of which are located adjacent to bridges and present serious obstruction to the free dis- charge of the river, will be removed. The levees and floodwalls will consist of about 9,270 feet of earthen embankment and 2,000 feet of reinforced concrete wall. Two pumping stations and appurtenant drainage structures, to handle interior drainage, will be constructed. The estimated cost of construction is $769,000, and of lands and dam- ages is $600,000. The reservoir will provide substantial flood protection in the val- leys of the lower Concho and Colorado Rivers, and, supplemented by the local protection works at San Angelo, it will afford protection to that city from floods with a discharge one and one-half times as great as that of the maximum flood of record, which occurred in September 1936. Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been done on this project. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $65,000, will be applied to the partial preparation of detailed plans. The additional sum of $64,000 can be profitably expended in the fiscal year 1945 for the preparation of detailed plans. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Net total expenditures--------------------------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- .... ----------- $65, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__-- ------ - 65, 000 836 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--- Cost of maintenance- Total expended------------------------------------- Allotted............... ...-------------- -------------------------------------------------------- $65, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved May 23, 1941 --------------------------------------- $65, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ------------------------------- 65,000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6, 735, 000 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 64, 000 1 Exclusive of available funds. 30. SNAGGING AND CLEARING UNDER AUTHORITY OF SECTION 2 OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 28, 1937, AS AMENDED The Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, as amended by the Flood Control Acts approved August 11, 1939, and August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment of not to exceed $500,000 from the flood- control appropriations for any 1 fiscal year in the removal of accumu- lated snags and other debris from, and the clearing and straightening of channels in navigable streams and tributaries thereof when such work is advisable in the interest of flood control; provided that not more than $25,000 shall be allotted for this purpose for any single tributary from the appropriations for any 1 fiscal year. Funds were made available during the fiscal year 1941 for snagging and clearing on the Trinity River and tributaries, Texas, and on the Lavaca River and tributaries, Texas, in Lavaca County near Halletts- ville, Tex., in the Galveston district. Additional funds were allotted for the Trinity River and the Lavaca River in Jackson County during the fiscal year 1942. The work which was to be done on the Trinity River consisted of the removal of snags and other debris from the river channel between mile 38 near Liberty, Tex., 'to about mile 70. No work was done on the Trinity River because of unfavorable river stages and shortages of labor. There were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year. All unexpended funds were revoked. Snagging and clearing and removal of debris from channels of the Lavaca River and tributaries was supplemented by a Work Projects A.dministration project which involved the provision of relief labor by that agency. The supervision of the relief labor and equipment, materials, and supplies for the work were provided from regular flood- control funds for snagging. The work of removing snags, trees, and other debris from the section of the channel of the Lavaca River in Jackson County, near Edna, Tex., was not started because of a shortage of labor in that locality. The cost during the fiscal year was -$453.99, due to sale of small tools purchased for the job; the expenditures were $188.61. RIVERS AND HARBORS-GALVESTON, TEX., DISTRICT 837 The total cost and expenditures were $25,702.86. All unexpended funds have been revoked. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943__ --------------------------- $25, 702. $6 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943-------- ---------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_- ----- -25, 702.86 Net total expenditures -------------------------------------- 25, 702. 86 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943---------------------------------- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_---- - -- $25, 702.86 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-.............. .-----........ ---..... $8,010.93 $18,145.92 -$453.99 Cost of maintenance....- --- .. .. ..- - .... Total expended_-------.---.-....-_---.-------_-_--------__ --- 5, 508. 57 20, 382. 90 -188.61 Allotted_-..--.--------..-.-.. . .....----.-- ..---.--..-- 45, 000.00 30, 000.00 -49,297. 14 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ----------------- $49,108. 53 Reimbursements collected-- - ---------- $781. 65 Gross amount expended------------------------------593.04 ------ 188. 61 Amount to be accounted for ---------------------------- 49, 297.14 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment_ ....... --- 49, 297. 14 31. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of the work during the fiscal year amounted to $72,182.58 and the expenditures were $73,475.85. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $189,276.02, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 in payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $125,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943---- ------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 -- ------------------- $1, 081, 392.60 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_- --- 1, 081, 392. 60 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------ _ 4, 068.62 Net total expenditures ------------------- ---- 1, 077, 323.98 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943------------------189, 276.02 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- -- 1, 266, 600.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work..-..- Cost of maintenance--.... __-... $269, 321. 25 $358, 620.12 $149, 229. 36 $131,842. 95 $72,182.58 Total expended...... ........ 262, 490. 03 355, 095. 88 160, 540. 65 130,735. 47 73, 475. 85 Allotted..-... ................. 20, 000. 00 298, 100. 00 140, 000. 00- --- .-- 1 3, 000. 00 838 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 . . ----------------- - $89, 751. 87 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941------------- $100, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- nropnriation Act appnroved Apr. 28. 1942 ----------- 73, 000. 00 173, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for____ 22, 751. 87 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 73, 475.85 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_- 189, 276. 02 O'utstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_------- __............4, 068. 62 Balance available June 30, 1943_------------------------- 185, 207. 40 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance _ 125,000.00 1Exclusive of available funds. Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and com- mittee resolutions Date trans- Docu- Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to ment menda- Congress No. tion Allens Creek, tributary of Brazos River, River and Harbor Act, Aug. Austin County, Tex., for navigation 26, 1937. and flood control. Brazos River, Tex., comprehensive - do - survey for navigation, flood control and other water uses. Brazos River and tributaries, Texas..- Flood Control Act, Aug. 28, 1937. Colorado (lower) River, Tex .- --.... Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Colorado River and tributaries, Texas, River and Harbor Act, Aug. improvement for navigation and flood 26, 1937. control. Colorado River, Tex., improvement for Commerce Committee res- navigation and flood control. olution, Aug. 4, 1936. Colorado River, Tex., above county Flood Control Act, June 22, line between Coke and Runnels 1936. Counties. Guadalupe River, Tex., improvement Rivers and Harbors Com- for navigation, flood control, power mittee resolution, Apr. 8, and irrigation (final report). 1938. Leon River, Tex - --- Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Mill Creek, a tributary of Brazos River River and Harbor Act, Aug. in Austin County, Tex., for naviga- 26, 1937. tion and flood control. Neches River and tributaries, Texas - Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Neches River and tributaries, Texas Flood Control Act, May 15, and Louisiana. 1936. Nueces River and tributaries, Texas _ Flood Control Act, June 4, 1936. D o_ ..-_ . .. . . .. . .. . . .. . . Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Sabine River and tributaries, Texas Flood Control Act, May 15, and Lousiana. 1936. Sabine River, Tex -. __ Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. San Antonio River, Tex., improve- ment for navigation, flood control, River and Harbor Act, June 20, 1938. :I::~ power and prevention of erosion. San Jacinto River and tributaries in Flood Control Act, Aug. Montgomery, Walker, San Jacinto, 28, 1937. Grimes, Waller, Liberty, and Harris Counties, Tex. Santa Isabel Creek, northwest of Flood Control Act, June 28, Laredo, Webb County, Tex. 1938. Trinity River and tributaries, Texas Flood Control Committee - (construction of Lavon Dam and resolution, July 2, 1943. Reservoir for flood control). . i RIVERS AND HARBORS-DENISON, TEX., DISTRICT 839 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE DENISON, TEX., DISTRICT This district includes the Red River and tributaries above Fulton, Ark. Within these drainage areas lie a portion of western Arkansas, the northern portion of the State of Texas, excepting the major por- tion of the Panhandle, and the southern portion of the State of Oklahoma. District engineer: Col. William W. Wanamaker, Corps of En- gineers. Division engineer: Col. Stanley L. Scott, Corps of Engineers, to October 12, 1942, and Col. Robert R. Neyland, Corps of Engineers, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Flood control-Continued Page Page 1. Examinations, surveys, and 4. Emergency flood-control work 844 contingencies (general)-- 839 5. Preliminary examinations, sur- 2. Other navigation projects for veys and contingencies for which no estimates are sub- flood control--------------- 845 mitted-------------------- 840 6. Other flood-control projects for Flood control which no estimates are sub- mitted ------- -- 846 3. Denison Reservoir, Red River, Tex. and Okla_--- 840 1. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was minus 2 cents due to ad- justment in payment of invoice. The expenditures were $495.47. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $57,473.14, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of ex- pense incurred under this heading. No additional funds will be required for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ----------------- _------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943-------------- --------- $562, 107.01 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 562, 107. 01 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_------- --- 52, 923.17 Net total expenditures .------------------------------- 509, 183.-84 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 57, 473. 14 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ --- -- 566, 656. 98 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940, 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .------------- Cost of maintenance .. - - - - $450,005. 78 $47, 520. 78 $24, 850.47 $13,165. 41 -$0. 02 Total expended 385, 336. 85 60, 449. 48 22, 254.94 13,117.21 495.47 Allotted -- -------- 515,127. 09 11,000. 00 13,000.00-- - --- 840 REpOFRfI OF CHIEF OF ENGIINt!ERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------ ------------ --- $57, 968.61 Gross amount expended--------------------------------------- 495. 47 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------------ ---------- 57, 473.14 1 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943------------------------- 52, 853. 12 Balance available June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 4, 620.02 i Does not include $70.05 due to other projects. 2. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full report June 30, 1943 amount re Name of project see Annual quired to Reportquiredto for- New work Maintenance complete Red River from Fulton, Ark., to mouth of 1924 $378, 573.82 $182,157.05 Maintenance Washita River, Okla. only. ' Curtailment of project is recommended in H. Doc. No. 947, 64th Cong., 1st sess. Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans-Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. iRecomenda- Congress Red River, La., Ark., Rivers and Harbors- Okla., and Tex., for navi- Committee resolu- gation, flood control, tion, Feb. 25, 1938. water power and irriga- tion. Red River, La., Ark., Commerce Commit-.. -- Okla., and Tex., and con- tee resolution Feb. necting waterways, sin- 8, 1939; Flood Con- gly or together, for navi- trol Committee res- gation, flood control, and olution, Jan. 26, irrigation. 1939; Rivers and Harbors Committee resolution Jan. 24, 1939. 3. DENISON RESERVOIR, RED RIVER, TEX. AND OKLA. Location.-Denison Reservoir is located on Red River, 751 miles above the mouth of the river and 5 miles northwest of Denison, Tex. (See U. S. Geological Survey Maps for Denison, Tex., and Tisho- mingo, Okla., quadrangles; scale 1:125,000.) Existing project. The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of a roll-filled dam 15,200 feet long, rising 165 feet above the stream bed with a reservoir providing 2,745,000 acre-feet of flood- control storage, 2,060,000 acre-feet of power storage, and 1,020,000 acre-feet for accumulation of silt. The outlet works consisting of a gate-control house and eight conduits, each 20 feet in diameter, and the powerhouse, are located on the right abutment. A chute type spill- way located in a saddle on the right bank will discharge through a creek to a point 1 mile below the dam. The plan of improvement also provides for the diversion of the Washita River and the con- struction of levees to protect the Cumberland oil field from inundation. The project provides for flood protection to lands in Texas, Okla- homa, Arkansas, and Louisiana, for the generation of power, im- RIVERS AND HARBORS-DENISON, TEX., DISTRICT 841 provement of navigation, regulation of the flow of the Red River, and for other beneficial uses. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, and amended by section 4, Public No. 868, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, approved October 17, 1940. (See H. Doc. No. 541, 75th Cong., 3d sess., which contains the latest published maps.) The estimated cost of the project is $31,750,000 for construction and $23,500,000 for lands, damages, and relocations. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operationsand results during fiscal year.--Work under a continuing contract for construction of main dam embankment and excavation for the spillway was continued and a total of 10,235,768 yards of common and rock excavation was executed and a total of 5,926,146 yards of random, pervious, and impervious fill was placed. Contract for con- struction of main dam embankment and excavation for spillway was converted to a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract on November 16, 1942. Construction of the spillway was continued. Clearing of the land in the reservoir area by hired labor and contract was continued and clearing by use of prisoners of war was initiated with a total of 9,623 acres cleared. Relocation of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway; Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad; United States Highway No. 70; State Highway No. 99; and miscellaneous utility lines was continued. Design of the powerhouse was completed and construction started. Fabrication of powerhouse generators, turbines, governors, cranes, penstocks, and miscellaneous powerhouse equipment was continued. Design of levees and diversion channels for diverting the Washita River was completed and construction started. Costs during the fiscal year were $19,297,008.71 for new work. The expenditures were $19,158,883.42. All expenditures were from regular funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction of the outlet works is complete. Construction of the main dam embankment is 88 percent complete. Relocation of the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway is 80 percent complete. Relocation of Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad is 45 percent complete. Relocation of Highway No. 70 is 92 percent complete. Construction of spillway is 74 percent complete. Construc- tion of powerhouse is 65 percent complete. Construction of Washita River diversion and levees is 8 percent complete. Fabrication of powerhouse equipment is 50 percent complete. The entire project is 74 percent complete. The total cost of the existing project to the end of fiscal year, all for new work, was $35,449,346.07, all from regular funds. Total expenditures were $34,7902124.26, all from regular funds. The work remaining to be done consists of completing the work now in progress, installation of powerhouse equipment, con- struction of transmission lines; access road and bridge; public facilities at dam site, and quarters for operating personnel. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, including accounts receivable, of $19,441,444.94 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable_ .....------------------ $1,170, 022. 95 New work: Engineering and administration: Engineering, surveys, inves- tigations, and office studies (by hired labor), including ma- terial, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944- _-_- ... 324, 000. 00 842 RIEPOiwr OF CHIEF OF ENGONEIEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 New work-Continued. Land acquisition: Acquisition of land for reservoir area (by hired labor), July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1944- -- $770, 000. 00 Complete construction of Washita River diversion and levee (by contract), July 1, 1943, to Mar. 1, 1944 .. 5, 000, 000.00 Clearing: Clearing reservoir area (by hired labor, contract, and prisoners of war), including material, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 -- 1, 200, 000.00 Dam structures: Complete painting conduit liner tubes (by contract), July 1, to Dec. 1, 1943_ 91, 850. 00 Operation and maintenance of outlet works structures during construction (by hired labor) July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944______- - - _-_ 10, 000. 00 Complete the construction (by contract), including ma- terial furnished by the Government, of dam embank- ment and spillway excavation, July 1, 1943, to Apr. 1, 1944 3, 259, 480. 00 Complete the sodding of main dam embankment slopes (by hired labor), July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 .... 370,000.00 Complete the construction of spillway (by contract), including material, July 1, to Nov. 30, 1943__ * 778, 500. 00 Complete the construction of powerhouse (by contract), including material, July 1 to Dec. 31, 1943 ____ 1, 154, 000. 00 Complete the purchase of 1 turbine, 1 generator, and governor assembly, for powerhouse (by contract), July 1 to Nov. 30, 1943 802, 000. 00 Complete the purchase of additional powerhouse equip- ment, including surge tanks, penstocks, transformers, service turbines, and valves (by contract), July 1 to Dec. 31, 1943, exclusive of equipment deferred to post-war__ 770, 000. 00 Construct improvements to control area, including oper- ator's houses, fencing, lighting, parking areas, road- ways, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 .... . . 460, 850.00 Complete connections to existing power lines (by con- tract), July 1 to Dec. 31, 1943___ 218, 000. 00 Complete the relocation of United States Highway 70 (by contract), excluding work deferred to post-war, July 1 to Aug. 15, 1943_. -- 297,000. 00 Complete contract agreement with State of Oklahoma for maintenance and abandonment of highways, July 1 to Dec. 31, 1943 --_ ___ - _ --- - 326, 000.00 Complete the relocation of State Highway No. 99, Madill to Marietta, Okla. (by contract), July 1 to Oct. 30, 1943_- ------ 163, 500. 00 Discontinuance and abandonment of county roads, States of Oklahoma and Texas (by hired labor), July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 ...... - 14, 400.00 Complete relocation of Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad, Pottsboro to Sadler, Tex. (by contract), July 1 to Oct. 15, 1943 .... _ _ ____ _ 570,000.00 Complete contract agreement with Missouri-Kansas- Texas Railroad for relocation of their lines, includ- ing Government cost, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 _. 5, 250.00 Complete contract agreement with St. Louis-San Fran- cisco Railway, for relocation of their lines, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 _.._ ___ 245, 940. 00 Complete the relocation (by contract) of the St. Louis- San Francisco Railway, Liggett to Platter and Lake- side to Mead, Okla., including material, July 1 to Oct. 19, 1943 __._ _.__...__._._- 708,500.00 Complete the relocation of St. Louis-San Francisco Rail- way, Randolph to Ravia, Okla. (by contract), July 1 to Sept. 9, 1943 ......... __ _- _- __ _ 368, 000.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-DENISON, TEX., DISTRICT 843 New work--Continued. Dam structures-Continued. Complete relocation of Standard Gas Co. lines (by con- tract), July 1 to Dec. 31, 1943__________________ $38,000.00 Complete relocation of Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. transmission lines (by contract agreement), July 1 to Nov. 5, 1943__-------------------------------- 35,300.00 Complete relocation of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. lines (by contract agreement), July 1 to Dec. 31, 1943__ 63,000.00 Complete the relocation of miscellaneous minor telephone systems (by contract agreements), July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944-------- ---------------------------- 10,250.00 Complete the relocation of sewage and water system, city of Tishomingo, Okla. (by contract agreement), July 1 to Aug. 31, 1943 ----------------------------- 32, 000.00 Relocate water system at Murray State College, Tisho- mingo, Okla. (proposed contract), July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944- ______-___ 35, 000.00 Relocate cemeteries in reservoir area (by contract), July 1 to July 31, 1943__----------------------------- 7, 500. 00 Complete maintenance and operation of service railroad to dam site during construction (by hired labor), July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944__________________ _____ 7,100.00 Operate laboratories, hydraulic studies, maintenance of grounds during construction (by hired labor), July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 ---------------------------- 136, 001.99 Total proposed operations for the fiscal year 1944___ 19, 441, 444. 94 With this expenditure of funds the project will be complete except for items deferred for post war construction. The additional sum of $100,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance and operation of the completed project. *Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 $35, 449, 346. 07 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ....- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_- --- 35, 449, 346.07 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_ __----.......-- _ -182, 447. 02 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_ _------35, -- 266, 899. 05 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_- - -------- 693,248.16 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943- - ------- 35, 960, 147. 21 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943-.......----- -- 1,170, 022.95 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 34, 790, 124. 26 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--.... ------- 18, 748,196.78 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_...... 53, 538, 321. 04 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-------- ---- $133, 039. 45 $2, 863,331.32 $7,765, 790. 75 $5, 390, 175.84 $19, 297,008.71 Cost of maintenance --- ------------------------------------------------------- - - Total expended---------- ----- 162, 462. 26 2, 665, 118.09 7, 438, 082.26 5, 365, 578. 23 19, 158, 883. 42 Allotted -------------------- ...... 5, 863,373.09 7, 224,947.95 8, 500,000.00 10,950, 000.00 21,000,000.00 844 RPO;r OF CHIEF OF E1V'GINERS, U. S. ARMVIY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------- --------- $16, 907, 077.40 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved June 24, 1940 - --- $202,830.88 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved May 23, 1941------ 350, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942----- 19, 071, 234. 12 Amount allotted from Third Supplemental Na- tional Defense Act, Dec. 17, 1941- .---- 1,375,935.00 21,000, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for _..._... 37, 907, 077.40 Gross amount expended--------------------20, 585,332.09 Less: Reimbursements collected___ $1,404,864. 19 Receipts from sales .--------- 21, 588. 18 1, 426, 452.37 19, 158, 879. 72 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943---- ------ 18, 748,197. 68 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_-- -$4, 638, 219. 13 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------ 10, 881, 200.00 15, 519, 419.13 Balance available June 30, 1943 3, 228,778. 55 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 _...... 693, 248. 16 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-- ........ -- 3, 922, 026.71 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project * 1, 711, 678.96 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance .- ._____ _ 100, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 4. EMERGENCY FLOOD CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any 1 fiscal year to be expended in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum of $20,000 was allotted just prior to the close of the fiscal year for emergency repairs and rescue work in the Denison district. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $20,000, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to the payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. Because of the heavy demands for emergency repair work on flood- control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943, Congress in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public, No. 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, authorized the amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by the recent floods. The Second Deficiency Appropriation Act approved July 12, 1943, Public, No. 140, Seventy-eighth Congress, appropriated the amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the emergency flood-control work authorized in Public, No. 138. The provisions of this act are additional and supplemental to, and not in lieu of, existing general legislation authorizing allocation of flood- RIVERS AND HARBORS-DENISON, TEX., DISTRICT 845 control funds for restoration of flood-control works threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum of $15,000 was allotted in July 1943 for emergency flood- control work in the Denison district. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943---------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943------------------- Net total expenditures- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_--------- --- $20, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 .... 20,000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work----------- --------- --. ----.....---....-------.-.----..... Cost of maintenance--- Total expended....- - - - -- --- - _- - - - - - - - - - Allotted-------------.--- -------------- .----.--------------.--------------------------- $20,000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 24, 1940 -------------------------------------------- $20, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_- 20,000 _-------- 5. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work during the year was $17.461.02: the expenditures were $18,589.25. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $18,515.99, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $132,233.88 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943----------- 132, 233. 88 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- -------- 3, 846. 46 Net total expenditures__--- ---------- 128, 387.42 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_------ -- 18, 515.99 Total amount appropriated to June 39, 1943__ ---- 146,903.41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost ofof new Cost work-............... maintenance------------$33,'150.48 $46,617. 34 $9, 017.24 $22, 234.87 $i7,46i.02 Total expended-----------------.................. - 30,802. 55 46, 361.90 9,048. 35 19,832.44 18, 589.25 Allotted......----------------------103,150.48 ------ ..--------- 35,000.00 5,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-------. -------- ---- $32, 105.24 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 28, 1942-- ------- $4, 900.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943-------------------100.00 5,000.00 Amount to be accounted for 37, 105. 24 558155--44-pt. 1, vol. 1----54 846 RIEPO R OF CHIEF O0F ENGOIZEELRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Gross amount expended-----------------------------------$18, 589.25 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943......---------18, 515.99 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943___-- - - ----- - 8, 655.27 ---- Balance available June 30, 1943__ ---- ----- 9,860. 72 6. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full report June 30, 1943 amount re- Name of project see Annual quired to Report cmplete for- New work Maintenance complete Lugert-Altus Reservoir, North Fork of Red River, Okla ------------------------------ 1942 $1,130,000.00 ----- -(1) 1 The participation by the War Department in the financing of the Lugert-Altus project has been com- pleted. Status of all investigationsfor flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Con- Document No. tion gress Altus Project, Okla . .Flood Control Com- mittee resolution, Apr. 13, 1938. Cossatot River, Ark_ ....-- Flood Control Act, -------------------- June 22, 1936. Cossatot River, Sevier Flood Control Act, -------------- -------------------- County, Ark. May 6, 1936. Eagletown Reservoir, Okla_ Flood Control Act, ---------------- ------------------- June 22, 1936. Kiamichi River, Okla ..-. Flood Control Act, ---------------- -------------------- June 28, 1938. Little River, Ark ...-... Flood Control Act, ---------------- May 6, 1936. D o_- - - - - Flood Control Act, ---------------- -------------------- June 22, 1936. Mangum-Salt Fork, Greer Flood Control Act, ---------------- -------------------- County, Okla. Aug. 11, 1939. Pease River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, Texas. June 22, 1936. ---------------- -------------------- Purdy Reservoir on Rush Flood Control Act, ---------------- -------------------- Creek, Okla. Aug. 11, 1939. Red River, La., Ark., Okla., Rivers and Harbors and Tex., for navigation Committee resolu- -------------- -------------------- flood control, water power tion, Feb. 25, 1938. and irrigation. Red River- La., Ark., Okla., Commerce Committee -------------------- and Tex., and connecting resolution, Feb. 8, waterways, singly or to- 1939; Flood Control gether, for navigation, Committee resolu- flood control, and irriga- tion Jan. 26, 1939; tion. Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion Jan. 24, 1939. Salt Fork of RedjRiver Flood Control Act, -------------------- tributaries, Oklahoma. June 28, 1938. Walnut Bayou, Little Riv- er County, Arkansas. Flood Control Act, Aug. 28, 1937. -------------------- Walnut Creek, Love and Flood Control Act, -------------------- Carter Counties, Okla. Aug. 18,1941. Washita River, Okla ..-. Flood Control Act, -------------------- Aug. 28, 1937. Washita River, Okla., in- Commerce Commit- terim report on Red tee resolution,Feb. River survey (special 8, 1939; Flood Con- Board 20). trol Committee res- olution, Jan. 26, 1939; Rivers and Harbors Committee resolution, Jan. 24, 1939. Washita Valley, Okla...... Flood Control Com- mittee resolution, Apr. 14, 1937. -- RIVERS AND HARBORS-ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX., DISTRICT 847 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX., DISTRICT The district comprises the watershed of the South Canadian River and tributaries entering the same west of the Texas-New Mexico State line; the watershed of the Arkansas River and tributaries entering the same west of and including Walnut Creek, Kans.; the watershed of the Rio Grande and tributaries entering the same west of and including the Pecos River and its tributaries; and the water- shed of the Mimbres River and its tributaries in New Mexico. District engineer: Col. Lyle Rosenberg, Corps of Engineers, to May 14, 1943, and Lt. Col. R. E. Cole, Corps of Engineers, since that date. District engineers: Col. Lyle Rosenberg, Corps of Engineers, to 12, 1942, and Col. R. R. Neyland, Corps of Engineers, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Flood control I Flood control--Continued Page Page 1. Conchas Dam and Reservoir, 3. Emergency flood-control South Canadian River, near work-- -------- 852 Tucumcari, N. Mex ------- 2. John Martin Reservoir, Ar- 847 4. Preliminary examinations, surveys, and contingencies kansas River, Colo. (for- for flood control---------- 853 merly Caddoa Reservoir) 849 5. Plant allotment -854 1. CONCHAS DAM AND RESERVOIR, SOUTH CANADIAN RIVER, NEAR TUCUMCARI, N. MEX. Location.-The dam is located in San Miguel County, N. Mex., on the South Canadian River approximately one-fourth mile down- stream of the confluence of the South Canadian and Conchas Rivers. It is approximately 30 miles northwest of Tucumcari N. Mex., and 744 miles above the mouth of the South Canadian River. The South Canadian River has a total length of approximately 906 miles, rises in the northeastern part of New Mexico, and flows south and east to the Arkansas River in the vicinity of Webbers Falls, Okla. (See U. S. Geological Survey State map of New Mexico, scale 1:500,000, and U. S. Geological Survey topographic map, Tucumcari quadrangle; scale 1: 125,000.) Existing project.-The existing project provided for the construc- tion of a flood-control dam and reservoir which will also be used for irrigation and water-supply purposes. The dam consists of a concrete gravity main section 235 feet high and 1,250 feet long located in the South Canadian River Canyon, together with earth dikes on each side having an over-all length of about 4 miles. The main section contains conduits located in its base capable of releasing water to maintain low- water flow and for drainage of the reservoir, and an overflow spillway 300 feet in length. The earth dikes are of varying heights up to 100 feet and the north dike contains a concrete ogee type emergency spill- way 3,000 feet long. The project involved about 836,000 cubic yards of concrete, 3,600,000 cubic yards of fill, and 1,300,000 cubic yards of excavation. The reservoir has a gross storage capacity of 600,000 acre-feet, consisting of 300,000 acre-feet for water conservation and 848 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 irrigation, 200,000 acre-feet for flood control, and 100,000 acre-feet dead storage. The total cost was $15,456,214.41, including $2,279,- 325.70, the cost of initiating construction of the project under authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. The estimated annual cost of maintenance and operation is $50,000. The project is based on the report on the South Canadian River, N. Mex., Tex., and Okla., dated June 1, 1931, made in compliance with House Document No. 308, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session, and approved by the President, July 29, 1935, under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, and adopted by Con- gress in the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936 (H. Doc. No. 308, 74th Gong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-See page 6. Under the sponsorship of the New Mexico State Park Commission, the National Park Service is develop- ing and constructing permanent recreational facilities at Conchas Dam. At the completion of the development and construction work the facilities will be taken over by the New Mexico State Park Com- mission for operation and maintenance. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Miscellaneous minor re- pairs were made and the structures were operated and maintained in a serviceable condition throughout the year. The reservoir was filled and maintained at approximately spillway level throughout the entire year. An interdepartmental agreement has been made with the Bureau of Reclamation to dismantle the remaining portion of the construction camp which was not completed by the National Park Service. The work of dismantling the construction camp was started September 21, 1942, and completed May 31, 1943. The costs for the year were $47,621.44 for maintenance and $4,359.38 for new work, making a total cost of $51,980.82. The expenditures were $51,079.99. Condition at end of fiscal year.--The existing project was com- pleted in 1940. The reservoir and appurtenances were in good con- dition and in operation at the end of the fiscal year. The costs to the end of the fiscal year, regular funds, were $12,3062910.96 for new work, and $140,046.10 for maintenance. The expenditures were $12,444,- 420.83. The costs to the end of the fiscal year, Emergency Relief funds, were $869,977.75 for new work. The expenditures were $869,977.75. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year for all funds from de- partmental appropriations were $13,176,888.71 for new work, and $140,046.10 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $13,314,- 398.58. In addition, the costs and expenditures for work accomplished in initiating the project under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 were $2,279,325.70. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance, amounting at the end of the fiscal year to $76,463.09 and accounts receivable, $1,291.13, a total of $77,754.22 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable___ ... _- $15, 344. 1 Operation - ---- ---------------------------- 35, 000. 00 Ordinary repairs..............- 5, 000. 00 Improvement and reconstruction 15, 000. 00 Emergencies_-- -- 7, 410. 06 Total for all work 77, 754. 22 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX., DISTRICT 849 In addition, $12,589.94 was allotted in August 1943 for emergency protection of the project during the fiscal year 1944. The additional sum of $60,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, for operation and maintenance. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_-__ _______- - -_ 1x $13, 176, 888. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_-- -------- 140,046.10 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943----------1 13, 316, 934.81 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- -------- 1, 291.13 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943_- ----- 13,318, 225.94 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 3827. 3, 36 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 1 13, 314, 398.58 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- -------- -76, 463.09 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943___ - 113, 390, 861.67 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ......-----------..5, 214, 448.87 $496,603.17 .............. $4,359.38 --............. Cost of maintenance - ._ _... ............ 24, 332.34 $27,576.93 $40, 515.39 47, 621.44 Total cost ------------ . . 5, 214, 448.87 520, 941. 51 27, 576.93 40, 515.39 51, 980.82 Total expended.--------------- 5,305, 208.36 783, 646.74 27, 472.04 39, 939.01 51, 079.99 Allotted _ ....... ........ __ -_- .. -46,603.17 -466,182. 54 -95,352. 62 54,000.00 75,000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ _ $52, 543. 08 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941 75,000.00 Amount to be accounted for- ---- 127, 543. 08 Gross amount expended---------------------$52, 639.94 Less reimbursements collected .-------- - 1, 559.95 51, 079. 99 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943___ 76, 463. 09 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ---------- $ 3,827.36 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------- 11, 516. 80 15, 344. 16 Balance available June 30, 1943- ---- - -- 61, 118. 93 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943.- --------- 1, 291. 13 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-..--- 62, 410. 06 Amount allotted during August 1943 12, 589. 94 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944 .... 75, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance" - - - - --- - - - - - - - - 60,000. 00 1 Includes $3,429,695.92 maintenance and improvement funds and $869,977.75 emergency relief funds, but does not include $2,279,325.70, the cost of initiating the project under authority of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 2. JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR, ARKANSAS RIVER, COLO. (FORMERLY CADDOA RESERVOIR) Location.-JohnMartin Reservoir is located on the Arkansas River 1,155 miles above its mouth, 295 miles below its source, and in Bent 850 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 County, about 18 miles above the city of Lamar, Colo. (See U. S. Geological Survey maps for Lamar and Las Animas (Colo.) quad- rangles, scale 1:125,000.) Existing project.--The existing project provides for construction of a dam and reservoir for flood control and water conservation in Colorado and Kansas. The dam will be a concrete and earth fill structure approximately 130 feet high with an overflow gated spillway 1,174 feet long. The earth section extending to the abutments will flank the concrete gravity section in the valley, and earth dikes on each abutment in continuation of the earth section will extend to high ground, making the over-all length of the structure approximately 2.6 miles. The reservoir, which is one unit of a comprehensive reservoir plan for flood control in the Arkans1s River Basin, will have a storage capacity of 270,000 acre-feet for flood-control, and 385,000 acre-feet for conservation. The project will involve about 560,000 cubic yards of concrete, 5,800,000 cubic yards of fill, and 1,300,000 cubic yards of excavation. The estimated costs revised in 1943 are $11,413,000 for construction and $3,387,000 for lands and damages. The existing project was authoirized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, under the title "Caddoa Reservoir, near Lamar in Colorado." (See H. Doc. No. 308, 74th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published maps.) The War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 24, 1q40, provided that from and after the approval of that act, the Caddoa Reservoir project for flood control and water conservation in Colorado and Kansas should be known and designated on the public records as the John Martin Reservoir project. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Surveys, explorations, and design studies in connection with construction of the project were completed. Land acquisition was continued. Soil stabilization for the relocation of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway by hired labor was continued. Construction by continuing contract of the dam and appurtenant works was commenced August 23, 1940, and suspended March 29, 1943. A total of 560,000 cubic yards of concrete and 5,895,000 cubic yards of embankment was placed. A total of 3,325,000 pounds of reinforcing and structural steel, and a total of 2,507,000 pounds of steel sheet piling were placed. Contractor's plant and equipment were dismantled. The costs during the fiscal year were $1,863,643.57 for new work and none for maintenance. The expenditures were $2,195,894.95. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Surveys, exploration, and design in connection with construction of the project are complete. Land acquisition is 97.2 percent complete. The construction for the relo- cation of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and salvage of the abandoned railroad are completed. The design of the protective works for the Fort Lyon veterans' facility is completed. The construction of the dam and appurtenant works is 85.1 per- cent complete. The earth fill abutments are completed to design RIVERS AND HARBORS-ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX., DISTRICT 851 height and the concrete structure is complete except for the spillway bridge. Installation of steel crest gates is deferred until after the present war emergency. The project as a whole is 87 percent complete. Storage for irrigation up to elevation 3,815 (approximately 100,000 acre-feet) will be permitted and the balance of the storage provided (165,000 acre-feet) by 'the unfinished structure will be reserved for flood control. The reservoir pool lbvel has fluctuated between a maxi- mum elevation of 3,800.2 on March 16, 1943, and a minimum elevation of 3,774.8 on June 27, 1943. Total releases through June 30, 1943, since storage started on March 11, 1943, were 110,861 acre-feet which were entirely for irrigation. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $12,252,060.81 for new work and none for maintenance. The total expenditures were $12,097,150.66. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, $1,412,137.26, and accounts receivable, $3,751.95, a total of $1,415,889.21, less the sum of $328,965.99 revoked in August 1943, amounting to $1,086,923.22, will be applied to new work as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------------------- $158, 662. 10 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------------- 830, 936. 29 Land acquisition, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944 417.60 1,------------- Preparation of plans and specifications for completion ----------- 50,000.00 Ordinary repairs__------------------------------------------ 10, 000. 00 Improvement and reconstruction___-- --------- 10, 907. 23 Emergencies -------------------------------------- --- 25, 000.00 Total ------------------------------------------- 1,086, 923. 22 The sum of $100,000 was allotted for maintenance in August 1943. The additional sum of $75,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for operation and maintenance. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943----------------------- $12, 252, 060. 81 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ... 12, 252, 060. 81 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 3, 751.95 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943----------------- 12, 255, 812. 76 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 158, 662. 10 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 12,097, 150. 66 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943------------------ -- 1, 412, 137.26 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 13, 509, 287. 92 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work _ __ _.... $168, 599. 82 $1, 314, 247. 33 $4, 460, 773. 77- $4, 444, 639. 72 $1, 863, 643. 57 Cost of m aintenance . . . . . ... . . . . . . - . -.. . --. . - -... ..-- Total expended ------------- . -- 167, 015. 16 969, 211. 56 4,261,222.45 4, 503, 806. 54 2, 195, 894. 95 Allotted---------------------3, 603, 100. 00 3, 130, 000. 00 3,826, 187. 92 2,800, 000. 00 852 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--------- __ _ $p3,608, 032. 21 Gross amount expended-_ -------- $2,206,050.15 Less reimbursements collected_ ----- - - 10,155.20 2,195, 894.95 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 1, 412,137.26 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--....... $158, 662.10 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------ 830,936.29 989, 598. 39 Balance available June 30, 1943_.- - -------- 422, 588.87 Accou nts receivable June 30, 1943----------------------------3, 751.95 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_ 426, 290. 82 Net a mount revoked in August 1943 228, 965. 99 Amount available in fiscal year 1944-------- 197, 324. 83 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,290, 700. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - June 30, 1945, for maintenance 75,.000.00 x Exclusive of available funds. 3. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,- 000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or de- stroyed by flood. The sum of $50,000 was allotted during the fiscal year 1942 for emergency repairs and rescue work in the Middle Rio Grande Con- servancy District, New Mexico, in the Albuquerque District. The Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, a local agency au- thorized by and operating under the laws of the State of New Mexico, has constructed levees in the Middle Rio Grande Valley, that portion of the flood plain of the Rio Grande in central New Mexico extending upstream about 165 miles from Elephant Butte Reservoir (river mile 1418.5) to the mouth of White Rock Canyon near the Pena Blanca (river mile 1582.2) in order to protect from inundation during periods of high water the cities of Albuquerque, Belen, and Socorro, and numerous villages and Indian pueblos built on the flood plain of the valley. Actual operations began on April 23, 1942, and they were concluded on June 6, 1942. The costs during the fiscal year were $4,200.94 for liquidation of outstanding liabilities and none for new work or maintenance. The expenditures were $3,946.73. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $34,147.41 for maintenance. The total expenditures were 34,147.41. The balance unexpended on February 16, 1943, amounting to $15,852.59, was revoked. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 -------------------------- $34, 147. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------------- 34,147.41 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------- 34,147.41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-------------------- 34, 147.41 RIVERS AND HARBORS--ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX., DISTRICT 853 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work................ .............. ........-------------------------..--------........---------------------------- --------------- - Cost of maintenance..-------------............... ..---..--------. ------..... $29,946.47 $4,200.94 Total expended---------........... --------------.... --------------------------- 30,200.68 3,946.73 --------------------------------------------------- Allotted.... .......... ----- 50,000.00 -15,852.59 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 --- ------------------------- $19, 799.32 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment -------------- 15, 852. 59 Net amount to be accounted for ---------------------------- 3,946. 73 Gross amount expended- -. .-------------------------_ $4, 200. 00 Less reimbursements collected_ 253.27 3, 946. 73 4. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of the work during the year was $89,828.64; the expendi- tures were $69,183.17. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $39,159.13, will be applied to liquidation of $6,235.18, outstanding liabilities, and the remainder plus the sum of $216,376.05 allotted in August 1943 will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to the payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-------------------------------- - Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $182, 348. 37 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 37 1-------------------182,348. Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-- -------- -6, 235.18 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 176, 113. 19 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 39,159.13 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ----- 215, 272.32 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ..... .... .-----........ -- Cost, of maintenance --- $42,861. 29 $31,361.33 $7, 369. 79 $18, 274.96 $89, 828. 64 Total expended....... 42, 861. 29 ....-----------------... 31, 361.33 7,369. 79 14, 410.29 69,183.17 Allotted.......................-----------------------. 73, 427.71 24,000.00 -15,835.30 26,500.00 96, 252.59 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942._ $12, 089. 71 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- a priation Act approved May 23, 1941 --------- $15, 852. 59 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_ ........ -- 80, 400.00 96, 252.59 Amount to be accounted for. ---- - - - -- - ----- -------- 108, 342.30 854 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Gross amount expended ------------------------ $69, 316.67 Less reimbursements collected_- - -------- 133.50 $69, 183.17 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- -- --- ----- 39,159.13 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943___ 6, 235.18 Balance available June 30, 1943 32, 923.95 Amount allotted in August 1943 216, 376.05 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944---------..-- 249, 300.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945 for maintenance 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 50, 000.00 Exclusive of available funds. 5. PLANT ALLOTMENT, ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX., DISTRICT Cost and f(nancial summary Undisturbed costs June 30, 1943_ - - - - -- -- $223, 585. 85 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_ _____- -- -- -- - -- 223, 585. 85 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_- - -------- 198, 588.42 Gross total coststoJune30,1943____ -24, 997. 43 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943- 414, 222. 78 Net total expenditures___ __---- ----- -- 439, 220. 21 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943___- ---------- 700, 432. 55 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ -- - - -261, 212.34 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ----------- -------------- $156, 960. 13 -$165, 865.86 -$578, 023. 12 $363, 343.00 Cost of maintenance ..------------------- -- ---- ------... . ..-- . -------- Total expended.... ---------------- 130, 964. 42 -166,914. 17 -577, 903. 81 174, 633. 35 Allotted-------............----------......-.........-------------- 361, 212. 34 -100, 000. 00I.........-.. Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------------- $875,065. 90 Gross amount expended ---------------------- $3, 413, 468. 80 Less: Reimbursements collected- $3, 232, 897. 19 Receipts from sales ------ 5, 938.26 3, 238, 835.45 174, 633. 35 Balance unexpended June 30,1943 -------------------- 700, 432. 55 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--------------- 414, 222. 78 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 426, 394. 60 840, 617.38 Balance available June 30, 1943__ -------- ___ -140,184.83 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ ...- -- --- --- 198, 588.42 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943___ -___ 58,403.59 RIVERS AND HARBORS-LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 855 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and com- mittee resolutions Date trans- Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. tion Congress Alamogordo Dam and Sec. 7 of Flood Control- Reservoir, Pecos River, Act, Aug. 11, 1939. N. Mex., flood control, irrigation, and other uses. Arkansas River and tribu- Commerce Committee------------------------------- taries, Colorado. resolution, Sept. 30, 1942. Arkansas River and tribu- Flood Control Corn- taries (local flood protec- mit tee resolution, tion along the main July 2, 1943. stem). Fountaine Que Bouille Flood Control Act, Apr. 21, 1943 House, 186, 78th Favorable. (Fountain) River and Aug. 28, 1937. Cong., 1st sess. tributaries, Colorado. Fountaine Qui Vouille Flood Control Act, .. -do -Do. -do River Colo. June 28, 1938. Longs Canyon, Colo. (Las - .. do-........... Animas County, tribu- tary of Purgatoire River). Mimbres River and tribu- Flood Control Act, Aug. 6, 1943 ............------------------- Unfavorable. taries, New Mexico. Aug. 18, 1941. Pecos River and tributar- Flood Control Act,____.............. ies, Texas and New June 28, 1938. Mexico. Purgatoire (Picket Wire) Flood Control Act, Rixer, Colo. (tributary June 22, 1936. of Arkansas River). Rio Grande and tributaries, Flood Control Act,--------........... New Mexico. Aug. 18, 1941. Rio Grande and tributaries, Commerce Commit- July 29,1943 Senate, 104, 78th Favorable. flood control in vicinity tee resolution, July Cong., 1st sess. of Creede, Colo. 22. 1941. Rio Grande and tributaries, Commerce Commit- in vicinity of Alamosa, tee resolution, Oct. Colo. 28, 1942. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT This district comprises the northern and western portions of Arkan- sas, a portion of southern Missouri, and a small portion of eastern Oklahoma embraced in the drainage basins of the Arkansas River and tributaries above and exclusive of Pine Bluff, Ark., and below the mouth of Poteau River, near Fort Smith, Ark., and of the White River and tributaries above Peach Orchard Bluff, Ark. District engineer: Col. Alexander M. Neilson, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Col. Stanley L. Scott, Corps of Engineers, to October 12, 1942; Col. R. R. Neyland, Corps of Engineers, since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Page Flood control-Continued. 1. White River, Ark. (above Page Peach Orchard Bluff) -- 9. Arkansas River Basin, Little 856 Rock District- 2. Black River, Ark. and Mo- 858 870 3. Upper White River, Ark -. 10. Clearwater Reservoir, White 860 River Basin, Mo ... 4. Examinations, surveys) and 870 contingencies (general)- 11. Norfork Reservoir, White 863 River Basin, Ark.... 5. Other navigation projects for 872 12. White River Basin, Little which no estimates are sub- mitted 864 Rock District 874 13. Emergency flood-control Flood control work-__ 876 6. North Little Rock, Arkansas 14. Preliminary examinations, River, Ark --- 864 surveys, and contingencies 7. Blue Mountain Reservoir, for flood control ---- 877 Arkansas River Basin, 15. Other flood-control, projects Ark----------- 866 for which no estimates are 8. Nimrod Reservoir, Arkansas submitted-- 878 River Basin, Ark__ 867 16. Plant allotment- - - 879 856 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 1. WHITE RIVER, ARK. (ABOVE PEACH ORCHARD BLUFF) Zocation.-This river rises in northwestern Arkansas and flows 720 miles, first north into Missouri, then southeasterly through Arkansas to the Mississippi River, 45 miles above Arkansas City, Ark. The portion of the river within the limits of this district extends from the headwaters downstream to Peach Orchard Bluff, Ark. (169 miles above the mouth), at which point the river enters the Memphis En- gineer district. (See Mississippi River Commission Alluvial Val- ley maps, scale 1: 62,500 and scale 1: 500,000, for river from Peach Orchard Bluff to vicinity of Newport, Ark., and U. S. Geological Survey State map, scale 1:500,000.) Previousw projects.--Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of March 3, 1871, June 23, 1874, August 14, 1876, June 14, 1880, July 5, 1884, and March 3, 1899. For further details see page 1874 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 963 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for channel maintenance between the mouth of the river and Batesville, 301 miles, by snagging and dredging and by contraction works. The stream has an ordinary freshet fluctuation of 15 feet throughout the portion covered by the project and an extreme stage fluctuation of 36 feet at Newport and Batesville. No estimate of cost has been given, and since 1899 the work has been prosecuted under annual estimates for maintenance by snagging and dredging. The latest (1934) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance above Peach Orchard Bluff is $20,000. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892, which made appropriation for completion of prior project for improving the river from its mouth to Forsyth, Mo., and provided that the additional sum appropriated should be expended in the discretion of the Secretary of War. The River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1899, adopted a project for the improvement of the river above Batesville by locks and dams, thereby making that place the head of the open-river improvement project. Terminal facilities.--Railway spur tracks are available for transfer of freights between car and boat at Newport. There are log slips for use of the owners only at Newport and Augusta. These terminal facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results duAring fiscal year.---All operations were for maintenance by hired labor with Government plant, and consisted of dredging and snagging. Dredging operations were carried on be- tween lock and dam No. 1 at Batesville and the mouth of Black River, a distance of 35.6 miles. The U. S. dipper dredge No. 3301, operating during the periods July 28 to September 10, 1942, and October 1 to October 7, 1942, removed 56,915 cubic yards of material from 11 cross- ings as follows: Fatty Breah; Lower Fatty Breah; Rutherford Chute; Prairie Beach; Rock Boat; Hungry John; Black Island; Upper Maybar; Upper Jacksonport; Jacksonport, and Lower Jacksonport. The U. S. snag barge Harve Goodwin snagged 229.2 miles on the White River during the periods July 1 to October 23, 1942, and March 3 to March 18, 1943, between Georgetown and lock and dam No. 1, and from these to the mouth of Black River. During these opera- tions 911 snags, 225 logs, and 127 stumps were removed; 20 drifts were broken; 12,696 trees were cut; and 244 trees were girdled. RIVERS AND HARBORS-LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 857 The U. S. snag barge Harve Goodwin, the U. S. dipper dredge No. 3301, and the U. S. derrick boat No. 2001, together with all at- tendant plant and operating personnel, were leased to a construction company during the period November 1 to December 7, 1942, for pro- duction of aggregates for war-plant construction. During this period 38,784 tons of aggregates were produced which resulted in a net profit to the United States of approximately $18,000. The costs during the year were $14,185.63 for dredging and $13,- 675.02 for snagging, a total of $27,860.65. The expenditures were $28,266.10, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project being for maintenance, completion is not contemplated. Snagging and dredging operations have materially improved the condition of the channel from Peach Orchard Bluff to lock No. 1 at Batesville. As a result of the work described above, a minimum navigable depth of 5 feet is now main- tained from Peach Orchard Bluff to the mouth of Black River, and 3 feet from there to lock No. 1, during periods of extreme low water. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1943, are: For maintenance: Snagging operations------------- --------- $437, 413. 33 Dredging operations ---- --------------------- 181, 427.01 Total -------------------------------------------- $618, 840. 34 Specials: Augusta, for prevention of cut-off---------------- $314. 84 Augusta Narrows, levee and revetment ----------- 50, 620. 16 Augusta Narrows, set-back levee----------------- 5, 407. 38 Little Red River snagging: 1914 -------------------------------------- 500.00 1935 -------------------------------------- 358,80 1940 ------------------------------------- 886.83 58, 088.01 Total costs to June 30, 1943------ ------------------ 676,928.35 The total expenditures were $1.017.928.35 (excluding $60.613.63 for operating and care reported under Upper White River). In addition $3,291.44 contributed funds were expended for maintenance at Au- gusta Narrows. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, $6,045.86, plus an anticipated allotment of $12,000, will be supplied to channel maintenance as follows: Snagging operations between Peach Orchard Bluff and lock No. 1, about 2 months with Government snag barge and hired labor in period August 1943 to June 1944 --------------------------------- $9,000.00 Dredging operations between Peach Orchard Bluff and lock No. 1, about 2 months with Government dredge and hired labor in period Sep- tember 1943 to June 1944------- ------------------ 9, 045.86 Total for all work------------------------------------18, 045.86 The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as follows: Maintenance: Snagging operations between Peach Orchard Bluff and lock No. 1, about 4 months with Government snag barge and hired labor in period July 1944 to June 1945 ---------------------------- $12, 000 Dredging operations between Peach Orchard Bluff and lock No. 1, about 4 months with Government dredge and hired labor in period July 1944 to June 1945-..... - ------- 18, 000 Total for all work- _-_ ---- --- -------- 30, 000 858 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--- . ----..--- -- $337, 801.57 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 -6---_-680,126.78 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------ 1, 017, 928.35 Net total expenditures. ----------------------------------- 1, 017, 928.35 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- ----------- 6,045. 86 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_--- - 1, 023, 974. 21 In addition $3,291.44 contributed funds expended for maintenance. Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ... Cost of maintenance--------...-.---. $23,429. 03 $36, 387. 36 $28, 993. 67 $15, 283.43 $27, 860. 65 Total expended---------------- 19, 689. 20 35, 588. 55 25, 490.12 19,180. 34 28, 266. 10 Allotted ...... --------------------- . 17, 391.62 41,000.00 26, 000. 00 25, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-- --------- _____ - $34, 311. 96 Gross amount expended-___--------- $33, 197.37 Less reimbursements collected-- -------- 4, 931.27 28,266. 10 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_-- -------- 6, 645. 86 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--- -------- 105. 77 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------ 5, 940. 09 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 2. BLACK RIVER, ARK. AND MO. Location.--This river rises in Iron County, Mo., and flows in a southerly direction 300 miles to White River, at Jacksonport, Ark. (See Mississippi River Commission Alluvial Valley Maps, scales 1: 62,500 and 1: 500,000; and U. S. Geological Survey State maps, scale 1: 500,000.) Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 3, 1871. It is not practicable to state the amount expended under the project; however, it is known to have been very small. For further details see page 1877, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-Improvement of the river below Poplar Bluff, Mo., 211 miles, by snagging operations, by deepening the water on shoals by wing dams, and by concentrating the water into one main channel by the closure of secondary channels. The stream has an ordinary freshet fluctuation of 10 feet at Poplar Bluff, 4 feet near Corning, Ark., and 15 feet at the mouth. Its ex- treme stage fluctuations are 19 feet at Poplar Bluff, 11 feet near Corning, Ark., and 36 feet at the mouth. The original estimate was $80,800, to be expended in two working seasons (Annual Report for 1880, p. 1326). The River and Harbor Act of September 19, 1890, appropriated an amount to complete the estimate and author- ized maintenance of the improvement. While dredging is not men- tioned in the project, it is necessary as a means of maintenance and has been authorized. The latest (1928) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $18,000. RIVERS AND HARBORS--LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 859 The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of June 14, 1880, and March 3, 1881. (Annual Report for 1880, p. 1325.) The approximate location and course of the navigable por- tion of this stream are shown in sketch map printed in Annual Report for 1911, opposite page 1877. Terminal facilities.-Privatelyowned log slips or chain conveyors for the use of the owners are maintained at the several saw and stave mills. The facilities are considered adequate for the existing com- merce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at endl of fiscal year.-The project being for main- tenance, completion is not contemplated. Snagging operations were suspended for the duration of the present war emergency. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, $14,- 159.33, including accounts receivable, will be applied to accounts pay- able in the amount of $1,539.02 and the remaining unobligated bal- ance, $12,620.31, will be revoked and reallotted to other projects. No work is contemplated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--- .......------- $80, 000.00 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 -..-- ------ 577, 280. 47 Total cost Of permanent work to June 30, 1943_--- -657, 280.47 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_--------- --- 4, 000.36 Net total cost to June 30, 1943-- ...... ------ 661,280. 83 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 380. 31 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-- -------- 661, 661. 14 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 1, 539. 02 Net total expenditures- .........- - 660,122. 12 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_--- __ -------- 13, 779. 02 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ------------ 673.901.14 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ..- Cost of maintenance --- ---- - --- $20, 692.86 $12, 278.92 $13, 736.63 $9, 597.68 $727. 26 Total expended- .... 21, 213. 61 11, 293. 11 12, 560. 35 13, 043.02 1, 395. 60 Allotted ----------------------- 19, 500. 00 5, 000. 00 13, 500. 00 10, 000. 00 -- - Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_-- ------- ____--$15, 174.62 Gross amount expended_. -- - $29, 255.56 Less reimbursements collected-- -------- 27, 859. 96 1r 395. 60 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943___-- ------ 13, 779.02 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--- ---------- 1,539. 02 Balance available June 30, 1943--- ....... ----- 12, 240. 00 Accounts 'receivable June 30, 1943__-- ---------- 380. 31 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943---. -12, 620. 31 860 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 3. UPPER WHITE RIVER, ARK. Location.--These works are on the White River, Ark., lock and dam No. 1 being 1 mile below Batesville, Ark., and Nos. 2 and 3 being 7.8 and 19.7 miles, respectively, above that city. (See Mississippi River Commission Alluvial Valley map, scale 1: 500,000, and U. S. Geological Survey map, scale 1: 500,000.) Previous projects.-See previous projects for White River, page 1874, Annual Report for 1915. Existing project.-This provides for the construction of 10 fixed dams with concrete locks to give 4-foot navigation the year around. The River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1907, after providing for the completion of the third lock and dam, abandoned further construc- tion work, its language fixing the appropriation carried therein as the final one. The stream is nontidal, with an ordinary freshet fluc- tuation of 16 to 18 feet, and with an extreme stage fluctuation of 38 feet just below lock No. 1 and of 51 feet at Calico Rock, 39 miles above lock No. 3. The estimated cost for the 10 locks and dams originally projected was $1,600,000. The estimate of annual cost of operation and care of the 3 locks and dams, made in 1936, is $42,500. The existing project was adopted by the following River and Harbor Acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3,1899 Existing project adopted ..--------------------- .. . H. Doc. No. 78, 54th Cong., 2d sess., Annual Report, 1897, p. 1992. Mar. 2,1907 Abandonment of further new work on the project _ H. Doc. No. 150, 59th Cong., 1st sess. June 26, 19341 Operating and care of locks and dams provided for with funds from War Department appro- priations for rivers and harbors. 1Permanent Appropriations Repeal Act. The locations, dimensions, etc., of the three completed locks and dams are as follows: Lock No. 1 Lock No. 2 Lock No. 3 Location-...............-....... Batesville .-----------........ Earnharts .....----------- Walls Ferry. Distance from mouth of river.. 300.6 miles--------- .........- 309.4 miles ----------........ 321.3 miles. Dimensions of locks: Length available ....---------- 147 feet-.... _...... 147 feet------------- 147 feet. Width available.......---------- 36 feet__ .__----36 feet-------------- .... 36 feet. Depth on lower sill at mean 4.3 feet.... ....... ...... ... . low water (open river). Depth on lower sill at nor- 6.5 feet 4.7 feet. ..------------- mal pool. Depth on upper sill at nor- 7.1 feet--..__-.-.. 5.3 feet------------- 5.2 feet. mal pool. Lift at mean low water and 15.6 feet-------------- ................ normal pool. Lift at normal pools --------- ... _ _-_-_______12.8 feet 14.5 feet. .------------- Foundations ------------- Bedrock ......------------ Bedrock - -. Bedrock. Dams: Kind of..---------------- Fixed...... ... Fixed ............. Fixed. Type of construction-........ Timber crib filled Timber crib filled Timber crib filed with with stone. with stone. stone. Length...................-----------------. 660.5 feet------------.............. 658 feet..........-------------. 750.7 feet. Date opened to navigation ..... 1904.................. 1905- -.... ... 1908. Date of completion............. 1904................... 1905-.... ... 1908. Cost of construction............ $278,587.56............. $297,627.94-........ $236,981.31. RIVERS AND HARBORS--LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 861 All dams are with concrete caps. The approximate location of these locks and dams is shown on district map (sketch) printed in Annual Report for 1911, opposite page 1877. Terminal facilities.-Log slips, derricks, and conveyors exist at the several woodworking establishments, all for the individual use of the owners. The terminal facilities are considered adequate for the pres- ent commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-All work was for main- tenance with hired labor and Government plant at locks and dams Nos. 1, 2, and 3. Work during the year consisted of operation of the locks, routine maintenance of appurtenant river structures, buildings, and grounds, and the installation of new lower steel miter gates at lock No. 3. The U. S. dipper dredge No. 3301, during the period July 1 to 27, 1942, removed 33,417 cubic yards of material from the channel at the following crossings: Batesville, Earnharts, Maxwell, Cornwall, Highway Bridge, and lock No. 1. The U. S. derrick boat No. 9001, during the period August to Octo- ber 1942, removed 4,756 cubic yards of material from lock pits and approaches at locks Nos. 1 and 3, and Jeffery Sand & Gravel Co. landing. The new lower steel miter gates, replacing the wooden gates at lock No. 3, were installed during the period July and August 1942, with Government plant and hired labor." The costs during the year were $35,687.26, and the expenditures were $28,329.34, all for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The new work accomplished to the end of the fiscal year is the construction of three locks and dams mentioned under paragraph "Existing projects." The project, as amended, is complete. These works, by aid of dredging, give all-year slack water navigation for 4-foot draft from 1 mile below Batesville to Guion, which is 33 miles upstream therefrom. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were: For new work (construction of locks and dams)-_ _______-$813,196. 81 For maintenance (operation and care) (includes $60,613.63 not ,nvered by cost and financial summary for White River, Ark.)_ . 288, 701.97 Total cost to June 30, 1943----- ------------ 1,101, 898. 78 The total expenditures to the end of the fiscal year were: For new work (construction of locks and dams)-- ------ $813, 196. 81 wor maintenance (operation and care) ---------- -------- 304, 602.92 Total expenditures to June 30, 1943-- ------ 1,.117, 799.73 In addition, the sum of $1,187,282.59 was expended between January 16, 1904, and June 30, 1935, on the operations and care of the works of improvement under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, $49,732.24, including accounts receivable, will be applied to operation 558155--44-pt. 1, vol. 1-55 862 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S ARMVIY, 1943 and maintenance of the three locks and dams during the fiscal year 1944 under approximate distribution as follows: Accounts payable--- ----------------------------------- $11, 819. 01 Maintenance of channel: Dredging pools, approaches, and landing, about 2 months with Government plant and hired labor in period July 1943 to June 1944 ------------------------------------------ 6, 000.00 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations ------------------------------------ 16,000.00 -------- Ordinary repairs --------------------------------------- 15, 732. 24 balance remaining ----------------------------------------- 180.99 -- Total for all work__ - - - - - 49, 732.24 The additional sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as follows: Maintenance of channel: Dredging and snagging pools and approaches, about 4 months with Government plant and hired labor in period July to Decem- ber 1944_ --------------------------------------------- $12, 000 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations-- -------------------------------------------- . 16, 000 Ordinary repairs ----------------------------------------- 10,000 Improvement and reconstruction- .......-------- -- 2,000 Total for all work-.......----------- --- 40,000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943__ $813, 196, 81 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 11, 475, 984. 56 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 _------- -2, 289, 181.37 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943__ 25, 606. 81 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_ - - - - - -- 2, 314, 788. 18 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 --- ----- -2, 113. 15 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ---------- 2, 316, 901.33 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-.......--- 11, 819.01 -- Net total expenditures_ ____ --------- -2, 305, 082.32 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 47, 619.09 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ------ 2, 352, 701.41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 !941 1942 1943 C ost of new work .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Cost of maintenance-............- $37, 759.09 $46, 999. 61 $30, 301.37 $30, 341.01 $35, 687.26 Total expended..............----------------42,179. 15 50, 808.02 28, 797.26 46, 875.52 28, 329. 34 Allotted----------------------........ 68,608.38 34,000.00 45,000.00 39,000.00 20,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-...... - ----- ---- $55, 948. 43 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943_ _ ___-___--_- 20,000.00 Amount to be accounted for_. 75, 948. 43 1Includes cost applicable to operating and care operations in the amount of $60,613.63 paid from funds allotted during fiscal years 1937 and 1938 to White River for operations on both the White and Upper White River projects. RIVERS AND HARBORS---LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 863 Gross amount expended------- .. ------------ $71, 227.51 Less reim bursem ents collected-..... -4,898. 177 $242,898. $28, 329.34 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_-- -------- 47, 619.09 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943---- -- 11, 819. 01 Balance available June 30, 1943_ 35, 800. 08 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-_2, 113. 15 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 37, 913. 23 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 2- - - - 30, 1945, for maintenance ____ 40, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 4. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $115,184.57 and the expendi- tures were $117,348.67. The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, plus accounts receivable, $58,083.01, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to pay- ment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943__- ----- -- $958, 268. 70 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------------- 958, 268. 70 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 763. 19 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943___- ------- 959,031. 89 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- --------- 2,974. 19 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 956, 057. 70 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 57, 319. 82 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- - -- -1,013, 377. 52 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .-- ---.. .-----.-- --.-.. .. . .. . .. . .. . Cost of maintenance .......------------ $78,505.75 $151, 443.59 $214, 750. 62 $173,983. 38 $115, 184. 57 98, 245. 30 Total expended-_.................. 152, 803.00 310, 064.97 73,992.83 117, 348. 67 _ .. ... -137,735.96 Allotted..........___ 255,000.00 388,000.00 --------------- " 4,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ ---------- $170, 668.49 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943 ---- --------------------------- 4, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for- - ---- ____ ---- 174, 668.49 Gross amount expended__ --------------------- $132, 953. 72 Less reimbursements collected- - ------ 15,605. 05 117, 348. 67 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 57, 319. 82 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 $2, 974. 19 864 RIPORT OF CHIBF OF ENT~NERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------- $27, 785.85 $30,710.04 Balance available June 30, 1943 26, 609.78 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943-------------763.19 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 -27,372. 97 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1945, for maintenance 5,000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 5. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30. 1943 Name of project port seea__ Estimated Annual amount re- Report New work Maintenance quired to 1. Arkansas River, Ark. and Okla. (above Pine Bluff, Ark.) ......----------------------------- 1938 $614,254.98 $482, 16829 () 2. Current River, Ark. and Mo----.................. 1937 17, 000.00 119,962.53 () 1Channels adequate for existing local commerce. Completion not contemplated. 2Existing commerce does not warrant additional expenditures. Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Recommen- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Congress dation Arkansas River, Ark. and River and Harbor Act, ................... Okla. (under Division Aug. 30, 1935. Board) White River, Ark--.......... River andHarborAct, ................... Aug. 30, 1935. White River, Ark. and Rivers and Harbors . _ Mo., improvement for Committee resolu- navigation, flood con- tion, Jan. 24, 1939. trol, and irrigation. Do.-----------------Commerce Commit- ........... ......... tee resolution, Feb. 8, 1939. White River, Ark., im- Rivers and Harbors Dec. 10. 1942-..._---_--_--_--_--.. _--__ Unfavorable. provement at lock and Committee resolu- dam No. 1, near Bates- tion, Apr. 17, 1940. ville,Ark. 6. NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS RIVER, ARK. Location.-On the left bank of the Arkansas River, 165 miles above the mouth, at North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Ark. (See Geo- logical Survey map for Little Rock (Ark.) quadrangle.) lExisting project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of levees, concrete flood wall, and a pumping plant, con- sisting of the following principal features: Approximately 2 miles of earthen levees with two concrete drainage structures, and 1 mile of concrete flood wall, extending from the bluffs at Fort Roots down- stream to the Cotton Belt shops; bank protection and dike restoration in the vicinity of Pine and Locust Streets, and a pumping plant. The project provides for the protection of the city of North Little Rock, Ark., with a crest grade elevation of 3 feet above the confined height of the 1927 flood. RIVERS AND HARBORS-LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 865 The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved June 22, 1936, and was modified by the War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 24, 1940, to include provision for pumping facilities at Federal expense. (See H. Doc. No. 308, 74th Cong., 1st sess., which includes the latest published maps.) The estimated construction cost of the project, revised in 1941, is $515,000. Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements, which have been fully complied with. Operatwons and results during fiscal year.-Construction of the three pumping stations located on Main, Hickory, and Cedar Streets was completed on October 7, 1942, by contract. Rainwash repairs and resodding approximately 2,500 linear feet of levee were completed with hired labor and leased equipment on August 10, 1942. The costs during the fiscal year were $17,161.16, and the expendi- tures were $41,581.73, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The entire project, which involved the construction of 10,219 linear feet of levee embankment (145,521 cubic yards), two concrete box culverts, 5,360 linear feet of reinforced concrete floodwall, three pumping stations and the restoration of an existing rock dike with the necessary bank protection, is 100 percent complete. The total costs of the completed project to the end of the fiscal year were $501,639.08. Costs from regular funds were $466,639.08 for new work. The total expenditures were $501,639.08. Expenditures from regular funds were $466,639.08. Costs and expenditures from Emer- gency Relief funds were $35,000, all for new work. Proposed operations.-None. The balance unexpended on July 1, 1943, $13,360.92, is available for revocation. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-- -------------- $501, 639.08 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 1501, 639.08 Net total expenditures - - 1-- 501, 639. 08 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- ---------- 13, 360.92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ----- 1515, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work------.. -----... ---........$318, 253.99 $599.26 $27,273.99 $111, 408.61 $17,161.16 Cost of maintenance-----------..............----------------------------------------------------- Total expended----------------320,871.82 693.75 20,563.47 93, 698.56 41,581.73 Allotted---....--------... --------- 2 000.00 -20,000.00 163,000.00 .----------------------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- ---------- $54, 942.65 Gross amount expended----------- - $41, 670.57 Less reimbursements collected ----------------------- 88.84 41,581. 73 Balance unexpended June 30, 1948 __--- _---13, 360. 92 1 Includes $35,000 emergency relief funds. 866 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARM T, 1943 7. BLUE MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR, ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, ARK. Location.-The site of the Blue Mountain Dam is located in Yell County, Ark., on the Petit Jean River about 76 miles above its con- fluence with the Arkansas River, and about 12 miles south of Paris Logan County, Ark. Blue Mountain Reservoir will extend westward from the dam into Logan County. (See U. S. Geological Survey map for Magazine, Ark., quadrangle, scale 1: 125,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of an earth fill dam about 2,800 feet long at the top and about 115 feet in height above the stream bed. Outlet works will consist of a gate-controlled, concrete-lined tunnel through the right abutment, and discharges will be directed back into the Petit Jean River about 3,000 feet below the darn. An uncontrolled saddle spillway will be located on the left abutment about 1,200 feet downstream from the dam axis. The reservoir, which is one unit of a comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Arkansas River Basin, will control approximately 46 percent of the total drainage area of the Petit Jean River. It will provide storage capacity of about 233,000 acre-feet for flood control, and a permanent pool of about 25,000 acre- feet for recreational purposes and as a wildlife refuge. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. The estimated cost of the project, revised in 1941, is $3,117,000 for construction and $583,000 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Construction of the spill- way and embankment by contract was continued until November 6, 1942. Operations were suspended on this date for the duration of the existing war emergency. Work performed included the following: 76,590 cubic yards of common excavation; the placing of 33,591 cubic yards of rolled earth fill; 1,990 cubic yards of sand, rock, and gravel for filters and backing; and 20,570 cubic yards of riprap. Land acqui- sition by hired labor was well advanced. The costs during the fiscal year were $330,544.50 and the expendi- tures were $410,452.57, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction of the outlet works by contract is completed. Work under the contract for construction of the spillway and embankment was 69 percent complete at the time of suspension. Initial clearing of the reservoir by contract is com- plete, and 170 tracts of land, or 84 percent of the total required, have been purchased. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $2,535,621.89, and the expenditures were $2,475,318.77, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, in- cluding accounts receivable, $508,178.05, will be applied to accounts payable June 30, 1943, in the amount of $61,443.61, and to the care and preservation of the project in its present condition, the continuance of land acquisition by hired labor, and to complete engineering studies incidental to completion of the project after the war emergency. RIVERS AND HARBORS---LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 867 - Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943------------------------ $2, 535, 621. 89 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943------------------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ---------- 2, 535, 621. 89 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943---- ------------------------ 1, 041. 64 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_ - _ -------------------- 2, 536, 663. 53 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- -- ______ -98. 85 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943- ----------------- 2, 536, 762. 38 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943-------------- ----------- 61, 443. 61 Net total expenditures ----------------- ------------- 2, 475, 318 77 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 - ----- 508, 079. 20 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__ 983, 397. 97 2, 983, Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 --------------- Cost of new work_ $20, 538.75 $190, 742.43 $565, 627.08 $1, 428,169.13 $330,544.50 Cost ofmaintenance.......................... ............. .......... ... ............ ... Total expended-----------------.................. 17, 693.27 218, 293. 79 465, 095. 92 1,363, 683. 22 410, 452. 57 Allotted----------------------......................... 430,000.00 510,000.00 1,963, 397.97 330,000. 00 -250,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942._________ - $1,168, 531. 77 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment --------------- 250,000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for__ 918, 531.77 Gross amount expended Less reimbursements collected _____-- ___ ___________------$452, --- 100.43 41, 647. 86 410, 452. 57 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 _..- 508, 079.20 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943-------------- $61,443. 61 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 161,036. 23 222,479.84 Balance available June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 285, 599. 36 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_.....- - - 98.85 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943.- --- - -285, 698. 21 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion - -- - - -- - -- - - -- -- - - -- - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - - - of existing project 716, 600.00 1Exclusive of available funds. 8. NIMROD RESERVOIR, ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, ARK. Location.-The site of the Nimrod Dam is located in Perry County, Ark., on the Fourche La Fave River, 60 miles above its confluence with the Arkansas River, and about 19 miles southeast of Danville, Yell County, Ark. (See U. S. Geological Survey map for Hot Springs, Ark., quadrangle, scale 1: 62,500.) Nimrod Reservoir extends west- ward from the dam into Yell County. Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of a concrete gravity type dam 986 feet long at the top and about 97 feet in maximum height. It consists of a spillway section 198 feet long located above the present river channel, and two nonoverflow sections contiguous thereto and extending into the abutments. Seven gate-controlled conduits for regulating and discharging flood flows are located through the base of the spillway section. In addition, two 868 IREPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 smaller valve-controlled conduits are provided through the spillway section for regulating low flows. Penstocks and provisions for future spillway gates have been installed to provide for future power genera- tion. The reservoir, which is one unit of a comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Arkansas River Basin, controls approximately 60 percent of the entire drainage area of the Fourche La Fave River. It provides storage capacity of about 305,000 acre-feet for flood control, and a permanent pool of about 30,000 acre-feet for recreational purposes and as a wildlife refuge. The existing proj- ect was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. The estimated cost of the project, revised in 1941, is $2,580,000 for construction and $920,000 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.--Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28,1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Construction of oper- ator s quarters and comfort stations, under contract, was completed on July 12, 1942. Under separate contracts, Plainview-Boggs Corner road and two spandrel arch bridges were completed on March 20, 1943, and October 29, 1942, respectively. Acquisition of lands by hired labor was practically completed. The costs during the fiscal year were $319,134.36 for new work and $26,233.07 for maintenance. The expenditures were $342,666.53 for new work and $23,980.37 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction of the dam and ap- purtenant works is completed. Final clearing of the reservoir area, and construction of the operator's quarters, comfort stations, Plain- view-Boggs Corner road and bridges, are complete. Two hundred and sixty-five tracts of land, or practically all of the total required, have been purchased. The total costs of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year were $3,267,903.36 for new work and $26,233.07 for maintenance. 'The total expenditures were $3,278,796.78 for new work and $23,980.37 for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, including accounts receivable, $258,488.55, will be applied to new work and maintenance during the fiscal year 1944 as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943----------------------------------$6, 402.27 Available for revocation----------------- -----.---- 170,000. 00 New work: Complete land acquisition and damages with hired labor, July to September 1943-- ---- ---- $30,000.00 Erection of a barbed-wire fence, cattle guard, and gates by hired labor, July to August 1943 --------1, 000.00 Complete engineering incidental to construction with hired labor, July to November 1943 ------- 10,000. 00 General clean-up, landscaping, etc. by hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944_---- .......- 11, 086.28 Subtotal-- -------------------------------------- 52,086. 28 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operation--- ------------------------------ $10, 000.00 Ordinary repairs-------------------- ------ 5, 000.00 Improvement and reconstruction ----------------- 10, 000.00 Emergencies . ----------- 5, 000.00 Subtotal- _ - - --- - 30, 000. 00 Total for all work----- ------------- 258, 488.55 RIVERS AND HARBORS--LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 869 The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as follows: Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations .- .$10, 000.00 Ordinary repairs --------------------------------------- 5,000.00 Improvement and reconstruction -------------------------- 10,000.00 -- fA fi ninergencies _ _--,--,,,,,,, - , VUU. 0 Total ---------------------------------------- --- 30,000.00 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30 1943 ------------------------- $3, 267, 903. 36 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 6, 233. 07 2------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 --------- 3, 294,136. 43 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_ ---------------------- - 13, 077. 29 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 -___ ------- - 3, 307, 213. 72 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943___,-.....----- 1, 965.70 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-- -------- 3,309,179.42 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943- -- --------- 6,402.27 Net total expenditures --- ----------- 3,302, 777.15 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943- -- --------- 256, 522. 85 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------- 3,559,300. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ...--------------- $69,161.26 $289, 338.50 $1, 723, 348.49 $866,920.75 $319,134.36 Cost of maintenance---- ...--------------------------............-..............--------------.................-------------- 26,233.07 Total cost ----------------- 69,161.26 289;,338. 50 1, 723, 348.49 866, 920. 75 345, 367.43 Total expended....-----------------62,180. 34 266, 606.79 1,632, 660.02 974, 683.10 366,646.90 Allotted.......----------------------766,000.00 1,900, 000.00 800,000.00 64,000.00 29, 300.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__ __ __ $593, 869. 75 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941 29, 300. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ 623,169. 75 Gross amount expended- -- -------- $419, 776. 13 Less reimbursements collected. ------------------- 53, 129. 23 366, 646. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_____ 256, 522.85 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--- -- $6, 402. 27 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----- ---- 60, 574. 80 < S.977 f V ti f. (07 Balance available June 30, 1943-- - ------ -- - -- 189,545. 78 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943------------- --- 1, 965. 70 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_ ............. 191, 511.48 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 870 REPORT 'OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMYI, 1643 9. ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT Location.-These improvements are located on tributaries of the Arkansas River and are in the States of Arkansas and Oklahoma. More definite locations of the individual items are given in the fol- lowing paragraph. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act approved June 98, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Arkansas River Basin, as set forth in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, and authorized the sum of $21,000,000 for reservoirs, for the initiation and partial accomplishment of the plan, the reservoirs to be selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers, subject to the provision that the authori- zation shall include the Canton Reservoir on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma, as set forth in House Document No. 569, Sev- enty-fifth Congress, third session. The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, modified the general comprehensive plan'to include the reservoirs in the Grand (Neosho) River Basin in Oklahoma and Missouri, and in the Verdigris River Basin in Kansas, in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Docu- ments Nos. 107 and 440 of the Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, and, in addition to previous authorizations, the latter act authorized to be appropriated the sum of $29,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan. The reservoirs within the Little Rock District included in the comprehensive plan are listed below: Reservoir Location Total esti- mated cost Blue Mountain_...... On Petit Jean River (mile 76 above the mouth) near Blue Mountain, $3, 700,000 Ark. Nimrod...........-------------... On Fourche La Fave River (mile 60 above the mouth) near Nimrod, 3, 500, 000 Ark. Blue Mountain and Nimrod Reservoirs have been selected and approved for construction by the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the above authorization, and individual reports on the two reser- voirs have been given in the preceding pages. All operations pre- viously reported under the heading "Arkansas River Basin, Little Rock District" for those two projects are now contained in the in- dividual reports, and previous costs and expenditures have also been transferred to those reports. 10. CLEARWATER RESERVOIR, WHITE RIVER BASIN, MO. Location.-Clearwater Dam is located in Wayne and Reynolds Counties, Mo., on the Black River, 257 miles above its confluence with the White River, 6 miles southwest of Piedmont, Mo., and 32 miles northwest of Poplar Bluff, Mo. (See U. S. Geological Survey map for Piedmont, Mo., quadrangle, scale 1:62,500.) From the dam, the reservoir will extend northward and westward in Reynolds County. Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for an earth- fill dam about 4,225 feet long at the top and about 143 feet in height above the flood plain. Outlet works consisting of a gate-controlled, concrete-lined tunnel will be located in the right abutment and will RIVERS AND HARBORS-LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 871 discharge into the river below the dam. An uncontrolled, concrete- type ogee spillway will be located on the right abutment with over- flow discharging into Webb Creek and thence reentering the river about 1 mile downstreamin from the dam. The reservoir, which is one unit of a comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the White River Basin, will control the run-off from an area of ap- proximately 898 square miles. It will provide storage capacity of about 391,000 acre-feet for flood control, and a permanent pool of about 22,000 acre-feet for recreational purposes and as a wildlife refuge. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. The estimated cost of the project, as revised in 1941, is $7,509,000 for construction and $991,000 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.--Section 2 of the Flood Control Act, approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Construction of the spill- way and embankment by contract was continued until August 7, 1942. Operations were suspended on this date for the duration of the existing war emergency and the contract was officially terminated on April 21, 1943. Work performed involved the excavation of 592,391. cubic yards of stripping and common excavation, 14,579 cubic yards of rock excavation, and the placing of 295,211 cubic yards of rolled earth fill. Acquisition of lands by hired labor was well advanced. The costs during the fiscal year were $602,103.82, and the expendi- tures were $751,101.45, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.--Construction of the outlet works by contract is complete. Work under the contract for construction of the spillway and embankment was 55 percent complete at the time of suspension. Initial clearing of the reservoir by contract for diver- sion purposes is complete. Eighty-one tracts of land, or 66 percent of the total required, have been purchased. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $3,832,409.61, and the expenditures were $3,823,127.67, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, in- cluding accounts receivable, $282,145.99, will be applied to accounts payable June 30, 1943, in the amount of $3,224.20, to the care and preservation of the project in its present condition, to the continuance of land acquisition by hired labor, and to the completion of engineering studies incidental to completing the project after the war emergency. Cost and /inanoial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943- ------------- $3, 832, 409. 61 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ -- -3, 832, 409.61 ...........---- Undistributed costs June 30, 1943--- -- 6, 071. 24 Net total cost to June 30, 1943--- -------- 3, 826, 338.37 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943------------------------- 13. 50 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943--------------------- 3, 826, 351. 87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- --------- 3, 224. 20 _ .- Net total expenditures-- 3, 823, 127. 67 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 282, 132. 49 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------ 4, 105, 260.16 872 FAsORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARC, 1943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--------------................ $74,420.05 $450, 515.14 $1, 025, 522.47 $1,679,848.13 $602,103.82 Cost of maintenance..................................................................... Total expended------------.................. 68,998.94 465,364.95 951, 752.44 1,585, 9Q9.89 751,101.45 Allotted ........................- -------------------- 796,200.00 2,000,000.00 1,789, 060.16 1,970.000.00 -2,450.000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ -- ---------- $3,483,233.94 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-.... ---- 2, 450, 000.00 Net amount to be accounted for _ - - -1, 033, 233.94 Gross amount expended_----------------------- $760, 986.87 Less reimbursements collected------ .-- --- 9,885.42 751,101.45 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943---------------------- 282, 132.49 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943- ------- $3, 224.20 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ---------- 195, 358. 69 198,582.89 Balance available June 30, 1943_- - -- -------- 83, 549. 60 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_- - ----------- 13.50 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 ----- ---- 83, 563.10 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4, 394, 700. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 11. NORFORK RESERVOIR, WHITE RIVER BASIN, ARK. Location.-The site of the Norfork Dam is located on the North Fork River about 4.8 miles above its confluence with the White River, near Norfork, Baxter County, Ark. (See U. S. Geological Survey map for Mountain Home, Ark., quadrangle, scale 1:125,000.) Nor- fork Reservoir will extend northward from the dam across Baxter County, Ark., into the southern part of Ozark County, Mo. Existing project.---The plan of improvement provides for construc- tion of a concrete gravity-type dam about 2,624 feet long at the top and about 220 feet in maximum height. It will consist of a spillway section 568 feet long located above the existing river channel and two nonoverflow sections contiguous thereto and extending into the abut- ments. Gate-controlled conduits through the base of the spillway section will provide for regulating and discharging flood flows. Pen- stocks and provisions for power generation include an initial installa- tion of 2 generating units having a capacity of 35,000 kilowatts each, but only one generating unit will be installed at this time. The reser- voir, which is one unit of a comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the White River Basin, will control practically the entire drainage area of the North Fork River. It will have a storage capacity of about 732,000 acre-feet for flood control and will provide storage of about 1,251,000 acre-feet for generation of power and stream-flow regulation. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, as amended by the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941. The estimated cost of the project, revised in 1941, is $24,400,000 for construction and $3,100,000 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.--Section2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. RIVERS AND HARBORS-LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 873 Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Construction of the proj- ect by continuing contract was continued throughout the year. Work performed included the following: Rock excavation (all classes), 7,285 cubic yards; concrete, 672,990 cubic yards; reinforcing steel, 934,044 pounds. Detailed inventory appraisals and investigations necessary to consummate purchases of land were continued and land acquisi- tion was well advanced, all by hired labor. Under separate contracts the following work was accomplished: 16,760 acres, or 78 percent of the reservoir area, were cleared; construction of the powerhouse sub- structure, initiated on December 14, 1942, was 25 percent complete at the end of the year; construction was continued on one of the gen- erators as well as one of the turbines and was 65 percent and 35 per- cent complete, respectively, at the end of the year; relocation of cemeteries was begun on December 16, 1942, and completed on May 25 1943. Construction of penstock gates and stop logs was initiated on October 31, 1942, and at the end of the fiscal year was 43 percent complete. The costs during the fiscal year were $9,253,272.41, and the expendi- tures were $8,732,325.79, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction of the dam is 74 per- cent complete. Four hundred and twenty-seven tracts of land in the reservoir area, or 94 percent of the total required, have been purchased. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $16,329,128.52, and the expenditures were $14,982,623.06, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including accounts receivable on June 30, 1943, $12,567,326.07, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- $1, 458,908.27 New work : Complete construction of the dam and powerhouse by continu- ing contract, July 1943 to June 1944_ _._--. --- 9, 000, 000.00 Complete clearing of reservoir area by contract, July 1943 to October 1943----------------------------------------- 400,000.00 Lands, damages, and relocations by contract and hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944 ----------------------------1, 708, 417.80 Total for all work ------------------------------ 12, 567, 326.07 The additional sum of $45,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as follows: Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations ------------------------------------------- .. $20,000.00 Ordinary repairs -------------------------------------- 10,000.00 Improvement and reconstruction -------------------------- 10,000.00 Emergencies ------------------------------ 5, 000. 00 Total --------------------------------------------- 45, 000.00 'Cost and flnancia summary ....... Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--- ----- $16, 329,128. 52 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 -__------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943---------- 16, 329, 128. 52 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 .. 1, 808. 68 6---------------------------- Net total cost to June 30, 1943__ --- 16, 390, 932. 20 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943__ 50, 599. 13 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-- ------------- 16, 441, 531. 33 874 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMYI, 1943 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943---------------------- $1, 458, 908.27 Net total expenditures_ ------------------------------ 14, 982, 623.06 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 -------------------------- 12, 516, 726.94 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------- 27,499, 350.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work..........--------------... $35,355.73 $261, 744.36 $1, 456,389. 47 $5, 322, 366. 55 $9,253,272.41 Cost of maintenance. ............. .......................... Total expended .............---------------- 29, 914.01 266,923. 26 1, 035, 272. 54 4,918, 187.46 58,732,325. 79 Allotted........... 434, 500.00 .........---------------------. 1,449,850.00 3,300,000.00 15,900,000.00 6, 415, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942___ ------------------------- __$14, 834, 052.73 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved May 23, 1941-------- $415, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942------- 6,000,000.00 6, 415, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 21, 249, 052. 73 Gross amount expended--------------------- $8, 801, 006.23 Less reimbursements collected ----------------- 68, 680.44 8, 732, 325. 79 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-------------------- 12, 516, 726.94 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943----------- $1, 458, 908.27 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--- --- 4, 162, 013.47 5, 620, 921. 74 Balance available June 30, 1943---------------------- 6, 895, 805. 20 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 50, 599. 13 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943------------- 6, 946, 404.33 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 - - ___ - - - _ _- - - - - - - 45, 000. 00 ' Exclusive of available funds. 12. WHITE RIVER BASIN, LITTLE ROCK DISTRICT Location.-These improvements are located on tributaries of the White River and are in the States of Arkansas and Missouri. More definite locations of the individual items are given in the following paragraph. Existing project.--The Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, ap- proved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the White River Basin, as set forth in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, and authorized the sum of $25,000,000 for reservoirs, for the initiation and partial accomplishment of the plan, the reservoirs to be selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers. The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized to be appropriated the sum of $24,000,000, in addi- tion to previous authorizations, for the prosecution of the comprehen- sive plan approved in the Act of June 28, 1938, for the White River Basin in Missouri and Arkansas, including the projects for flood control and other purposes recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 917, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, and RIVERS AND HARBORS-LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 875 the modifications in the Norfork Reservoir project recommended by the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 290, Seventy-seventh Congress, first session. The reservoirs included in the comprehensive plan are listed below: Total Reservoir Location estimated cost Clearwater 1-On Black River (mile 257 above the mouth) near Clearwater, Mo....--------$8, 500,000 Water Valley.... On Eleven Point River (mile 13 above the mouth) near Water Valley, Ark_ 7,600,000 Bell Foley-..... On Strawberry River (mile 24 above the mouth) near Bell Foley, Ark..... 5,363,000 Norfork ...... On North Fork River (mile 4.8 above the mouth) near Norfork, Ark-...... 27, 500, 000 Lone Rock. _ ____ On Buffalo River (mile 3.6 above the mouth) near Lone Rock, Ark-...... 11, 422,000 Greers Ferry.... On Little Red River (mile 77 above the mouth) near Greers Ferry, Ark.. 7, 179,000 Bull Shoals-...... On White River (mile 420 above the mouth) near Amos, Ark............. 47,000,000 Table Rock..... On White River (mile 528 above the mouth) near Branson, Mo .......----------. 37, 000,000 1See individual report for details of project. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Reservoir mapping, stream gaging, field surveys, foundation explorations, compilation of land-ownership data, and studies in connection with the develop- ment of the general comprehensive plan were continued with hired labor during the fiscal year. The costs of operations during the year were $174,001.05, and the expenditures were $184,957.13, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Surveys, studies, and detailed plans were well advanced for development of the general compre- hensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the White River Basin. The construction progress of projects selected for construc- tion under the authorization is given in individual reports. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $810,701.12, and the total expenditures were $823,290.16, all for new work. Proposed operations.-Thebalance unexpended, including accounts receivable, on June 30, 1943, $640,452.59, will be applied to accounts payable in the amount of $1,872.20 and the remaining unobligated balance to surveys, foundation investigations, and the preparation of detailed plans. The additional sum of $525,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for continuation of the development of the com- prehensive plan for flood control in the White River Basin. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943------------------------$810, 701.12 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ..---------- 810, 701. 12 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943---- -------------- -14, 418.49 Net total cost to June 30, 1943-------- - -825, 119. 61 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 42. 75 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-- ---------- 825, 162. 36 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943___ ------------ 1, 872.20 Net total expenditures - -823, 290. 16 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943------------------- 640, 409. 84 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ 1, 463, 700. 00 876 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARIYl, 1943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--------.... ---- $29,162. 98 $234, 203. 12 $160, 373.13 $212, 960.84 $174, 001.05 Cost of maintenance-........ ...--.. -..-... ..- : . Total expended----------------.................. 28,134.74 230,935. 10 161, 885. 58 217, 377. 61 184,957.13 Allotted.---------------------- 34, 675.00 554, 025.00 ------------- 625, 000.00 250,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942- - - --- $575; 366. 97 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- prved May 23, 1941 ----------------------------- 250, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for --------------------------- 825, 366.97 Gross amount expended ------------------- $232, 921.40 Less reimbursements collected_------ -- 47,964.27 184, 957. 13 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_- --- ------ 640, 409.84 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ - ---- -1, 872.20 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-........... 772. 62 2, 644. 82 Balance available June 30, 1943 637, 765. 02 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943--------------------------------- 42. 75 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 637, 807. 77 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 11,536, 300.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 -- - -- - - -- - -- - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - -- -- - - - 30, 1945, for new work 525, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 13. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum of $14,062.85 was allotted at the close of the fiscal year for emergency repairs and rescue work in the Little Rock district. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $14,062.85, will be applied to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. Because of the heavy demands for emergency repair work on flood- control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943, Congress in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, authorized the amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by the recent floods. The Second Deficiency Appropriation Act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 140, Seventy-eighth Congress, appropriated the amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the emergency flood-control work authorized in Public No. 138. The provisions of this act are additional and supplemental to, and not RIVERS AND HARBORS---LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 87.7 in lieu of, existing general legislation authorizing allocation of flood- control funds for restoration of flood-control works threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum of $600,000 was allotted in July 1943 for emergency flood- control work in the Little Rock district. In addition to the above, funds were allotted under the provisions of section 9 of the Flood Control Act approved June 15, 1936, for emergency flood-control work in the Little Rock district. For further information, see Mississippi River Commission report, emergency work on tributaries of Mississippi River. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943__ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-------- --- $14, 062.85 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- -------- 14, 062.85 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new w ork .-..--- .--.------ .------- . ....---- .-- ..--..----.------ . ..--...-.--- --- ...- Cost of maintenance--------_ - -. -..... . - .-.. -.. .- . . - - - --- - --- -- _-- .----- - Total expended------------------..................--. ...... -------------- --------........... ....... ....------------- .----------- Allotted.------------ ..-. ..-------------- ...----------------------------------------- $14, 062.85 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved May 23, 1941 ------------------------------------- $14, 062.85 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943__ - - -- 14,062. 85 14. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work during the year was $9,003.10; the expenditures were $18,500.06. The balance unexpended, including accounts re- ceivable on June 30, 1943, $248,977.29, will be applied to accounts payable in the amount of $18,741.42 and the remaining unobligated balance will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to pay- ment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year end- ing June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943---------- -- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943-- -------- $1, 148,692. 67 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ...... 1,148, 69x. 67 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 6.30 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943---------------- 1, 148, 698. 97 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 18, 741.42 Net total expenditures ----------------------------- 1,129, 957. 55 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--------------------------- 248, 970.99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- - - 1, 378, 928. 54 558155---44-pt. 1, vol. 1- 56 878 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARIVIM, 1943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-..... --.......... Cost of maintenance-----------........... $110, 907.85 $265,898. 53 $485, 572.13 $259, 028. 21 $9, 003.10 Total expended.................---------------- 92,967. 27 256,854.61 386,310.65 362,834.46 1$, 500.06 Allotted-- 230, 247.60 .--------------------- 319,000.00 400,000.00 -10, 000.00 200,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942___ - __----__ _______-----_ $67, 471. 05 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941- $100, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942-.... -- - 100, 000. 00 200, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for________ 267,471. 05 Gross amount expended _------------------------127, 761. 06 Less reimbursements collected- - ------- 109, 261. 00 18, 500.06 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_____ 248, 970.99 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ -18, 741. 42 --- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-- _-.. 11,705.95 30.447.37 Balance available June 30, 1943- -- --------- 218, 523. 62 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943------------------------------ 6. 30 ........ Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_--- .- 218, 529. 92 1 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1Exclusive of available funds. 5, 000. 00 15. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last full Cost and expenditures to Estimated report see June 30, 1943 amount re- Name of project Annual quired to Report qured to for- New work Maintenance complete 1. West of Morrilton, Ark.. ----------- - 1937 .--- -------- - - - -$603,000.00 2. Clarksville, Ark.1 ..... .. _-------------------------. 1937 ----------------------------- 70,000. 00 3. Little Rock, Arkansas River, Ark.2 .. .. 1939 $2, 304.89- 132,195.11 4. Near Dardanelle, Arkansas River, Ark.2 1939 475. 89 ------- 113, 774. 11 5. 6. East Poplar Bluff and Poplar Bluff, Mo.2 .... 1937- ----------------------- 546,800.00 Little Black River, in Butler and Ripley Counties, Mo., and in Clay and Randolph Counties, Ark.2-2.. - - -.... - - - -.- - - ... - - - - - - - - -... -- -- 1937 ------------------- 754,900. 00 7. Big Bottom, Ark. -.. .... .. 1937 - ------- 128, 700.00 8. Faulkner County, Arkansas River, Ark_ - 1941 99, 510.65.---_------- (3) 9. From North Little Rock to Gillett, Ark. (above Plum Bayou) --------------------- 1941 840,914. 32 --- ---- (3) 10. Black River, Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Knobel, Ark - --------------------- - 1941 445, 584. 54 41,------------ 196, 390. 00 11. Skaggs Ferry, Black River, East of Pocahon- tas, Ark_- 1941 81,023. 32- - - (3) 12. Newport, White River, Ark.. ... 1941 314, 276.28 .. (3) 13. Village Creek, White River, and Mayberry Districts, Ark-------...-------------..... 1941 532, 310. 17 ----------- (3) 14. Crawford County levee district, Arkansas River, Ark....... ........ . ... 1941 - - - - - - 284,000.00 15. Little Rock to Pine Bluff, Arkansas River, Ark. ---------------------------------- 1941 ---------------------------- 641,000.00 16. Snagging and clearing under authority of sec. 2 of the Flood Control Act approved Aug. 28, 1937, as amended ---------------------- 1941 2,823. 73- ........... (3) 1Awaiting local cooperation. 2Conditions of local cooperation not likely to be fulfilled. 3 Completed. 4 For Missouri portion (Arkansas portion completed). 5 Conditions of local cooperation not likely to be fulfilled for the Missouri portion. RIVERS AND ITARIORS---LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT 879 16. PLANT ALLOTMENT, LITTLE ROCK, ARK., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_---- _----- - -$233, 342. 14 Net total cost to June 30, 1943-2, 33342.14 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 186, 170. 59 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-- ------ -47, 171.55 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- ------- -117, 337.42 Net total expenditures___----------_ -164, 508. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 471, 508.97 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ .... ---- 307,000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Total expended ... ........... $202, 325. 56 -$366, 834. 53 Allotted ..... .. .. 307, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__ ___ ______ $104, 674.44 Gross amount expended $1, 746, 247., 52 Less reimbursements collected- $2, 109, 983. 25 Receipts from sales---------- 3, 098. 80 2, 113, 082. 05 -366, 834. 53 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943---- ___________ 471, 508.97 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ ___----- 117, 337.42 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------ 144,541. 77 261. 879. 19 rv , v v" Balance available June 30, 1943_-- -------- 209, 629. 78 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 186,170.59 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 _-----------395, 800.37 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. tion Congress Arkansas River and tribu- Flood Control Com- taries (local flood protec- mittee resolution, tion along the main stem). July 2, 1943. Arkansas River and tribu- Rivers and Harbors taries, Arkansas hydro- Committee resolu- electric potentialities tion, Jan. 24,1939. (under Division Board.) Arkansas River and tribu- Commerce Committee taries, Ok1la h oma, hy- Resolution, Oct. 12, droelectric potentialities 1938. (under Division Board). Arkansas River, Ark., Con- Flood Control Com- way County levee dis- mittee resolution, tricts Nos. 1 and 8. May 14, 1941. Arkansas River, Ark., Con- Flood Control Com- way county levee dis- mittee resolution, tricts Nos. 2 and 6. Nov. 12, 1941. Arkansas River and tribu- Flood Control Com- ---------------- -- --- --- --- --- taries flood control in mittee resolution, Cypress drainage dis- Apr. 23, 1942. trict, Perry and Conway Counties, Ark. 880 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMYI, 1943 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions--Continued Date trans-Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. iRecommenda- Congress Black River, Mo., and Ark_ Flood Control Act,. -........................... June 28, 1938. Fourche Bayou, Ark-.....- Flood Control Com- -- mittee resolution, Nov. 19, 1940. Little Red River, Ark., Flood Control Comn- _.....-------------------- construction of multiple- mittee resolution, purpose reservoir in the Apr. 5, 1940. vicinity of Oreers Ferry, Ark. Point Remove Creek, Ark. Flood Control Act, --------- -------------------- June 22, 1936. White River, Ark., and Rivers and Harbors. Mo., improvement for Committee resolu- navigation, flood control tion, Jan. 24, 1939. and irrigation. Do ....----------------- Commerce Commit- ... .. . ....... . ... tee resolution, Feb. 8, 1939. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT This district comprises southern Kansas, small portions of south- western Missouri and western Arkansas, northern Oklahoma,. the northern portion of the Texas Panhandle, and small portibns of north- eastern New Mexico and southeastern Colorado, embraced in the drainage basin of the Arkansas River and tributaries above the mouth of the Poteau River, inclusive, and below the mouth of Walnut Creek, near Great Bend, Kans., exclusive of that portion of the water- shed of the South Canadian River and its tributaries west of the Texas-New Mexico State line. District engineer: Col. H. A. Montgomery, Corps of Engineers, to October 18, 1942. Lt. Col. Bruce D. Rindlaub, district engineer from that date to December 5, 1942. Col. F. J. Wilson, district engi- neer since that date. Division engineer: Col. S. L. Scott, Corps of Engineers, to October 12, 1942. Col. R. R. Neyland, division engineer since that date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Flood control-Continued Page Page 1. Examinations, surveys, and 8. Tulsa and West Tulsa, Ar- contingencies (general) 2. Other navigation projects for --- 881 kansas River, Okla :- 891 9. Markham Ferry Reservoir, which no estimates are Arkansas River Basin, submitted__-_-- __ 881 Okla------ -------- 893 10. Fort Gibson Reservoir, Ar- Flood control kansas River Basin, Okla._ 895 11. Arkansas River Basin, Tulsa 3. Fort Supply Reservoir, North District_------ 897 Canadian Riveir, Okla --- 882 12. Emergency flood-control 4. Canton Reservoir, Arkansas work -- --- 900 River Basin, Okla .... 884 13. Preliminary examinations, 5. Cherokee, Salt Fork of Ar- surveys, and contingencies Skansas River, Okla__. __ 886 for flood control .--. 901 6. Great Salt Plains Reservoir, 14. Other flood-control projects Salt Fork of Arkansas for which no estimates are River, Okla___---- 888 submitted___-.. - 902 7. Hulah Reservoir, Caney 15. Plant allotment 902 River, Okla_------ 890 RIVERS AND HARBORS--TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 881 1. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $675.48; the expenditures were $214.13. The balance unexpended including accounts receivable at the end of the fiscal year, $7,015.72 will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $3,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943------ -- $131, 859. 25 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 131, 859.25 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- -------- -3.50 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943--- ------ - 131, 862.75 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943---------- --- 591.13 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 131, 271.62 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 7,012.22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943___- 138, 283. 84 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-.............................. Cost of maintenance------------$65,249.67 $11,252.75 $9,051.72 $4, 095.46 $675.48 Total expended-----------------65, 249. 67 11, 082. 49 8,616.16 4,575.00 214.13 Allotted.--------- ------------- 65, 249. 67 20, 000. 00 4,500.00 -------------- 7,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- $226. 35 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved May 23, 1941-- ------- $3, 800.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943-- - -____ 3, 200.00 7, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for--- _ ------------ 7, 226. 35 Gross amount expended __ _214.13 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943.------- --- 7,012.22 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 --------------------- 591. 13 Balance available June 30,.1943-------------------------6, 421. 09 __3. Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_--- 50 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-----------------6, 424. 59 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 _ _________ _ - - - - - - - ___ - - __- _- - - 3, 500. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 2. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to full re- June 30, 1943 Estimated Name of project port see _amount re- Annual quired to Report New work Maintenance complete Arkansas River, Okla., above Fort Smith, Ark... 1938 $23, 290.00 $80,758.06 (1) 1Channels adequate for existing local commerce. Completion is not contemplated. 882 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda- Congresstio Arkansas (River, Ark. and n.......... River and Harbor ... .. ... Okla. (under Division Act, Aug. 30, 1935. Board). 3. FORT SUPPLY RESERVOIR, NORTH CANADIAN RIVER, OKLA. Location.-Fort Supply Reservoir is located on Wolf Creek, a tributary of the North Canadian River, about 12 miles northwest of Woodward, Woodward County, Okla. (See Sectional Aeronautical Chart, Wichita sheet, scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for flood control in a portion of the North Canadian River Basin, in the Arkansas River watershed in Oklahoma, by the construction of an earth-fill dam 11,325 feet long at the top, rising 81.5 feet above the stream bed, with a reservoir providing for the storage of 102,000 acre-feet for flood control and 16,000 acre-feet for a permanent pool for recreation and preservation of wildlife. The outlet works, con- sisting of an egg-shaped conduit with an area approximately equiva- lent to a circular section 17.7 feet in diameter, controlled by three 71/2- by 16-foot vertical-lift gates, and a stilling basin, are located in the left abutment. A concrete chute-type spillway, approximately 800 feet long and 540 feet wide, controlled by a concrete weir at the upstream end and terminating in a stilling basin, provides for the passage of flood flows around the left end of the dam into the river valley below. The reservoir will control practically the entire drain- age area of Wolf Creek and is operated as a unit of the coordinated reservoir system for flood control in the Arkansas River Basin. The estimated costs, revised in 1942, are $7,493,000 for construction, and $217,000 for lands and damages, a total of $7,710,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. '(See H. Doc. No. 308, 74th Cong., 1st sess.) Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operationsand results during flscal?,ear.-The continuing contract for construction of the spillway and completion of embankment and outlet works was completed during the fiscal year by the accomplish- ment of the following work: Spillway excavation, 43,968 cubic yards; impervious fill, 470 cubic yards; previous fill, 7,415 cubic yards; and 78 cubic yards of riprap placed on the dam. The continuing contract for construction of permanent buildings and access roads was sub- stantially completed during the fiscal year by the accomplishment of the following work: 3,512 cubic yards of grading, 6,937 square yards of gravel surfacing, and construction of various permanent buildings with utilities. The continuing contract for installation of a protective floodlighting system was completed and a contract was awarded and completed for clearing the reservoir area during the fiscal year. Acquisition of lands and relocation of utilities was completed by hired labor, Additional landscaping was performed by hired labor. RIVERS AND HARBORS-TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 883 The cost during the fiscal year was $181,280.54 for new work and $17,759.15 for maintenance; the expenditures were $177,357.17 for new work and $18,136.65 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project as a whole is substan- tially complete and has been placed in operation. The work remain- ing to complete the project consists of final clean-up of the permanent buildings and access roads, and minor hired-labor work on landscaping and riprapping of dam. The total cost for new work to the end of the fiscal year was $7,324,- 484.06, of which $7,2374,446.35 was from regular funds and $87,037.71 from Emergency Relief funds. The total cost for maintenance to the end of the fiscal year was $17,759.15, all from regular funds. The expenditures for new work were $7,229,694.65 regular funds and $87,037.71 Emergency Relief funds, a total of $7,316,732.36; the ex- penditures for maintenance were $18,136.65, all from regular funds. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, $404,130.99, and accounts receivable $1,191.40, a total of $405,322.39, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 ----------------------------$10, 541.44 New work: Engineering studies in connection with construction and reservoir operation studies by hired labor, July to November 1943----------__--$8, 272.02 Completion of permanent buildings and access roads, by present continuing contract, July to September 1943------------- 4, 834. 55 Completion of landscaping, riprapping, demobiliza- tion and demolition of construction camp, and con- tingencies, by hired labor, July to November 1943- 339, 433. 53 Total new work ---------------------------------- 363, 081. 54 Maintenance by hired labor: Operation of completed project-- ------ $16,860. 73 Ordinary repairs_-_ ---------- 15, 030. 12 Maintenance of stream gages------------------- 10, 350. 00 Total maintenance ----------------------------------- 42, 240. 85 Total for all work---------------------------------- 405, 322.39 With the expenditure of these funds, the project will be completed. The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance by hired labor: Operation of completed project --- -- ------- $7, 500 Ordinary repairs--- ---------------------------------- 12, 500 Maintenance of stream gages----- ----.....---- 10, 000 Total for all work 30,000 -------------------------------------- Cost and finaneial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ---------------- 17, 324, 484. 06 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 17, 759. 15 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 _.----- - 17, 342, 243. 21 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_-- .........------ 1, 975. 84 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 .......- ------ 7, 344, 219. 05 1 Includes $87,037.71 Emergency Relief funds. 884 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMU1, 1943 Plus accounts receivable JtUne 30, 1943 _-------------_-$1,191.40 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943--------------------7, 345, 410. 45 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------------ 10, 541. 44 Net total expenditures ------------------------------ 17, 334, 869.01 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943- ---------- 404, 130. 99 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_..... -. 17, 739, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work --------- $1, 433, 018. 38 $1, 742, 291. 75 $1, 602, 272. 55 $2, 054, 697. 26 $181, 280. 54 Cost of maintenance--------------- ---------------.--------. ----------------------- 17, 759.15 Total cost-.------- --- 1,433, 018.38 1, 742, 291.75 1,602,272.55 2, 054, 697.26 199, 039. 69 Total expended--.........----------...... 1, 332, 195. 29 1, 748, 355. 58 1, 384, 795. 57 2, 295, 985. 33 195, 493. 82 ------- Allotted.- -------------- 1, 997, 037. 71 2, 663, 000. 00 1,509, 975.00 70, 500. 00 30, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-...... ------ --- $890, 567. 52 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941 ------------------------------------ 30, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for_- - - 920, 567. 52 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment--------------- 320, 942. 71 Net amount to be accounted for_ - -___ 599, 624. 81 Gross amount expended_--__ ------------ $354, 967. 62 Less reimbursements collected ---------- 159,473.80 195, 493. 82 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943---------------------- 404, 130. 99 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943- ----- $10, 541. 44 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts_ 25,539.23 36,080. 67 Balance available June 30, 1943_---- --- 368, 050. 32 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ --- - -- ___ 1, 191. 40 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943- --------- 369, 241. 72 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 2 - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 000.00 x Includes $87,037.71 Emergency Relief funds. S Exclusive of available funds. 4. CANTON RESERVOIR, ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, OKLA. Location.-Canton Reservoir is located on the North Canadian River about 393 miles above its mouth and about 3 miles north of Canton, Blaine County, Okla. (See Sectional Aeronautical Chart, Wichita sheet, scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for flood control in a portion of the North Canadian River Basin, in the Arkansas River watershed in Oklahoma, by construction of an earth- fill dam 15,100 feet long at the top, rising 68 feet above the valley floor, with a reservoir providing for the storage of 240,000 acre-feet for flood control and 150,000 acre-feet for conservation of water and RIVERS AND HARBORS--TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 885 siltation reserve. Of the conservation storage, 40,000 acre-feet is allocated as a reserve for the abatement of pollution downstream from the project. The outlet works will consist of three 7- by 12-foot gated sluices through the spillway weir. A concrete spillway, con- trolled by sixteen 40- by 25-foot gates on the weir crest, will pro- vide for the passage of flood flows around the right end of the dam into the river valley below. The reservoir will be operated as a unit of the coordinated reservoir system for flood control in the Arkansas River Basin. The estimated costs, revised in 1940, are $13,220,000 for construction and $650,000 for lands, damages, and relocations, a total of $13,870,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. (See H. Doc. No. 569, 75th Cong., 3d sess.) Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-The continuing contract for construction of the major poirtion of the embankment and excava- tion for the spillway was completed during the fiscal year by the ac- complishment of the following work: Spillway excavation, 1,091,067 cubic yards; impervious fill, 1,016,291 cubic yards; and 45,137 cubic yards of gravel on the dam. All work accomplished has been placed in a stand-by status until after the war emergency. Acquisition of lands and rights-of-way in the reservoir area and the preparation of plans and specifications for construction of spillway and completion of embankment were continued. The cost during the fiscal year was $591,133.87; the expenditures were $600,756.98, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project as a whole is 20 per- cent complete. A major portion of the embankment is complete and excavation for the spillway is essentially complete. The work re- maining to complete the project consists of completion of embank- ment, construction of spillway and control works, completion of the acquisition of lands and rights-of-way in the reservoir area, relo- cation of highways and utilities, construction of operators' quarters, clearing of reservoir area, and landscaping. The total cost to the end of the fiscal year was $2,225,164.48; the expenditures were $2,334,389.71, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 19D, $519,585.29, and accounts receivable $47.25, a total of $519,632.54, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- $2, 089.99 New work: Engineering, design and studies by hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944---------------------- ------------------ 85,093.97 Land acquisition and relocations by hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944 --------------------------------------- 340, 021.58 Camp operation, preservation of project while in stand-by status and contingencies, by hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944___. 92, 427. 00 ---------------------------- Total for all work-----_ __ 519,632.54 No further construction operations are proposed for the duration of the existing war emergency. 886 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $2, 225, 164. 48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943---------------- 'otal cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ --- 2, 225,164.48 __---------111, Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_--- 267. 97 Net total cost to June 30, 1943------------ ---- 2, 336, 432. 45 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- -------- - 47. 25 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943___- ------ 2, 336, 479. 70 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- --------- 2,089.99 Net total expenditures_ ------------------------------ 2, 334, 389. 71 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 519, 585.29 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 -------------- 2, 853,975.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 140 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--------------$28.......... ,007. 35 $115, 728. 49 $516, 752. 77 $973, 542. 00 $591, 133. 87 Cost of maintenance....----------------------------------------------------------------- Total expended_ ..............- 27, 219. 41 108,986.54 521,920.60 1, 075, 506.18 600,756.98 9 Allotted.--------------------- 444, 000.00 1,400, 000.00 1, 009,975.00 2,800,000.00 -2, 8 00,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__-------------------------- $3, 920,342.27 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment__- -- - 2, 800, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for--- -------- - 1, 120, 342.27 Gross amount expended-- -------- $926, 755. 96 Less reimbursements collected - --------- - 325,998.98 600, 756.98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943___- ------- 519, 585. 29 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943- ----- $2, 089. 99 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------- 94,968.34 97, 058. 33 Balance available June 30, 1943--- --------- 422,.526. 96 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_______------- --- 47.25 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 _ 422, 574. 21 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1-------------- __-11,016, 025.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 5. CHEROKEE, SALT FORK OF ARKANSAS RIVER, OKLA. Location.-The work covered by this project is located on Cotton- wood Canyon, a tributary of the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River, in the immediate vicinity of Cherokee, Okla. (See Sectional Aeronauti- cal Chart, Wichita Sheet, scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for levees and other work in connection with a floodway which will divert flows of Cottonwood Canyon away from Cherokee. The south wing levee will begin on the right bank of Cottonwood Canyon, at mile 7, above its mouth, and will extend to mile 4, where it will approach the shorter north wing levee and the floodway will begin. The floodway, 3.6 miles in length, and varying from 165 to 290 feet in width, will carry flood flows east to the Great Salt Plains. The total length of levees pro- RIVERS AND HARBORS--TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 887 posed is 11.1 miles, with a grade elevation for the south levee varying from 6 feet to 1 foot above the height of the confined flow of the maxi- mum flood of record on Cottonwood Canyon. The grade elevation of the north levee, through its entire length, is 1 foot above the height of this flood. The project provides for the protection of approximately 4,650 acres of rural and urban areas. The estimated Federal cost, approved in 1939, is $800,000. The total cost for lands and damages is $60,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941. (See H. Doc. No. 480, 76th Cong., 2d sess., which contains the latest published maps.) Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to bear the expense of necessary changes to the county road, including a bridge across the diversion channel, and of required relocation of telephone and power lines. To date these con- ditions have not been met, either in whole or in part, but at a public hearing held at Cherokee, Okla., and subsequent thereto, local interests have asserted their willingness to meet all these conditions. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-There were no operations during the fiscal year, and there were no costs or expenditures during the fiscal year. Condition at the end of fiscal year.-Construction had not been initiated at the end of the fiscal year, and no funds have been expended under this project. Proposed operations.-An allotment of $35,000 for the fiscal year 1944 will be applied to the preparation of detailed plans and estimates and engineering studies, by hired labor. No construction operations are proposed for the duration of the existing war emergency. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943------ ------------------------------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Net total expenditures-- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- $35, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943---------------------- 35, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work----------- ---------------------------------------- -------------- Cost of maintenance ------------------------------------------------------------ Total expended------------- ------------------------------------------------------ Allotted ... ------------------------------------------------------ ...--------------- $35, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- __ prove May 23, 1941------------- _ _$35,000.00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 35,000.00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1--------------_- 765, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 888 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, 1. S. ARMY, 1943 6. GREAT SALT PLAINS RESERVOIR, SALT FORK OF ARKANSAS RIVER, OKLA. Location.--Great Salt Plains Reservoir is located on the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River 93.5 miles above its mouth, and about 12 miles east of Cherokee, Alfalfa County, Okla. (See Sectional Aeronautical Chart, Wichita sheet, scale 1: 500,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for flood con- trol in the Salt Fork Valley in the Arkansas River watershed in Oklahoma, by construction of an earth-fill dam 5,700 feet long, rising 68.5 feet above the valley floor, with a reservoir providing for the storage of 259,000 acre-feet for flood control and 58,000 acre-feet for siltation, recreation, and preservation of wildlife. A concrete cas- cade-type spillway approximately 800 feet long and 338 feet wide, containing three gravity-type concrete weirs, provides for the passage of flood flows around the right end of the dam into the river valley below. The outlet works consist of four ungated 10- by 12-foot con- duits through the center section of the upper weir. The reservoir is operated as a unit of the coordinated reservoir system for flood control in the Arkansas River Basin. The estimated costs, revised in 1942, are $4,059,000 for construction and $426,000 for lands and damages, a total of $4,485,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved June 22, 1936. (See H. Doc. No. 308, 74th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published maps.) References to published articles not previously reported.-"Great Salt Plains Dam," by Myron W. DeGeer, was published in The Military Engineer,February, 1943. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The continuing contract for installation of a protective flood lighting system was substantially completed during the fiscal year. Seepage control structures and all land acquisitions were completed by hired labor. The cost during the fiscal year was $90,440.14 for new work and $26,450.12 for maintenance; the expenditures were $86,704.34 for new work and $25,905.84 for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project as a whole is sub- stantially complete. The work remaining to complete the project consists of final completion of protective floodlighting system, reloca- tion of railroad, and additional landscaping. The total cost for new work to the end of the fiscal year was $4,294,227.64, of which $4,269,484.05 was from regular funds and $24,743.59 from Emergency Relief funds. The total cost for main- tenance to the end of the fiscal year was $37,670.41 from regular funds. The expenditures for new work were $4,269,529.71 regular funds and $24,743.59 Emergency Relief funds, a total of $4,294,273.30; the ex- penditures for maintenance were $37,592.12, all from regular funds. Proposedoperations.-Thebalance unexpended June 30, 1943, $238,- 634.58, and accounts receivable, $1,041.66, a total of $239,676.24, will be applied as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS---TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 889 Accounts payable June 30, 1943 ---- ---- $1, 074.29 New work: Completion of protective floodlighting system by continuing contract, July to September 1943.... 6,381. 81 Relocation of railroad, by hired labor, June to December 1943 --------------------------- 184, 390. 55 Total for new work--- ---- ----------- -- -- ____ $191, 846.65 Maintenance by hired labor: Operation of completed project ---------------- $11, 641.90 Ordinary repairs___---------------------------- 25,562.56 Maintenance of stream gages--.... ----- 10, 625.13 Total maintenance_ ____--------- ----------- --------- 47, 829. 59 Total for all work-- ---- ------------------- _ 239, 676. 24 The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance by hired labor: Operation of completed project-.... --- -- --- $7, 500.00 Ordinary repairs------------------- 12, 500. 00 Maintenance of stream gages--- ---------- 10, 000.00 Total for all work ----------------------- ------------30, 000. 00 Cost and finaneial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_---- ---- -1 $4, 294, 227.64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_- --------- 37, 670.41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ - --- $4, 331, 898.05 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 1, 041.66 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-- ----- - 4, 332, 939. 71 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------------- 1, 074.29 Net total expenditures 331, 865. 42 4-----------------------------14, Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 238, 634. 58 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-.... ----- -14, 570, 500.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work . ___ _... __ $748, 225. 89 $1, 483, 219. 91 $1, 716, 216. 26 $121, 028. 29 $90, 440.14 ..-------------------------------------------..... Cost of maintenance--- 11,220. 29 26,450.12 Total cost---------------- 748, 225. 89 1, 483, 219.91 1, 716, 216. 26 132, 248. 58 116, 890. 26 Total expended ---------------- 718, 428. 70 1, 352, 567.01 1, 742,359. 22 278,070. 17 112,610.18 Allotted -------------------- 2, 228, 243. 59 1,200,000.00 67, 300.00 -70,000.00 30,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--------- ----------------- $336, 358.35 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941--------------------------------- 30, 000.00 AmoUint to be accounted for------------------------366, 358.35 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment -------- 15, 113. 59 Net amount to be accounted for _ --------------------- 351, 244. 76 xIncludes $24,743.59 Emergency Relief funds. 890 REPORT OF CH E OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMIVIY, 1943 Gross amount expended----------------$125, 003.51 Less reimbursements collected-------------------12, 393. 33 $112, 610. 18 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- -------------------- 238, 634. 58 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--------------- 1,074.29 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 16,163.78 17, 238.07 Balance available June 30, 1943------------------------ 221, 396. 51 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943----------------------------- 1,041.66 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-------------- 222, 438. 17 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 7. HULAH RESERVOIR, CANEY RIVER, OKLA. Location.-HulahReservoir is located on Caney River 78 miles above its confluence with the Verdigris River and is about 15 miles northwest of Bartlesville, near Hulah, Osage County, Okla. (See U. S. Geo- logical Survey Maps for Pawhuska and Sedan (Okla.) quadrangles, scale 1: 125,000.) Existing project.---The plan of improvement provides for flood con- trol in the Caney River Valley in the Verdigris River Basin, Arkan- sas River watershed, by construction of an earth-fill dam 5,500 feet long and rising 72 feet above the valley floor, with a reservoir provid- ing for the storage of 280,000 acre-feet for flood control and 15,000 acre-feet for siltation, recreation, and preservation of wildlife. A concrete uncontrolled spillway will provide for the passage of flood flows through a saddle in the right abutment of the dam. The outlet works will consist of three 7- by 12-foot gated sluices through the spill- way. The reservoir will be operated as a unit of the coordinated res- ervoir system for flood control in the Arkansas River Basin. The estimated costs, revised in 1940, are $7,165,000 for construction and $1,675,000 for lands, damages, and relocations, a total of $8,840,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved June 22, 1936. (See H. Doc. 308, 74th Cong., 1st sess.) Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Operations during the fiscal year consisted of preliminary steps toward land acquisition by hired labor and continuation of studies relative to value of mineral deposits within the reservoir area. The cost of new work during the fiscal year was $23,506.20; the ex- penditures were $25,141.43, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Preparation of construction plans and specifications is complete. The work remaining to be done to complete the project consists of acquisition of lands, relocation of high- ways and utilities,; and construction of the dam and appurtenant works. The total cost to the end of the fiscal year was $214,890.15; the ex- penditures were $213,812.75, all for new work. RIVERS AND HARBORS--TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 891 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, $239,326.54, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943------ ---------------- -------- $1, 077. 40 New work: Engineering, design, and studies, by hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944 -------------------------------------- 238, 249. 14 Total for all work ---------------------------------- 239, 326. 54 No construction operations are proposed for the duration of the* existing war emergency. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ___-- ------------------ $214, 890. 15 Cost of m'ainenance to June 30, 1943_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_------------ 214, 890. 15 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--------------------------- 1, 077. 40 Net total expenditures-------- 213, 812. 75 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_---- --------- 239,326 54 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943---- .......... 453, 139. 29 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .--------------- $24, 778. 69 $57, 322. 47 $74, 474. 94 $20, 807. 85 $23, 506.20 Cost of maintenance-_ - Total expended__------------- 23, 220.96 58, 546. 75 72, 719.38 20, 184.23 25, 141. 43 Allotted ---------------------- 24, 889. 29 400, 000. 00 14, 250. 00. 9 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ........-,-....-$264, 467. 97 Gross amount expended_- - -- -------- 25, 141.43 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- ----- 239,326.54 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943-...... --- $1, 077. 40 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- ----- 469. 50 1, 546.90 Balance available June 30, 1943---- ------- 237, 779. 64 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1__ -- -- -- -- 8, 386, 860. 7,1 1 Exclusive of available funds. 8.TULSA AND WEST TULSA, ARKANSAS RIVER, OKLA. Location.-The work covered by this project is located on the Ar- kansas River at Tulsa and West Tulsa, Okla. (See U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey maps, Hominy, Okla., and Claremore, Okla., quad- rangles, scale 1: 125,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for raising the existing left bank levee, connecting the discontinuous portions of the levee and constructing a leveed floodway up Black Boy Creek .with levees and diversion ditches eastward and westward thereof, and raising the existing right bank levee to the proposed grade and constructing the necessary appurtenances thereto. The left bank levee begins at mile 531.3 above the mouth of the Arkansas River and ends at mile 524.0. The right bank levee begins at mile 526.7 and ends at mile 521.3. The project provides for the protection of 5,020 acres of highly developed industrial, urban, and agricultural land, 892 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS. U. S. ARM1,I 1943 with grade elevation allowing a 1-foot freeboard above the flow of the maximum probable flood. The estimated cost is $1,543,200 for construction. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941. (See H. Doc. No. 157, 77th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published maps.) Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, the State of Oklahoma is required by appropriate legislation to assure that the construction of bridges or other works which might adversely affect the flood-carrying capacity of the channel at the locality will not be permitted. These conditions have been met in part, and local interests have expressed the opinion that they will be met in full. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preparationof detailed construction plans was continued. Local interests are obtaining the rights-of-way for construction. The cost during the fiscal year was $60,231.92; the expenditures were $61,639.84, all for new work. Condition at end of the fiscal year.-Preparation of detailed con- struction plans and specifications is 48 percent complete. The total cost to the end of the fiscal year was $65,434.71; the ex- penditures were $66,842.63, all for new work. Proposed operations.-Thebalance unexpended June 30,1943, $476,- 360.16, and accounts receivable, $683.61 plus the sum of $1,000,000 allotted in September 1943, a total of 1,477,043.77, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943_ . _ .___ $23.42 New work: Preparation of plans and specifications, and other engineering studies, by hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944-....... . 22, 565. 29 Construction of levee from Sand Springs to Black Boy Creek, by contract, August 1943 to March 1944-...... - -------- 200, 000. 00 Initiation of construction of levee from Black Boy Creek to Tulsa, by continuing contract, September 1943 to June 1944__ 885, 055.06 Initiation of construction of levee at West Tulsa, by contract, December 1943 to June 1944---------------------. - 195, 500. 00 Initiation of construction of seven pumping stations, by con- tract, March 1944 to June 1944 ----------..- 173,900.00 Total ------------------------------------------ 1, 477, 043. 77 No additional funds are required for the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_- - - ----- -- $65, 434. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943..... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------ 65, 434. 71 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943- -- - 747.73 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_-...... -------- 66,182.44 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_- - -- ------- - 683.61 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 66, 866.05 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_- - - - - - -- 23.42 Net total expenditures_- -- ----------- -66, 842.63 -- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-.........---- - 476, 360.16 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_-..... --- 543,202.79 RIVERS AND HARBORS-TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 893 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work----------------....... I _ __. __ .__ _.____ $5, 202. 79 $60, 231.92 Cost of maintenance..--------- Total expended _--- -------------------- __ ------------ _--------------__ _ 5,202.79 61,639.84 Allotted----------------------- ..............-----------------........--------------........... 5, 202.79 538, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 _ --- $25, 000. 00 Amount allotted from Third Supplemental National Defense Ap- propriation Act approved Dec. 17, 1941------------------------513,000. 00 Amount to be accounted for 538, 000. 00 Gross amount expended---------------------- 61,639. 84 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------------------------476, 360. 16 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943---------------------------- 23. 42 Balance available June 30, 1943---------------------------476, 336. 74 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 83. 61 6------------------------- Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943---------- 477, 020. 35 Amount allotted in September 1943----------------------------- 1, 000, 000. 00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944--------------- 1, 477, 020. 35 9. MARKHAM FERRY RESERVOIR, ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, OKLA. Location.-Markham Ferry Reservoir is located on the Grand (Neosho) River, 46.7 miles above its mouth, and 2.5 miles north and west of Locust Grove, Mayes County, Okla. (See U. S. Geological Survey maps for Pryor and Vinita (Okla.) quadrangles, scale 1: 125,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for combined flood control and hydroelectric power in this portion of the Grand (Neosho) River Basin, in the Arkansas River watershed in Oklahoma, by construction of a concrete gravity type dam and earth-fill embank- ment structure 10,600 feet in total length along the crest, rising 90 feet above the stream bed, with a reservoir providing for the storage of 239,000 acre-feet for flood control and 213,000 acre-feet for power storage. The project will include a powerhouse structure housing the hydroelectric generating equipment, a gate-controlled spillway, and two nonoverflow abutment sections. A concrete gravity nonoverflow section will form the left abutment of the structure and the right abut- ment will be an earth-fill embankment. The powerhouse structure will be located on the left bank with the spillway structure extending across the existing river channel. The entire dam structure will be topped by a roadway. The reservoir will be operated as a unit of the three-reservoir system for dual-purpose flood control and hydroelectric power on the lower Grand (Neosho) River, and as one unit in the comprehensive plan for flood control of the Arkansas River Basin. The estimated cost, revised in 1942, is $12,153,000 for construction and $3,257,000 for lands and damages, a total of $15,410,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941. (See H. Doc. No. 107, 76th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published maps.) 558155---4-pt. 1, vol. 1- 57 894 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Operations during the fiscal year consisted of continuing the preparation of detailed plans and completing the studies of foundation conditions in abutment and flood plain areas. The cost during the fiscal year was $6,117.10; the expenditures were $7,657.26, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The special studies of foundation conditions in abutment and flood plain areas were complete and the preparation of construction plans and specifications was 10 percent complete. The total cost to the end of the fiscal year was $104,628.04; the ex- penditures were $104,588.57, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, $210,868.16, will be applied to accounts payable June 30, 1943, $39.47, and to the preparation of construction plans and specifications. The additional sum of $200,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for the preparation of contract plans and speci- fications. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 --------------------------- $104, 628.04 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -- --- 104, 628.04 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_ 39. 47 Net total expenditures_ --- 104, 588. 57 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943__ 210, 868.16 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ 315, 456. 73 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work _____ _ . $98, 510. 94 $6,117. 10 Cost of maintenance .. . . . ..-------------- -- -- ---.. . . . . . . . . . . . - .--- -- Total expended -------- -------------- --------------..--------------........... 96, 931. 31 7, 657. 26 Allotted....----------------------------- .......-------------...-------------.............. 115, 456. 73 200,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__--_ - ----------------- $18, 525.42 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941'----------- ---- 200,000.00 Amount to be accounted for -------------------------- 218, 525.42 Gross amount expended_------- --- $8, 757. 81 Less reimbursements collected --------------------- 1, 100. 55 7, 657. 26 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943__ -- ------ __ -210, 868. 16 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943---------------- 39. 47 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------------- 887.04 926.51 Balance available June 30, 1943_-- -------- 209, 941. 65 RIVERS AND HARBORS--TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 895 Amount (estimated) 1required to be appropriated for completion - - -- - -- -- - -- -- - -- - -- - - of existing project $15, 094,543.27 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work _----------------------------200, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 10. FORT GIBSON RESERVOIR, ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, OKLA. Location.-FortGibson Reservoir is located on the Grand (Neosho) River, 7.7 miles above its mouth, and about 5 miles north and east of Fort Gibson, Muskogee County, Okla. (See U. S. Geological Survey maps for Muskogee and Pryor (Okla.) quadrangles, scale 1: 125,000.) Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for com- bined flood control and hydroelectric power development in the por- tion of the Grand (Neosho) River Basin, in the Arkansas River watershed in Oklahoma by construction of a concrete gravity-type dam 2,900 feet long at the top, rising 110 feet above the stream bed, with a reservoir providing for the storage of 922,000 acre-feet for flood control and 365,000 acre-feet for power storage. The project will include a powerhouse structure housing the hydroelectric generat- ing equipment, a gate-controlled spillway, and two nonoverflow abut- ment sections. The powerhouse structure will be located on the left bank of the existing river channel with the spillway structure ex- tending across the river channel and a major portion of the right bank flood plain. The entire dam structure will be topped by a road- way. The reservoir will be operated as a unit of the three-reservoir system for dual-purpose flood control and hydroelectric power on the lower Grand (Neosho) River, and as one unit in the comprehensive plan for flood control of the Arkansas River Basin. The estimated costs, revised in 1942, are $16,250,000 for construc- tion and $5,185,000 for lands and damages, a total of $21,435,000. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved August 18, 1941. (See H. Doc. No. 107, 76th Cong., 1st sess., which contains the latest published maps.) Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Contracts for the con- struction of temporary Government buildings and access roads were awarded and completed, and preparation of construction plans and specifications and acquisition of land were continued during the fiscal year. The cost during the fiscal year was $730,246.77; the expenditures were $749,960.85, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction of Government build- ings and access roads to the dam site are complete. Preparation of plans and specifications for the powerhouse structure was 95 per- cent complete. Acquisition of lands in the dam site and reservoir area was under way. The work remaining to be done to complete 896 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 the project consists of the completion of the acquisition of lands, relocation of highways, railroads, and utilities, and construction of the dam and appurtenant works. The total cost of the project to the end of the fiscal year was $1,118,880.18; the expenditures were $1,118,788.23, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30; 1943, $1,306,211.77, and accounts receivable, $1,721.98, a total of $1,307,- 933.75, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1943 __$1, 813.93 New work: Engineering, design, and studies, by hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944 ---------------------------------------- 422,212.96 Land acquisition and relocations, by hired labor, July 1943 to June 1944-------------------- -------------------- 883, 906.86 Total -------------------------------------------- 1, 307, 933. 75 No further construction operations are proposed for the duration of the existing war emergency. Cost and financial summary Cost of new wor kto June 30, 1943 -------------------------- $1, 118, 880.18 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943.. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_- --- 1, 118, 880. 18 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943-- ........ - ___ 1, 721. 98 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943--------------------- 1, 120, 602.16 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-- --------- 1, 813. 93 Net total expenditures--- ----------- 1, 118, 788.23 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943------- ------------------ 1, 306, 211. 77 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- ..---- 2, 425, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .-----.......... .......... -------------- ..........---.. ...........--------------.---------- $388, 633.41 $730, 246.77 Cost of maintenance- - --------------- - ------------ ---------- Total expended..........------------....---------- ----------------- -------- 368,827.38 749,960.85 Allotted------.......- --- ------------------ ----------------------- 8,425,000.00 -6,000,000.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 897 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- ---------- $8, 056,172. 62 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment___ ---- 6,000, 000.00 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------- 2, 056,172.62 Gross amount expended -------------------------- $751, 143. 44 Less reimbursements collected -------------------- 1,182. 59 749, 960.85 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943--------------------- 1, 306, 211. 77 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_- ---- - $1,813.93 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------- 297,246. 97 299, 060. 90 Balance available June 30, 1943------------------------- 1, 007,150. 87 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_--- ----------- 1, 721. 98 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-------------- 1, 008,872. 85 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1---------------- 19,010, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 11. ARKANSAS RIVER BASIN, TULSA DISTRICT Location.-These improvements are located on tributaries of the Arkansas River and are in the States of Kansas and Oklahoma. More definite locations of the individual items are given in the following paragraph. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood-control and other purposes in the Arkansas River Basin, as set forth in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1 (75th Cong., 1st sess.), with such modi- fications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, and authorized the sum of $21,- 000,000 for reservoirs, for the initiation and partial accomplishment of the plan, the reservoirs to be selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers, subject to the provision that the authorization shall include the Oanton Reservoir on the North Canadian River in Oklahoma, as set forth in House Document No. 569 (75th Cong., 3d sess.). The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, modified the general compre- hensive plan for the Arkansas River Basin to include the reservoirs* in the Grand (Neosho) River Basin in Oklahoma and Missouri and in the Verdigris River Basin in Kansas, in accordance with the recom- mendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Documents Nos. 107 and 440 (76th Cong., 1st sess.), and in addition to previous amounts ,au- thorized to be appropriated the sum of $29,000,000 for the prosecution of the comprehensive plan. The reservoirs included in the compre- hensive plan within the limits of the Tulsa district are listed below: Estimated cost Distance Reservoir Power Reservoir River above Nearest town Maximum height of dam and type esr rdevelop- Lands, mouth capacity ment Construc- damages, Total tion and relo- cations Canton ---- 1 Mannford- ....---- _------North --- Canadian. Cimarron ---- Miles 393 20 Canton, Okla _.. Mannford, Okla -- --..---..... 68 feet-earth-fill 120feet-earth-fill------------------ Acre-feet 390,000 600,000 Kilowatts (2) (2) $13,220,000 6,100,000 $650, 000 $13, 870, 000 1,800,000 7,900, 000 Toronto -.. Verdigris---- _.... 271 Toronto, Kans ..-. - 85 feet-earth-fill .------------------ 195,000 (2) 4,815,000 3, 287,000 8,102, 000 Fall River_ -------------- Fall River .... 54 Fall River, Kans-.... 94 feet-earth-fill- -- --------- 263,000 (2) 8,335,000 1,130,000 9,465, 000 Oologah ..... --- Verdigris -- . 87 Oologah, Okla ..-.. 100 feet-earth-fill_ ------------------ 815,000 (3) 4,745,000 3,600,000 8,345, 000 Tenkiller Ferry ...----------. Illinois --- 13 Vian, Okla . 160 feet-earth-fill ------------------ .---------- 650,000 (3) 8,090,000 1,700,000 9,790, 000 Wister_-----------------Poteau --... 61 Wister, Okla .....--------. 83 feet-earth-fill_ ------------------- 430,000 (2) 4,900,000 1,690,000 6,630, 000 Neodesha _---_ ___ Verdigris ---. 223 Neodesha, Kans-..... 35 feet-earth-fill -------------------- 90,000 (2) 3,785,000 1,372,000 5,157, 000 Elk City (Table Mound) -Elk...-------------- Markham Ferry 1---.. . Grand (Neosho).. 9 Independence, Kans., 55 feet-earth-fill ---------- __250,000 (2) 6,836,000 2,479,000 9,315, 000 46 Locust Grove, Okla .. 90 feet-concrete earth --------------- 452,000 40,000 12,153,000 3,257,000 15, 410, 000 Fort Gibson _1----- do ....... 7.7 Ft. Gibson, Okla ..- 110 feet-concrete gravity----------- 1,287, 000 45,000 16,250,000 5,185,000 21, 435, 000 1 For details of this project, see individual report. 2 None. 8Includes provision for future power installation -M RIVERS AND HARBORS--TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 899 Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Operations by hired labor during the fiscal year consisted of the preparation of prehliminary plans and estimates, foundation investigations, and engineering studies in connection with the general comprehensive plan. The cost during the fiscal year was $11,502,46; the expenditures were $12,020.70, all for new work. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The preparation of detailed reser- voir plans was well advanced at the end of the fiscal year. The total cost to the end of the fiscal year was $430,256.56; the ex- penditures were $430,405.66, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, will be applied to surveys and preparation of detailed plans for the development of the comprehensive plan for flood control in the Arkan- sas River Basin. The additional sum of $625,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for development of the comprehensive plan for flood control in the Arkansas River Basin. Cost and flnancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 __-_ ______------- $430, 256.56 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_--- -- 430, 256.56 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 392.43 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-- -------- 430, 648. 99 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943---------------------------- 243. 33 Net total expenditures_--_ _ ---------- 430, 405. 66 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 482, 094. 34 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ----- 912, 500.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-- -------------. $34, 630.10 $271, 011.50 $101, 271.14 $11, 841 36 $11, 502. 46 C ost of m ain tenance --- -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - -- ---- . . . Total expended--...-- ....------------34, 568.24 279, 729. 51 89, 969. 61 14, 117.60 12, 020. 70 Allotted. 390, 375.00 ............---------------------- 317,125.00 -240,000.00 -5.000.00 450,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 .---------------------------- $44, 115.04 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropri- ation Act approved May 23, 1941- ------ $200,000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropri- ation Act approved April 28, 1942__ ---- 250, 000.00 450,000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_-- ------- ___-494, 115. 04 Gross amounnt expended -- _- --------------- 12, 020.70 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- -------- 482, 004.34 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_----- ----- 243. 33 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts__ - -- -510.16 753. 49 Balance available June 30, 1943 - --------- 481, 340. 85 900 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EIGUNEEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 194 3 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ _________ _______------------ $392.43 Unobligated balance available June, 30, 1943_-....... -- 481, 733. 28 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work x---------------------------------625, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 12. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized thd allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum of $50,000 was allotted at the close of the fiscal year for emergency repairs and rescue work in the Tulsa district. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $50,000, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to the payment of expenses incurred under this heading. Because of the heavy demands for emergency repair work on flood- control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943, Congress in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, authorized the amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by the recent floods. The Second Deficiency Appropriation Act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 140, Seventy- eighth Congress, appropriated the amount of $10,000,000 for the pur- pose of carrying out the emergency flood-control work authorized in Public No. 138. The provisions of this act are additional and supple- mental to, and not in lieu of, existing general legislation authorizing allocation of flood-control funds for restoration of flood-control works threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum of $165,000 was allotted in July 1943 for emergency flood- control work in the Tulsa district. In addition to the above, funds were allotted under the provisions of section 9 of the Flood Control Act approved June 15, 1936, for emergency flood-control work in the Tulsa district. For further in- formation, see Mississippi River Commission report, emergency work on tributaries of Mississippi River. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_----------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943----- ----------------------------- Net total expenditures----------------- ---------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-- - -_----------------- - $50, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_----- - 50, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of newwork -.....-....- ----------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance---------------------------------- Total expended- ............-- ........---------- ---- ......................... Allotted-------------------------------------------------------------------- $50, 000 RIVERS AND HARBORS-TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 901 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved June 28, 1939 ------------------------------- $50, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-----------------------------50, 000 13. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work during the fiscal year was $12,608.39; the ex- penditures were $9,038.72. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $131,964.07, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $30,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943.-- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 .. $548, 942.69 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 548, 942. 69 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943__ 61. 59 Net total cost to June 30, 1943------------------ 549, 004.28 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 3, 655.33 Net total expenditures____ 545, 348. 95 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 131, 964. 07 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 S677, 313.02 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 C ost of n ew work .. . . . . . -... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . - .-. .. .. . . . Cost of maintenance . - - $130, 174. 21, $268, 775. 85 $81, 295.74 $30, 449. 69 $12, 608. 39 Total expended - - 130, 174. 21 269, 526. 11 82, 544. 50 28, 426. 60 9,038. 72 Allotted- __----- - -_ - 369. 674. 21 158, 000. 00 - -- 10, 000.00 96, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__________-__ $45, 002. 79 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 24, 1940_ ----- -- $40, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved May 23, 1941_-..... ----- 56, 000.00 96, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for___- ------- -- 141,002. 79 Gross amount expended ------------------------- $10, 252.08 Less reimbursements collected_- -- -____ 1, 213. 36 9, 038. 72 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 .... 131, 964. 07 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943- - ----- $3, 655.33 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts---------------616. 00 4 971 33 2, - .. 7u Balance available June 30, 1943- -- -------- 127, 692. 74 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 -- -- - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -- - - - - - 30, 000 . 00 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 Exclusive of available funds. 902 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 14. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Expenditures to June 30, full re- 1943 Estimated Name of project port see amount re- projectof Name Annual quired to Report New work Mainte- complete for 1- nance ARKANSAS RIVER, MAIN STEM AND MINOR TRIBUTARIES 1. aw, Okla.- 1937 - - - - -$32, 500 . Near Fort Gibson in Muskogee County, Ok a.2------------- --------- - - - 1937 -33.600 3. Hutchinson, Kans. - 1937 --- 1, 050, 000 4. Wichita and Valley Center, Kans. . 1937 1937 12,, 603, 6 5 0 , 2100 00 5. Big Slough to Belle Plaine, Kans. 6. Augusta, Kans.33 ------------------- 1938 1937 - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (4) ( 4) 7. Wineld, Kans. 8. Optima Reservoir, North Canadian River, Okla_ ------------ 1938 - . .6,700,000 GRAND (NEOSHO) RIVER 9. Pensacola Reservoir, Okla_ 1942 $45, 591.28 ... ... . (5) 10. Florence, Kans.- -- 2 1937 1937 .--............. 17,000 7, 200 11. Cottonwood Falls,2 Kans. ... . . . . ... . . - 12. Emporia, Kans. 2 1937 22, 700 13. Neosho Rapids, Lyon2 County, Kans. 1937 38. 900 14. Lyon County, Kans. 2 -- ........... 1937 237,100 15. Hartford, Kans. 2 .1937 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 43, 200 16. Burlington, Kans. .......................... - 1937 27, 000 17. Leroy, Kans. ..- . . . . . 1937 9, 600 18. N eosho Falls, W oodson 2 County, K ans.2 1937 . . .. . . . -.. . 32, 400 19. Humboldt, Kans. 2 - -1937 -19, 300 20. Chetopa, Kans. 2 - ------ - 1937 -28, 600 21. Cherokee County, Kans. 1937 1234, ............ 000 22. Iola, Kans . . . ......... 1939 20 989. 80 -(4) VERDIGRIS RIVER 23. Verdigris River from mouth to Madison, Kans. .. 1938 (6) 24. West of Fredonia, Wilson County, Kans. 2 .... 1937 189, 900 25. West of Benedict, Wilson County, Kans .... 1937 195, 000 26. West of2 Elk City, Montgomery County, Kans. ... .. ...................... 1937 81, 400 27. Caney Creek, Washington County, Okla., and Chautauqua and Montgomery Coun- ties, Kans. - . . . . - 1937 -. 157, 600 SALT FORK OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER 28. Blackwell, Okla. . .. 2 . . . .. 1937 -50,000 1 In 1937 the projects were reported by the Memphis district; in 1938 and 1939 by the Little Rock district. 2 Awaiting local cooperation. SProject completed by Kansas Works Progress Administration. 4 Complete. * I Transferred to Federal Works Agency in February 1943. 6 Some work on this project was done by Wilson County (Kans.) Civil Works Administration in 1933 and 1934. 15. PLANT ALLOTMENT, TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT Cost and flnancial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943--... -------- $492, 365. 18 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 ----------- -492,365. 18 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ ---- - -_ 69,226.45 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943_-...... ----- -- 423, 138. 73 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 - - - -12, 727. 80 Net total expenditures-___-_----- - _-_ -435,866. 53 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ -------- --- 620, 866. 53 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943--------------- 185,000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Total expended .- . . .- $2, 929. 19 $20, 441. 86 -$109. 669. 59 -$349, 567.99 Allotted -185, r 000.00 - -------I---------------------- RIVERS AND HARBORS-TULSA, OKLA., DISTRICT 903 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 _____________ _________ $271, 298. 54 Gross amount expended__- _- -_ -$5, 282, 669. 09 Less reimbursements collected__ - ----- 5, 632, 237. 08 349, 567. 99 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_ ------ - -- 620,866. 53 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943-............ $12, 727. 80 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ---------- 120, 317. 01 133, 044. 81 Balance available June 30, 1943- _ 487, 821. 72 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- ._ 69, 226. 45 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943- -- _- 557. 048.17 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions _____ _Date trans- Recommen- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document, No. dation ,_Congress Arkansas River and tribu- Flood Control Com- taries (local flood protec- mittee resolution tion along the main stem). July 2, 1943. Arkansas River and tribu- Rivers and Harbors taries, Arkansas, hydro- Committee resolu- ee c t r i c potentialities lution Jan. 24, 1939. (under Division Board). Arkansas River and tribu- Commerce Commit- taries. Oklahoma, hydro- tee resolution, Oct. electric potentialities 12, 1938. (under Division Board). Arkansas River and tribu- Flood Control Com- taries, flood control on mittee resolution, Lightning, Labette, and Apr. 13, 1938. Flat Rock Creeks. Kans. Beaver River, Okla- ._.... Flood Control Act, -------------------- Aug. 28, 1937. Cimarron (Dry) River, Flood Control Act, -------------------- Union County, N. Mex. June 22, 1936. Cimarron River, Okla. and Flood Control' Act, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Kans. Aug. 28, 1937. Dirty Creek, Muskogee Flood Control Act, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- County, Okla. Aug. 11, 1939. Dogy and Clear Creeks, Flood Control Act, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - tributaries of Arkansas Aug. 18, 1941. River, Okla. Eufaula Reservoir, Okla., Flood Control Act, ---------------- on South Canadian River. June 22, 1936. Grand (Neosho) River and Flood Control Act, ---------------- tributaries, Oklahoma, Aug. 28, 1937. Kansas, Missouri, and Arkansas. Grand (Neosho) River, Flood Control Act, ---------------- -------------------- Morris County, Kans. June 22, 1936. Kenton Reservoir, Cimar- do..... . ----. - ---------------- -------------------- ron River, Okla. Mannford Reservoir, Cim- do ......... .....---- ----------------- -------------------- arron River, Okla. North Canadian River, Flood Control Act, ---------------- Okla. and Tex. Oologah Reservoir, Verdi- Aug. 28, 1937. Flood Control Act, ---------------- ------------------ gris River, Okla. June 22, 1936. Polecat, Creek, Creek County, Okla., tributary Flood Control Com- mittee resolution, ---------------- -------------------- of Arkansas River. July 23, 1941. Polecat Creek, Creek County t Okla. Flood Control Act, Aug. 18, 1941. ---------------- -------------------- Poteau River, Ark ..-. Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. ---------------- -------------------- Do._ ------------- Flood Control Act, Aug. 28, 1937. ---------------- -------------------- Poteau River, Le Flore Flood Control Com- ---------------- -------------------- County, Okla. mittee resolution, Feb. 10, 1938. Salt Creek of Arkansas Flood Control Act, River and tributaries, Aug. 18, 1941. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------- Osage County, Okla. South Canadian River, Flood Control Act, Okla. Aug. 28, 1937. ---------------- -------------------- Tenkiller Ferry Reservoir Flood Control Act, on Illinois River, Okla. June 22, 1936. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------- Verdigris River, Kans. Flood Control Com- and Okla. mittee resolution, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -------------------- Apr. 23, 1942. Wister Reservoir on Po- Flood Control Act, teau River, _ _ Okla. , June 22, 1936. o__ 004 E RIEPIORff' OF CHIEF OF ET GIENER ,S TU. S. ARMY, 1943 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT This district comprises those portions of southwestern Illinois and eastern Missouri embraced in the drainage basin of the Mississippi River and its western' tributaries, exclusive of the Missouri River, between the mouth of the Ohio River and mile 300 above the same, and of its eastern tributaries to Hamburg Bay at mile 261 on the left bank, exclusive of the tributary basin of the Illinois Waterway up- stream of the new La Grange Lock and Dam at mile 80.15 above the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. The district also includes the drainage basin in Missouri tributary to the Little River Diversion Channel. Report on Mississippi River between the Mis- souri River and mile 300 is included in the report on Mississippi River between Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn. Report on that por- tion of the Illinois River downstream of the new La Grange Lock and Dam is included in report on Illinois Waterway, Ill., contained in the report of the district engineer, Chicago, Ill. District engineer: Col. Roy W. Grower, Corps of Engineers, to August 4, 1942; Col. Lawrence B. Feagin, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. Malcolm Elliott, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Flood control-Continued Page Page 1. Mississippi River between 11. 1Kaskaskia Island drainage the Ohio and Missouri and levee district, Illinois. 919 Rivers_ _ 904 12. Harrisonville and Ivy Land- 2. Mississippi River between ing drainage and levee dis- the Missouri River and trict No. 2, Illinois - . 920) Minneapolis, Minn. (St. 13. Columbia drainage and levee Louis district) - 934 district No. 3, Illinois - 921 3. Illinois Waterway, Ill. (St 14. Wilson and Wenkel and Louis district) - - 1381 Prairie du Pont drainage 4. Examinations, surveys, and and levee districts, Illinois_ 923 contingencies (general)-_ 911 15. East St. Louis and vicinity, 5. Other navigation projects for Illinois-- 924 which no estimates are sub- 16. Wood River drainage and mitted 912 levee district, Illinois - - 926 6. Plant allotment_ 913 17. Seahorn drainage and levee district, Illinois.. . . . . 927 18. Meredosia Lake and Willow Flood control Creek drainage and levee districts, Illinois River, Ill 928 7. East Cape Girardeau and 19. Upper Mississippi River Clear Creek drainage dis- Basin, St. Louis district 930 trict,, Illinois__ 914 20. Preliminary examinations, 8. Clear Creek drainage and surveys, and contingencies - levee district, Illinois .- 915 for flood control- -_ 931 9. Preston drainage and levee 21. Emergency flood-control district, Illinois_ 916 work--------------- 932 10, Perry County drainage and 22. Other flood-control projects levee districts Nos. 1, 2, for which no estimates are and 3, Missouri.... 918 submitted__----------- 934 1. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE OHIO AND MISSOURI RIVERS Location.---The Mississippi River rises above Lake Itasca, Minn., and, from that lake, flows in a southerly direction about 2,450 miles and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. , The portion included in this IdVERS AND IHARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 905 report embraces the 195-mile section known as the middle Mississippi, between the tributry Ohio and Missouri Rivers, about 1,081 to 1,276 miles from the Gulf. Previous projects.-The original project for the improvement of the Mississippi River between the Ohio and Missouri Rivers was recommended by a Board of Engineers in a report, dated April 13, 1872, and concurred in by the Chief of Engineers. For further details see page 1879 of the Annual Report for 1915 and page 1014 of the Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for obtaining and maintaining a minimum channel depth of not less than 9 feet, a minimum width of not less than 300 feet at low water, with additional width in bends from the mouth of the Ohio River (about 1,081 miles from the Gulf) to the northern boundary of the city of St. Louis, 191 miles; thence 200 feet wide, with additional width in bends to the mouth of the Mis- souri River, 4 miles; all to be obtained by regulating works and dredging: First, by regulating works, for closing sloughs and sec- ondary channels, and narrowing the river; by building new banks where the natural width is excessive and protecting new and old banks from erosion where necessary to secure permanency. Second, by dredging or other temporary expedients to maintain channels of project dimensions. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1934, is $43,000,000, with $1,300,000 for annual maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents - -- Project for regulating works adopted in 1881. Annual Report, 1881, p. 1536. (To obtain a minimum depth of 8 feet.) June 3,1896 June 13, 1902 Dredging introduced as part of the project--.. Mar. 2, 1907 These acts practically abrogated that part of the Mar. 3,1905 1 project for the middle Mississippi which pro- Mar. 2,19071 posed regulating works. June 25, 1910 Regulating works restored to the project and ap- H. Doc. No. 50, 61st Cong., 1st sess., propriations begun with a view to the comple- and H. Doc. No. 168, 58th Cong., tion of the improvement between the Ohio and 2d sess. Missouri Rivers within 12 years at an esti- mated cost of $21,000,000, exclusive of amounts previously expendel. Jan. 21, 1927 For a depth of 9 feet and width of 300 feet from Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. the Ohio River to the northern boundary of the No. 9, 69th Cong., 2d sess. city of St. Louis, with the estimated cost of maintenance increased to $900,000 annually. July 3,1930 Project between the northern boundary of the Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. city of St. Louis and Grafton (mouth of Illinois No. 12, 70th Cong., 1st sess. River) modified to provide for a channel 9 feet deep and generally 200 feet wide with addi- tional width around bends, at an estimated cost of $1,500,000, with $125,000 annually for maintenance. z Also joint resolution, June 29, 1906. 906 PIEPORT. OF C'GIEF OU ETGUNERas, U. S. AR~MY, 1943 See House Document No. 669 (76th Cong., 3d sess.) for report of Chief of Engineers dated February 27, 1940, coiqtaining a general plan for improvement of the Mississippi River between Coon Rapids Dam and the mouth of the Ohio River for purposes of navigation, power development, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation. Recommended modiflcations of project.-Under date of March 15, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended modifications of the exist- ing project to approve a comprehensive plan for development of the Mississippi River at Chain of Rocks so as to provide for construc- tion of a lateral canal at an estimated first cost to the United States of approximately $10,290,000 with annual maintenance and operation cost of $70,000, subject to such modification as the Chief of Engineers may find necessary when the project is undertaken; and to authorize the relocation of the river channel and reclamation of the area in Sawyer Bend for airport, park, recreational, and similar purposes at a cost to local interests of approximately $17,555,000; provided that any modification of the present river channel required by the civic development be deferred until completion of the lateral canal in the interest of navigation and that the river diversion work connected with such civic development be under the supervision of the Chief of Engineers in order to insure that the interests of interstate and foreign commerce be properly protected; and further provided that local interests hold and save the United States free from any claims for damages that might be incurred due to the construction, mainte- nance, or operation of such civic development or any part thereof (H. Doc. No. 231, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-The water terminal and transfer facilities of the district are fully described as of December 31, 1918, in House Document No. 652, Sixty-sixth Congress, second session, pages 1211- 1239. Additional data for water terminal and transportation facili- ties are also contained in Transportation Series No. 2, 1929, Trans- portation in the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys, and as of 1941, in volume 1 of the four-volume report of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, entitled "Survey of Terminals and Landings on the Inland Waterways of the United States." Operations and results during fiscal year.-River stages were favorable to construction work, which was carried on extensively by contract and hired labor with Government plant during the fall of 1942; river conditions were unfavorable during the spring of 1943 and work was carried on only intermittently. A stage of 38.90 feet was recorded on the St. Louis (Market Street) gage on May 24. Regu- lating works were maintained and project dimensions of channels were secured by dredging. The district's standard specifications for construction work were used. Location, quantities, and costs of open river regulating works follow: RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 907 Miles Dikes (hurdles) above Class of work and locality mouth of Ohio Number Linear Cost River feet New work by contract: Missouri Sister Island-Thompson Towhead-Brooks Point - - - 16 7 2, 795 $79, 827. 42 Price Towhead-Goose Island_ - _32 7 3, 205 143,810.14 Schenimann-Willard ........-.-......... 62 3 1, 230 60, 271.76 Seventy Six 1- --- _- - 85 4 1,600 77, 425.74 Seventy Six-Liberty----------- -- ------ 98 2 3, 335 134. 152. 90 Establishment Island-Fish Bend-Fort Chartres..... 132 10 2, 635 113, 673. 52 T otal ___.. . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . -- --- - - 33 14, 800 609,161.48 New work by United States plant and hired labor: Cairo protection ----- - - - - -. - - - -. ..... 5 2 1, 295 36, 502. 36 Dogtooth Bend - - -23 1 315 7, 620. 72 Price Landing 28 1 210 8, 396. 16 Graysboro 2 .................. ----- 41 1 445 12, 639. 16 Giboney Island 49 2 820 30,781.94 Wilkinson.. 86 4 1,025 36, 863. 47 Kaskaskia Island 114 1 175 11, 248. 55 Calico Island - 149 1 170 5, 625. 38 Cornice Island 3-_ -_ . . .. . . . . _-_ 150 3 580 14, 922. 47 T o tal _.. ...- 16 5,035 164,600 .21 Maintenance by United States plant and hired labor ...... --. -- 23, 365 4172, 090.44 I Pile and crib dikes. 2 Solid dikes. 3 Includes 140 linear feet of solid dikes. 4 Includes cost of screening 14,915 linear feet of dikes with mattress lumber. Bank protection (revetments) Miles -- above Class of work and locality mouth Linear Squares (100 square Toe piles ofOiv N r bak feet) bank pro- Ohio ofRiver Number bank b pro--feet- tection linear Cost tection Mattress Paving feet New work by contract: Cairo protection-.... 1 1 1,000 1, 285 324 ..---------- $37, 277. 66 Price Landing-Goose Is- landGirardeau Cape 28 ._._..._....._... .. 2,190.24 ---- 49 1 2,055 2,039 - 478---------- 50,935. 96 Wilkinson 91 1 510 510 232 --.... 22,037.99 Ste. Genevieve, IlL... 126 1 750 760 444 - --- 30, 710. 79 Total - - 4 4,315 4,594 1,478 .. 143,152.64 New work by United States plant and hired labor: Giboney Island ...- - 50 1 475 333 157 18, 946. 55 Willard - --- 66 1 525 525 200 - 16,311.77 Total_ - _ __ _ . 2 1,000 858 357 - - 35,258.32 Maintenance by United Stated plant and hired labor .........------------------------------------- 5,142 1, 249 2, 204 1, 415 121, 246.80 New work.-Sixteen dikes, totaling 5,035 feet in length, were built by hired labor with Government plant, at a cost of $164,600.21. Two revetments, totaling 1,000 feet in length, consisting of 858 squares of mattress and 357 squares of paving were built by hired labor with Government plant, at a cost of $35,258.32. A total of 271,349 cubic yards of material was handled by a United States hydraulic dredge in preparing one locality for new regulating works at a cost of $27,678.61, 908 REtPOR OF CHIEF OF EN G'NIEEIRS, U. S. ARIMY, 1943 and 6.08 acres of land in connection with regulating works was pur- chased at a cost of $684. Thirty-three dikes, totaling 14,800 feet in length, were built under contract at a cost of $609,161.48. Four re- vetments, totaling 4,315 feet in length, consisting of 4,594 squares of mattress and 1,478 squares of paving, were built under contract at a cost of $143,152.64. In addition to completed work there was under construction, by contract, one dike to total about 165 linear feet and one revetment totaling about 1,240 linear feet, and by hired labor, one revetment to total about 700 feet. The total cost of new work was $980,530.26 from regular funds. Maintenance.-Dikes and revetments were repaired at a cost of $293,337.24. There were 9,074 cubic yards of rock removed at Beaver Dam, mile 38.4, at a cost of $16,071.66. The required 9-foot channel was maintained, except for the short periods needed to move a dredge to the shoal, by 3 United States hydraulic dredges. During the year 25 shoals developed of which 23 were dredged once, and 1 was dredged twice. There were 2,406,540 cubic yards of sand and gravel removed by these dredges from the channel through 25 bars; 305,597 cubic yards of material were removed in outside-the-channel dredg- ing. The channels dredged had a combined length of 23 miles, an average width of 310 feet, and ah average gain in depth of 5.4 feet. The total cost of maintenance dredging was $240,926.71. Hydrographic surveys were made covering 110 miles of river, cost- ing $52,684.01. Other miscellaneous costs were: Snagging, $8,730.02; aids to navigation, $25,380.06; cooperative stream gaging, $18,232.90; and gages, $9,947.05; and safeguarding structures, $33,002.27, all charged to maintenance. The total cost of all maintenance was $698,- 311.92. The costs during the year were $980,530.26, from regular funds for new work and $698,311.92 for maintenance; however, $24,811.95 representing the cost of flood relief operations during 1942 fiscal year were transferred in the 1943 fiscal year to the allotment "Emergency repairs and rescue work along the upper Mississippi River, St. Louis District" leaving a net cost for maintenance of $673,499.97; the total net costs were $1,654,030.23. The expenditures were $1,982,642.26 from regular funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Open river regulating works are about 84 percent completed. The quantities required to complete the project are estimated at 75 dikes, 60,000 linear feet; and 40 revetments, 120,000 linear feet. Dikes and revetments are now in good repair and the channel has been greatly improved by the work that has been done. Dredging is required at low stages to remove temporary shoals and maintain the required channel depths. In recent years, the project dimensions of channels have generally been maintained throughout the navigation season. The navigation season formerly extended from the middle of February to the middle of December, the river being generally closed by ice the remainder of the year. However, in recent years navigation has continued through- out the winter, except when the river is actually blocked by heavy running ice or gorges. The river is generally above the 10-foot stage, St. Louis gage (period of record, 81 years) for 51/2 months of the year, latter part of February to middle of August, during which time project channel depths generally prevail without dredging. The mean stage of river for the fiscal year 1942 was 13.60 feet, St. Louis gage. The mean stage of river for the fiscal year 1943 was 14.90 feet. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 909 The following table gives condition of the channel during the fiscal year 1943: Channel affording 1- Con- Length 9 feet or Less than 9 7 feet or 6 feet or trol- Section of sec- more tion feet less less ling ling tion - -depth Pe- Lng Pe-LnghPe- nghPe- Lengthrd Length riod Length riod Length riod Ohio River to Commercial Miles Miles Days Miles Days Miles Days Miles Days Point _____ 32.7 32.7 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Commercial Point to Com- merce ...- ....... 6.7 6.7 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Commerce to Grays Point __ 6. 6 6. 6 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Grays Point to Grand Tower 33. 7 33. 7 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Grand Tower to Fort Gage Fort Gage to Little Rock Little Rock to River des -- 36.3 9.5 36.3 9.5 365 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 93 Peres . _ .. 46.5 46.5 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 River des Peres to Merchants Bridge __ _ 11.2 11.2 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Merchants Bridge to north- ern boundary city of St. Louis 2 8.0 8.0 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 9,{ Northern boundary 2to mouth of Missouri River ......... 3.8 3.8 365 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 1 Project width is 300 feet from Ohio River to northern boundary of St. Louis and 200 feet from that point to Missouri River, with additional width in bends throughout. 2 This is known as the "Chain of Rocks Reach." The costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1943, have been as follows: Costs Kind of funds -- - -- --- Expenditures New work Maintenance Total Regular___ $31, 897,176.18 $25, 424,152. 58 $57, 321, 328. 76 $57, 804,087. 91 Public Works........ ..... 3. 462, 154.46 3, 462, 154. 46 3, 462, 154. 46 Emnergency Relief ----- 996, 747.95 . . 996, 747.95 996, 747. 95 Total_ __ _ _ 36, 356, 078. 59 25, 424, 152. 58 61, 780, 231.17 62, 262, 990. 32 Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance, including accounts receivable in the amount of $8,495.58 and $500,000 advanced to the plant allotment, less revocation of allotment received since June 30, 1943, amounting to $450,000 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1943 ____----------------------------$25, 736.43 New work: By contract (completion of existing contracts), July 1 to August 30, 1943: Piling dikes: Seventy Six-Liberty ----------- $9, 100. 00 Bank protection: Cape Girardeau --------------------- 41, 000.00 Wilkinson--------------------------59, 600.00 By hired labor with United States plant (comple- tion of existing job) July 1 to August 30, 1943: Bank protection Cape Girardeau ----------- 37,600. 00 By contract, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944: Piling dikes: Thompson Towhead ---------- 124, 800.00 Bank protection: Cape Girardeau-Giboney Island-Willard 44, 000. 00 Wilkinson -- -- 70, 000. 00 Ste. Genevieve, Ifl-_ 100, 000. 00 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1 58 910 RPorT OF CIEF OF' E'IIIfNIE1ERS, U. S. ARMY, 19 4 3 New work-Continued. By hired labor with United States plant, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944: Piling dikes: Cairo protection -------------------- $18, 000.00 Horsetail, East -------------------- 43, 000.00 Schenimann- -- 34,000.00 Bank protection: Price Landing- - -- ------ 22, 000.00 Ste. Genevieve, Missouri- - ----- 44,100.00 Total for new work_-....... -- -_ ___ $647, 200.00 Maintenance: By hired labor with United States plant, July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944: Dikes and bank protection__ $524, 000.00 Project channel dredging__ - ---- 577, 000.00 Snagging-------------------------------73,000.00 Rock removal at Beaver Dam___ -- - 34,000.00 Surveys, gauges, and studies------------- 100,000.00 Aids to navigation__ - ------- 43,000.00 Cooperative stream gauging 13,000.00 Total maintenance- -- -- --------- 1,364, 000.00 Total for all work_- -- - - - 2,036,936.43 Unallocated balance -------------------------- 29,429.60 2, 066,366. 03 The sum of $2,300,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, as follows: New work : By contract, July 1, 1944, to June 30, 1945: Dikes ------------------------------- $200, 000 Bank protection 500, 000 By hired labor: Dikes ---. - -------------- 150,000 Bank protection_ ....- - 150, 000 Total for new work ------------------------------- $1, 000, 400 Maintenance: By hired labor with United States plant: Dikes and bank protection_-....------ 580, 000 Project channel dredging---------- -580,000 Cooperative stream gauging 20,000 Surveys and studies__-- - - ---- --- 120,000 Total maintenance ------------------------------- 1,300, 000 Total for all work_ - 2,300, 000 It is expected that, with the proposed expenditures, the project will be about 88 percent complete. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943___ -_______---- - $37, 772,698.25 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_- _____--__ 130,684, 757. 41 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 --------- 68,457, 455. 66 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 __...500, 000.00 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_- ------ __ 68, 957,455.66 Plts accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ......... 8,495. 58 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ...... 68, 965, 951. 24 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 911 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ----------------------- $25, 736.43 Net total expenditures ---------------------------- 168,940,214. 81 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 --------------- 2, 007, 870.45 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_. - --- 70,948,085.26 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work------------ $1, 143, 569. 24 $686, 655. 23 $990, 722. 54 $558, 732. 47 $980, 530. 26 Cost of maintenance .....----------- 1, 037, 999.09 1, 092, 307. 96 725, 050.95 891, 127. 93 673, 499.97 Total cost-._------ _--_-_2,181, 568.33 1, 778, 963.19 1, 715, 773.49 1, 449,860.40 1,654, 030.23 Total expended .....---------- 2, 113, 011.73 2, 071, 684.96 1, 568, 360. 93 1, 594, 454. 40 26 1,982,642. Allotted-- ------------------ _1, 872, 707.95 2,009, 040.00 1, 750, 000.00 2, 034, 400.00 1, 574,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- ----------------------- $2, 416, 512. 71 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved June 2, 1943------- $1, 074,000.00 Amount allotted from First Deficiency Approspria- tion Act 1941 approved Apr. 1,1941------------ 500,000.00 1, 574, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for- --- --- __-- 3, 990, 512. 71 Gross amount expended-- ------ -$2, 185, 553.31 Less reimbursements collected__- ------ 202,911. 05 1, 982, 642.26 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 --------------------- 2,007,870.45 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts___ -- - - 166, 292. 56 Balance available June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 1, 841, 577. 89 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943----------------------------- 8,495. 58 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_ ---- 1, 850, 073. 47 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated- -for completion of - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - 2- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - existing project 6, 000, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended ih fiscal year ending June 30, 1945: 2 -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - For new work 2- - - - - - - - 1,000, 000. 00 - - - -- - - - - -- - - - For maintenance 1, 300, 000.00 2 - - -- - -- - -- - -- - - -- -- - - -- -- Total' - --------- 2,300,000.00 1 Includes $5,260 604.83 from permanent indefinite appropriation covering snagging opera- tions, of which $286.572.72 pertained to Vicksburg and Memphis districts. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 2. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MOUrH OF MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. (ST. LOUIS DISTRICT) See report, "Mississippi River between the Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn.," page 934. 3. ILLINOIS WATERWAY, ILLINOIS (ST. LOUIS DISTRICT) See report, "Illinois Waterway, Illinois," page 1381. 4. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of the work during the year was $37,442.14 and the expendi- tures were $34,712.40. The balance unexpended, $24,548.54, plus $5,000 912 RCPOR1 OF CHUIEF OF ENGUNEIERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 allotted since June 30, 1943, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $25,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ ---------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $457, 885. 67 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_--- -- 457,885.67 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943-------------------------- 2, 110. 80 Net total expenditures_-____ - -- 455, 774. 87 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- 24, 548.54 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ 480, 323. 41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work- . Cost of maintenance--- -------... $52, 914.25 $47,138.39 $28, 661.28 -$34, 042.03 $37, 442.14 Total expended----------------73,089. 29 45, 112. 42 24, 365.15 35, 189.84 34, 712. 40 Allotted........----------------------.. .. 95, 000.00 25, 000.00 15, 000. 00 17, 500. 00 51,600.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_____---$7, 660. 94 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 24, 1940___- $11, 600. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941 - 20, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 2, 1943--------- -20, 000. 00 51, 600. 00 Amount to be accounted for -------------------------- 59, 260. 94 Gross amount expended__------------------------- $35, 331.34 ------------------------ 618. 94 Less reimbursements collected_ 34, 712.40 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 24, 548. 54 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943___-- ------ - 2, 110. 80 Balance available June 30, 1943--- .- ----- - -__ 22, 437. 74 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance -------------------------------- 25. 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 5. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to full report June 30, 1943 Estimated amount Name of project see Annual required to complete Report for- New work Maintenance Cuivre River, Mo.1 - -.....-............. 1883 $12,000.00 ------------- Inactive. Kaskaskia River, Ill.2 ................. 1896 10, 460.80 - Completed; inactive. ' River declared nonnavigable by act of Mar. 23, 1900. 2No commerce reported. 3 By authority of the Chief of Engineers, dated Dec. 12, 1895, this work was dropped from the duties in charge of the St. Louis, Mo. district (A. R., C. of E., 1896, p. 1761). RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 913 6. PLANT ALLOTMENT, ST. LOUIS, MO., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943____-____________ - - ____-- $2, 427, 398.98 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 ____________ ______ ____ 2, 427, 398.98 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1i943 ___ _______-----227, 640. 40 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943___- _______-- - 2, 655, 039.38 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_- - ----- ___----95, 606. 04 Net total expenditures___--______ _ -- _ __-__- _ 2, 559, 433.34 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 _ ______568, 436. 71 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 3, 127, 870. 05 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 ----------- Total expended__ -- $119, 466. 38 -$193, 995. 36 $7, 178. 41 -$45, 228. 17 -$273, 659. 21 Allotted -------------------- -1500000.00 000. 00 -- 10,000.00 11, 129. 40 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-------------------$283, 648. 10 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941----------------------------------- 11, 129. 40 Amount to be accounted for---------------------------294, 777. 50 Gross amount expended --------------------- $4, 012, 190. 20 Less: Reimbursements collected- $4, 274, 763. 33 Receipts from sales_ ......... 11, 086. 08 4, 285, 849. 41 -273, 659. 21 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943----------------------568, 436. 71 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_- ---- 511, 776.49 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 5,425. 00 ----- 517, 201. 49 Balance available June 30, 1943- ...... - ------- 51, 235. 22 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ - ------ ___ -- 227, 640. 40 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943__ ---- 278, 875. 62 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. menda- Congress tion i 1 1 - - -- -- -- 11- -- Illinois River, Illinois Water- Rivers and Harbors Commit- way, and the Mississippi tee resolution, Mar. 16, 1943. River below Grafton, ,Ill., for 12-foot channel. Mississippi River between Rivers and Harbors Commit- mouth of the Illinois River tee resolution, Sept. 21, 1943. and Minneapolis, Minn., for 12-foot channel with suitable widths. Mississippi River between Rivers and Harbors Commit- Ohio River and Alton, Ill. tee resolution, Feb. 28, 1938. 914 RIPOwrT OF CIEF O' ENGT(EERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 7. EAST CAPE GIRARDEAU AND CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT, ILL. Location.-This project is in the north end of Alexander County, Ill., on the left bank of the Mississippi River between river miles 46 and 57 above Ohio River, and includes the bottom lands between the river on the west and south, Clear Creek on the north, and the Illinois Central Railroad on the east. Existing project.-This provides for raising and enlarging the existing levee system by the reconstruction of approximately 10.2 miles of river-front levee and 0.8 mile of back levee, involving the placing of 1,858,500 cubic yards of earthwork and the construction of one gravity drainage structure and one stop-log structure. The project, although completed, does not in itself afford complete pro- tection to this district; but in combination with the North Alexander and Miller Pond drainage and levee districts and upon completion of authorized work in the Clear Creek and Preston drainage and levee districts, protection will have been provided this and the other dis- tricts named against a flood of about 50-year frequency. The con- struction cost, revised in 1943, is $403,500 and estimated cost of lands and damages is $12,000. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Operations and results du ring fiscal year.-A total of 60,037 cubic yards of material was placed by contract at a cost of $10,282.75. The total costs were $11,175.94 from regular funds for new work. The ex- penditures were $19,022.60. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work under the existing project was considered to be 100 percent complete until the May-June 1943 flood caused considerable damage to the completed levee, necessitating emergency repairs to the levee at an estimated cost of $111,198.06. The total costs to June 30, 1943, were $292,316.91 from regular funds for new work and the total expenditures were $288,316.91. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year plus $50,000 allotted in July and $58,000 allotted in August 1943 will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1943_ _--------------- $4, 000. 00 New work: By contract and hired labor, emergency repair of levees damaged by May-June 1943 flood------------- --- - 111,198.06 Total for all work -------- --------------------------- 115, 198. 06 It is expected that, with the proposed expenditures, the project will be completed. Cost and financial sum'mary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 --------------------------- $292, 316. 91 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943__ .......... 292, 316. 91 ...........---- 4,000.00 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- Net total expenditures ----- _ ------------- 288,316.91 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-_ 7,198.06 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 .......- 295,514. 97 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 915 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work..-----------..... ...........---------------. $18,484.91 $165,293.89 $97, 362.17 $11,175.94 Cost of m aintenance ...- - - - . . . . . .-.. . . . . . . . . . .. . . ..----------. Total expended .--------- __ -__ 17,164.62 149,804.83 102,324.86 19,022.60 Allotted.....................--------------------..-------------- 25,000.00 310,000.00 ---------- -- 39,485.03 .... Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- --------- $65,705. 69 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 39,485.03 Net amount to be accounted for____-- ------ 26, 220.66 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------- 19, 022. 60 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 7, 198. 06 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ---------------------- 7,198. 06 Amount allotted in July and August 1943-- -------- 108,000.00 Amount available during fiscal year 1944 - 108,000.00 .---------------------- 8. CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICT, ILL. Location.-This project is in Union and Alexander Counties, Ill., on the left bank of Mississippi River and between river miles 57 and 66 above Ohio River and, except for some lowlands and islands along the river, includes practically all the bottoms between the river and the bluffs and between Ware, Ill., on the north and McClure, Ill., on the south. Existing project.-This provides for raising and enlarging the ex- isting levee system by reconstructing approximately 10.8 miles of river-front levee and 10.3 miles of back levee, involving the placing of 3,695,000 cubic yards of earthwork and .the construction of seven grav- ity drainage structures. The project, when completed, will not in itself afford complete protection to this district; but in combination with the East Cape Girardeau and Clear Creek drainage district and the North Alexander and Miller Pond drainage and levee districts, and upon completion of authorized work in the Preston drainage and levee district, protection will have been provided this and the other districts named against a flood of about 50-year frequency. The estimated construction cost, revised in 1940, is $943,000 and estimated cost of lands and damages is $29,000. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A total of 2,522 cubic yards of material was placed by contract at a cost of $1,745.38. Topo- graphic surveys, and preparation of plans and specifications were continued by hired labor at a cost of $12,634.35. Total costs were $14,379.73 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $34,516.84. Condition'at end of fiscal year.-Work under the existing project was considered to be about 48 percent complete until the May-June 1943 flood caused considerable damage to the completed levee, ne- cessitating emergency repairs to the completed portion of levee at an estimated cost of $80,000. Except for the emergency levee repairs, construction on this project has been suspended until after the war. The total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1943, were $451,027.39 from regular funds for new work. 916 RIPOR rT OF C-IEF OF EN;G'IE .S, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, minus $186,800 revoked since June 30, 1943, will be applied as follows: New work: By contract and hired labor, emergency repair of completed portion of levees damaged by May-June 1943 flood-......... $23,400.00 Preparation of plans and specifications for river-front levees by hired labor -------------------------------------- 14, 790.06 Total for all work- ----- ____--------38, 190. 06 No operations are proposed during fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 -------------------------- $451, 027. 39 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943.. Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------ 451, 027.39 Net total expenditures ------------- 451, 027.39 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- -------- _- 224, 990. 06 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 _ --- 676, 017.45 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ..--...... $29, 717.66 $19, 921.12 $204,343. 25 $182, 665. 63 $14, 379. 73 Cost of maintenance--- Total expended ......----------- 26, 327.17 22, 751.10 170, 550.83 196, 881.45. 34, 516.84 Allotted--- -------------------- 363,000.00 140,000.00 -35,000.00 238,017.45 J -30,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942___ ---------------------------- $289, 506.90 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ----------------- 30, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_ _______---------259, 506.90 Gross amount expended ----- ------------------------------- 34, 516. 84 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943.--------- -- 224, 990. 06 Amount revoked in July and August 1943 -------- -- 186, 800.00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944___ ---- 38, 190.06 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of - existing project -- _---------------453, 800. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 9. PRESTON DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICT, ILLINOIS Location.-This project is in Union County, Ill., on the left bank of Mississippi River between river miles 65 and 76 above Ohio River, and includes practically all the bottom lands between Mississippi River on the west, Big Muddy River on the north, the bluffs and the Illinois Central Railroad on the east and Clear Creek drainage and levee district on the south. Existing project.-This provides for raising and enlarging the ex- isting levee system by reconstruction of 10.2 miles of river-front levee and 5.7 miles of flank levee, and involves the placing of about 1,364,000 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 917 cubic yards of earthwork and the construction of three gravity drain- age structures. The project, when completed, will not in itself afford complete protection to this district; but in combination with the East Cape Girardeau and Clear Creek drainage district and the North Alexander and Miller Pond drainage and levee districts, and upon completion of authorized work in the Clear Creek drainage and levee district, protection will have been provided to this and the other dis- tricts named against a flood of about 50-year frequency. The con- struction cost, estimated in 1936, is $244,000, and estimated cost of lands and damages is $8,100. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation-See page 6. Cooperation for the authorized project was approved on April 6, 1937. Assurances of local coopera- tion approved by county court of Union County, Ill., have not been furnished. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preparation of plans and specifications and surveys were begun by hired labor at a cost of $8,557.02. The total costs were $8,557.02 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $8,199.09. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been started. The estimated quantities required to complete the project are placing of approximately 1,364,000 cubic yards of earthwork and construction of three gravity drainage structures. Construction oper- ations on the project will not be initiated until after the war. The total costs to June 30, 1943, were $8,557.02 from regular funds for new work and the total expenditures were $8,199.09. Proposed operations.-The balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1943 ------------------ _ $357.93 Preparation of construction plans and specifications by hired labor___ 21, 442.98 Total for all work .. _.._.. _ _ _ __ _ _- __ _ __ _ 21, 800.91 No operations are proposed during fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ _-- ---- --------- $8, 557. 02 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943--------- ------ ---------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ -- ___ 8,557. 02 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943- --- ---------- 357. 93 Net total expenditures --------------------------------- 8, 199. 09 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ----------------------------21,800. 91 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__- -- - 30, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost ofnew work----- ........--------------... $8,557.02 ....----------------------------------------- Cost ofmaintenance .-------------...... -------------- ------------ Total expended........... . .. ----------------- 8,199.09 Allotted .................- -- --- - ----- 30,000.00 918 RiIEaor OF CHIEF OF ENG EE1RS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942 --------------------------------- $30, 000. 00 Gross amount expended -- - --- ---- --- 8,199.09 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------------------- ---- 21, 800. 91 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943---------------------- ------ 357. 93 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 21,442. 98 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ---------------------------------------- 214, 000.00 SExclusive of available funds. 10. PERRY COUNTY DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS NOS. 1, 2, and 3, MISSOURI Location.-This project is in Perry County, Mo., on the right bank of the Mississippi River between river miles 94 and 111 above the Ohio River, and includes that portion of the bottoms between the river and the bluffs and between Red Rock Landing, Mo., and Kaskaskia Island, but does not include Horse Island, Crain Island, Belle of Mem- phis Towhead, or Puckett Island. Existing project.-This provides for rising and enlarging the ex- isting levee system by reconstruction of 20.3 miles of river-front levee and 14.4 miles of back levee, and involves the placing of about 4,370,000 cubic yards of earthwork and the construction of nine gravity drain- age structures and 900 linear feet of concrete flood wall. The project, when completed, will afford protection to the district against a flood of about 50-year frequency. The construction cost, estimated in 1936, is $859,000 and estimated cost of lands and damages is $49,000. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-See page 6. Assurances of local cooperation for the entire project were approved by the Secretary of War as fol- lows: District No. 1, December 30, 1936; district No. 2, March 16, 1937; district No. 3, September 29,1936. Right-of-way data for the back levees were approved December 14, 1937 and June 3, 1938. Col- lection of right-of-way data for the river-front levees will be under- taken as needed. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work under the existing project was considered to be about 62 percent complete until the May-June 1943 flood caused considerable damage to the completed levee, neces- sitating emergency repairs to the levee at an estimated cost of $43,000. Except for the emergency levee repairs, construction on this project has been suspended until after the war. The total costs and expendi- tures to June 30, 1943, were $493,742.15 from regular funds for new work and $38,275.34 from Emergency Relief funds, all for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, plus $43,000 allotted in July 1943, will be applied as follows: New work: By contract and hired labor, emergency repair of levees damaged by May-June 1943 flood ------------------------------- $43, 000. 00 Preparation of plans and specifications for uncompleted levees by hired labor 27, 257. 85 Total for all work _------70, 257. 85 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 919 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945, in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime con- struction. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--- ---------- 1$532, 017. 49 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ---- 1532, 017.49 Net total expenditures --------------- 1532, 017. 49 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- -------- 27, 257. 85 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__- --- -1559,275. 34 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work -------------- .. . $266, 901.48 $169,024. 69 -. .... . . ..... ...... ........ Cost of maintenance -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - -.... Total expended- .... 250,240. 33 193,017. 61 - .- -------------------- Allotted.... 5,000.00 -7, 724.66 -$15, 000.00--- -- 21,000.00 $-- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- --------- -$6, 257.85 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 ------------------------------- 21, 000. 00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943--- -------- 27, 257. 85 Amount allotted in July 1943--- ........--------- 43, 000. 00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944__- ---- 70, 257. 85 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2 - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 257,000.00 1 Includes $38,275.34 Emergency Relief funds. SExclusive of available funds. 11. KASKASKIA ISLAND DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICT, ILL. Location.-This project, in Randolph County, Ill., lies on the right bank of the Mississippi River, between river miles 111 and 116 above Ohio River, includes all of the high ground on Kaskaskia Island, and is bounded by the Mississippi River and the old channel of the river. Existing project.-This provides for raising and enlarging the ex- isting levee system by the reconstruction of about 15 miles of levee, and involves the placing of about 1,936,000 cubic yards of earthwork and the construction of 7 gravity drainage structures. The project, now completed, will afford protection to this district against a flood of about 50-year frequency. The construction cost, estimated in 1940, is $345,000 and estimated cost of lands and damages is $30,000. The project was selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers for con- struction under the general authorization contained in the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A total of 28,233 cubic yards of material was placed by contract at a cost of $2,827.32. The total costs were $2,914.19 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $14,411.52. 920 iEowr OF CHIEF OF EN(EIERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work on the existing project is complete and the completed levee was turned over to the levee com- missioners for maintenance on September 15, 1942. The total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1943, were $294,925.68 from regular funds for new work. Proposed operations.-None. The project is complete. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ _--______-------$294, 925. 68 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 294, 925. 68 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 294, 925. 68 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- ...... ------ 294, 925. 68 Fiscal year ending June 30 19$9 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work...---------------. $1,161.66 $26, 266.77 $113, 597.88 $150, 985.18 $2,914.19 Cost of maintenance .----------------- --------------------------------------------------- Total expended ----------------- 1,106.01 25, 303.01 102, 391.39 151, 713. 75 14, 411. 52 Allotted --------------------- 320,000.00 145, 000.00 -120,000.00 --------------- 50,074.32 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ _- - - - $64,485.84 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-- ....... --- 50, 074. 32 Net amount to be accounted for---....... ------ 14, 411. 52 Gross amount expended ---- --------- --------- 14,411.52 12. HARRISONVILLE AND IVY LANDING DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DIS- TRICT NO. 2, ILLINOIS Location.-This project, in Monroe County, Ill., lies on the left bank of the Mississippi River between river miles 141 and 161 above the Ohio River, and is bounded by Fountain Creek and the Missis- sippi River on the north and west, and on the east by the bluffs to Valmeyer, Ill., and by Moredock and Ivy Landing drainage district No. 2 from Valmeyer south. Existing project.-This provides for raising and enlarging the ex- isting levee system by the reconstruction of about 12 miles of river- front levee, 5.5 miles of flank levee, the construction of 4 miles of new levee, a diversion channel for Fountain Creek, and involves the placing of about 2,805,000 cubic yards of earthwork and the combining and replacing of gravity drainage structures. The project, when com- pleted will not in itself afford complete protection to this district; but upon completion of the upper portion of authorized work in the Fort Chartres and Ivy Landing project, protection will have been provided for those areas against a flood of about 50-year frequency. The esti- mated construction cost, revised in 1940, is $747,000, and estimated cost of lands and damages is $80,000. The project was authorized by the. Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-See page 6. Assurance of local cooperation, approved by the county court of Monroe County, Ill., has been fur- nished, but the commissioners of the district have stated that local cooperation cannot be completed at this time. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 921 Operations and results during the fiscal year.-No work was done on the project. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been started. The estimated quantities required to complete the project are 2,805,000 cubic yards of earthwork and the combining and re- placing of gravity drainage structures. Construction operations on the project will not be initiated until after the war. The total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1943, were $37,016.59 from regular funds for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $38,483.41, will be applied to the preparation of construction plans and specifications by hired labor. No construction operations are proposed during fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943------- -------------------- $37, 016. 59 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 , Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------------- 37, 016. 59 Net total expenditures------------------------------------37, 016.59 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- ------------------------- 38, 483.41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943--------------- 75, 500. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--------------- $21,018. 63 $13, 592. 36 $1,076.22 $1, 329. 38 - Cost of maintenance_ ................................---------------------------------- Total expended----------------- 20,782. 46 13, 714.15 1,190. 60 1, 329. 38 - Allotted ---------------------- ..... 563, 000.00 87, 500.00 -600,000.00 --------------- $25, 000 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 -------------------------- $13, 483.41 Amount allotted from War Department, Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved June 11, 1938 ----------------------------------- 25, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for ---------------------------- 38, 483.41 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 38, 483. 41 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --------------------------------------- 671, 500. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 13. COLUMBIA DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICT NO. 3, ILLINOIS Location.-This project, in Monroe County, Ill., lies on the left bank of Mississippi River between river miles 157 and 167 above Ohio River, and embraces most of the bottoms between the river and the bluffs and between Fountain Creek on the south and Columbia Creek on the north. Existing project.-This provides for raising and enlarging the ex- isting levee system by the reconstruction of about 10.6 miles of river- front levee and 9.0 miles of flank levee, and involves the placing of about 3,576,000 cubic yards of earthwork, and the construction of 8 922 I porr OF CIEF OF ENGUffIEERS, U. S. ARIMY, 1948 gravity drainage structures. The project, when completed, will af- ford protection to this district against a flood of about 50-year fre- quency. The construction cost, estimated in 1940, is $726,000 and esti- mated cost of lands and damages is $80,000. The project was author- ized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A total of 438,172 cubic yards of material was placed and two gravity drainage structures com- pleted by contract at a cost of $119,827.52. The total costs were $128,- 439.14 from regular funds for new work. The total expenditures were $121,552.46. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work under the existing project was considered to be 58 percent complete until the May-June 1943 flood caused considerable damage to the completed levee, necessitating emer- gency repairs to the levee at an estimated cost of $10,000. Except for the emergency levee repairs and placing project in a safe condition upon termination of the contract for item 3, construction work on this project has been suspended until after the war. The total costs to June 30, 1943, were $418,770.86 from regular funds for new work and the total expenditures were $402,214.93. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, minus $199,000 revoked in July 1943, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1943 ---------------- $16, 555. 93 New work: Placing project in a safe condition upon termination of the con- tract for item 3- ------------------------------------- 73, 934. 09 By contract and hired labor, emergency repair of levees damaged by May-June 1943 flood ------------------------------- 10,000.00 Preparation of construction plans and specifications for uncom- pleted levees by hired labor---...... --------- 8, 400. 14 Completing clearing at Fountain Creek --------------------- 15, 895. 00 Total for all work_------------------------------- _ 124, 785. 07 No operations are proposed in fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 -------------------------- $418, 770. 86 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943___ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------ 418, 770. 86 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943___-- -------- 16, 555. 93 Net total expenditures_ _________---------- 402, 214. 93 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_- ------- 323, 785. 07 Total amount appropriated to June 30 1943--------------- 726, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 . Cost of new work ------------- $175,165. 01 $7,878.12 $4, 514. 04 $81, 284. 97 $128, 439. 14 Cost of maintenance .--------- --------------------------------------------------- Total expended---------------- 171, 242. 51 20, 431.48 3,467.17 72, 863. 88 121, 552. 46 Allotted----180,000. 00.................... .............. RIVERS AND HIIARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 923 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ --------------------------- $445, 337. 53 Gross amount expended_- ------- _ _- --- __ 121, 552. 46 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 323, 785. 07 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--------------- $1, 085. 16 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ---------- 237, 675. 55 1238, 760. 71 Balance available June 30, 1943__ ___-----------------------85,024. 36 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 2--------- -------- 199, 000. 00 1 The obligations will be decreased and the balance available increased each in the amount of $148,270.78 due to termination of the contract. The resulting balance available ($85,024.36 plus $148,270.78) less the amount of $199 000 revoked since June 30, 1943, will leave a net balance available for fiscal year 1944 of 34,295.14. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 14. WILSON AND WENKEL AND PRAIRIE DU PONT DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS, ILLINOIS Location.-This project lies in Monroe and St. Clair Counties, Ill., on the left bank of Mississippi River between river miles 168 and 175 above Ohio River, and includes the bottoms between the river and the bluffs and extends from about opposite the lower end of Jefferson Barracks, Mo., north to Prairie du Pont Creek. The district is now known as the Prairie du Pont drainage and levee district. Existing project.-This provides for raising and enlarging the ex- isting levee system by the reconstruction of about 8.7 miles of river- front levee and 4.5 miles of flank levee, and involves the placing of about 2,603,000 cubic yards of earthwork and the construction of 8 gravity drainage structures and two floodgate structures and the ex- tension of four proposed gravity drainage structures under proposed embankment of Illinois State Highway No. 132. The project, when completed, will afford protection to this district against the maxi- mum flood of record (1844) confined. The construction cost, esti- mated in 1942, is $785,000 and the estimated cost of lands and dam- ages is $100,000. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-See page 6. Assurance of local cooperation, approved by the county court of St. Clair County, Ill., was approved by the Secretary of War November 14, 1939. Right-of-way data for 3.6 miles of upper-flank levee of the project were approved April 26, 1940. Right-of-way data for the remainder of the project are being prepared. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work done con- sisted of preparation of preliminary plans at a cost of $277.29. The total costs were $277.29 from regular funds for new work and the total expenditures were $337.62. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is about 35 percent complete. The estimated quantities required to complete the project are the placing of about 1,716,000 cubic yards of earth- work, construction of seven gravity drainage structures and one flood gate structure and the extension of four proposed gravity drainage structures under proposed embankment of Illinois State Highway No. 132. 'Construction operations on the project have been suspended until after the war. The total costs and expendi- 924 naE or c OFr 'F O ENGNEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 tures to June 30, 1943, were $277,334.47 from regular funds for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year amounting to $32,665.53, will be applied to the preparation of construction plans and specifications for uncompleted levees by hired labor. No operations are proposed in fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-------------------------- $277, 334.47 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ ---- 277, 334.47 Net total expenditures...---------------------------277, 334.47 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943------- -------------------- 32, 665.53 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 .------------ 310, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--..-------------$8, 279.60 $47, 528.82 $202, 702. 24 $3, 011.29 $277.29 Cost of m aintenance --------- - --. -- -----. - - -- -. - - - - - -.. . . -... . . . . Total expended .............----------------- 7,590. 52 41, 917. 52 208, 470.80 3,634.61 337.62 Allotted-- -------------------- 25, 000.00 70, 000.00 218, 000.00 20, 000.00 -230, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-_------ -------. $263, 003. 15 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment --------------. 230,000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_-- ---------- 33,003. 15 Gross amount expended- ------------------------- 337.62 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-.......... ----- 32, 665.53 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project --------------------------------------- 475, 000.00 1Exclusive of available funds. 15. EAST ST. LOUIS AND VICINITY, ILLINOIS Location.-This project is in St. Clair and Madison Counties, Ill., on left bank of Mississippi River between river miles 175 and 195 above Ohio River and, with the exception of Chouteau, Nameoki, and Venice, and Chouteau Island levee and drainage districts, and some islands and low-lying lands along the river bank, includes all that part of the alluvial valley between the river and the bluffs and between Cahokia Diversion Channel on the north and the village of Prairie du Pont on the south and is known as the East Side levee and sanitary district. Existing project.-Thisprovides for raising and enlarging the exist- ing levee system by the reconstruction of about 20.6 miles of river-front levee, 4.1 miles of upper flank levee, and 6.9 miles of lower flank levee, and involves the placing of about 3,520,000 cubic yards of earthwork, and construction of 3 stop-log gates, 11 gravity drainage structures, and 600 linear feet of levee wall. Of the 20.6 miles of river-front levee, about 2 miles of levee were constructed as part of the Granite City Engineer Depot, and, as a consequence, reconstructing the river-front RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 925 levee for this distance need not be done. Approximately 10 miles of river-front levee, included in the above 20.6 miles, also may not need to be reconstructed if the project "Chain of Rocks Reach" recom- mended in House Document No. 231, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, is authorized and constructed. The project, when completed, will afford protection to the district igainst the maximum flood of record (1844) confined. The construction cost, estimated in 1936, is $1,158,000 and the estimated cost of lands and damages is $260,000. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-See page 6. Assurance of local cooperation for the entire project was approved by the Secretary of War March 24, 1937. Right-of-way data for the flank levees were approved November 27, 1937, and August 7,1940. Additional right-of-way data for future work are being prepared. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The preparation of con- struction plans was continued by hired labor at a cost of $903.27. In connection with the construction of the Granite City Engineer Depot, 2.02 miles of levee were constructed at a cost of $461,845.11 paid from funds allotted to that project. A total of 353,015 cubic yards of material was placed by contract and 978,583 cubic yards by hired labor. The construction of this levee eliminates the necessity of reconstructing the levee of the East Side Levee and Sanitary District between stations 745+ 70 and 844+ 50. The total costs chargeable to this project were $903.27 from regular funds for new work. The total expenditures were $1,349.60. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work under the existing project was considered to be 39 percent complete until the May-June 1943 flood caused considerable damage to the completed levee, necessitating emergency repairs to the levee at an estimated cost of $25,000. Except for the emergency levee repairs, construction work on this project has been suspended until after the war. The total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1943, were $448,036.13. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, plus $25,000 allotted in July 1943, will be applied as follows: New work: By contract and hired labor, emergency repair to levees damaged by May-June 1943 flood--- ----------- $25, 000. 00 Preparation of construction plans and specifications for uncom- pleted levees by hired labor .. .29, 263. 87 Total for all work-_ ------------------------ 54, 263.87 No operations are proposed in fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial sumimary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-- ..... ------- -1 $448, 036. 13 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943___ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -x--- .. 1448, 036. 13 Net total expenditures- ____------------_- 1 448, 036. 13 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--------------------------- 29, 263. 87 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------- 477, 300. 00 1 Includes $2,900 emergency relief funds. 558155--44--pt. 1, vol. 1- 59 926 ~IPOrf oF CH +IF ENUIERS, U. . ARMYY,, 1943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .-------- $225,209.01 Cost of maintenance.- -. ---------- ---- ---$37, 676. 09 $82, 626.92 _.._.------ -------.. $43, 383.89 -------_ _---------- - $903.27 _ _----------- Total expended.. ..----------- 213,401.83 56, 257.90 80, 464. 42 50, 995. 06 1, 349. 60 Allotted-.---------------355, 000. 00 -45, 000. 00 447, 000. 00 23, 100. 00 -680, 700. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------------------- $711, 313.47 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment---------------- 680, 700.00 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------------30, 613. 47 Gross amount expended 1, 349. 60 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943.------------------------29, 263. 87 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts , 300. 00 1----------------------- Balance available June 30, 1943-27,963. 87 Amount allotted in July 1943--------------------------------25, 000.00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944 -------------- 52, 963. 87 Amount (estimated)- - required to be appropriated for completion of - - -- -- - -- - - - - - - - - -- - - existing project 655, 700.00 2Exclusive of available funds. 16. WOOD RIVER DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICT, ILLINOIS Location.-The project lies in Madison County, Ill., on the left bank of the Mississippi River between river miles 196 and 203, and in- cludes the bottoms between the river and the bluffs and extends from the southern city limits of Hartford, Ill., to Alton, Ill. The small industrial cities of Hartford, Wood River, and East Alton lie within the district. E'isting project.-This provides for raising and enlarging about 5.5 miles of the existing levee system along Wood River and con- structing approximately 11.3 miles of new levee to provide protection from the Mississippi River, and involves the placing of about 3,000,000 cubic yards of earthwork, the construction of 1 stop-log structure, 20 gravity drainage structures, 3 pump houses, 1 spillway dam in Wood River, and sewer repairs and alterations. The project when completed will afford protection to this district against the maximum flood of record (1844) confined. The construction cost, estimated in 1942, is $1,452,000, and the estimated cost of lands and damages is $135,000. The project was selected and approved by the Chief of Engi- neers for construction under the general authorization for the upper Mississippi River Basin containe in the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. Local cooperation.-See page 6. Assurance of local cooperation has not yet been furnished, but the local district officials are proceeding with the reorganization of the district in order to furnish formal assur- ance of local cooperation. Detailed right-of-way data have not been furnished. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Surveys and preparation of construction plans were continued by hired labor at a cost of $28,036.92. The total costs were $28,036.92 from regular funds for new work. The total expenditures were $27,922.98. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT .927 Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been started. The estimated work required for the project is the placing of about 3,000,000 cubic yards of earthwork, the construction of 1 stop- log structure, 20 gravity drainage structures, 3 pump houses, 1 spill- way dam in Wood River, and sewer repairs and alterations. Con- struction operations will not be initiated until after the war. The total costs to June 30, 1943, were $47,599.01 from regular funds for new work and the expenditures were $47,454.70. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1943 --------------------------- $144. 31 Preparation of construction plans and specifications by hired labor_'_ 37, 400. 99 Total for all work-..-..----- --- - - 37, 545. 30 No operations are proposed in fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial sunvmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-- -- - ---- $47, 509.01 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 47, 599.01 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943__ 144. 31 Net total expenditures- ------------ 7, 454. 70 4---- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- ---------- 37, 545.30 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- ----- 85, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work__---------------. $12, 651.46 $6,910.63 $28, 036. 92 ..-.......-------------------------------------------------- Cost ofmaintenance--- Total expended................--------------.......- 12, 376. 81 7,154.91 27, 922. 98 Allotted__- ---------- _---------------- $25,000 350,000.00 -310,000.00 20,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- - -------- - $45, 468.28 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942 ---------------------------------- 20,000. 00 Amount to be accounted for- -- _-- 65, 468. 28 Gross amount expended_----------- ---- 27,922.98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 37, 545.30 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 144.31 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 37, 400.99 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1- - - - - - -- - -- -- -- - -- - -- 1, 367, 000.00 1Exclusive of available funds. 17. SEAHORN DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICT, ILLINOIS Location.-This project, in Fulton County, Ill., lies on the right bank of the Illinois River between river miles 111 and 115 above the mouth, and is bounded by Kerton Creek, Otter Creek, and the bluffs. 2'iting project.-This provides for raising and enlarging the 928 RE~PORT OF CHEF OF E GINIEIRS, U. S ARMY, 1943 existing levee system by the reconstruction of about 1.3 miles of levee, and involves the placing of about 200,000 cubic yards of earthwork and construction of one drainage structure. The project, when com- pleted, will afford protection to the district against a flood equivalent to that of 1904 (the maximum discharge of record) confined. The construction cost, estimated in 1936, is $32,000, and the estimated cost of lands and damages is $2,000. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act, approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project is practically completed. The work required to complete the project is the repair of a concrete box culvert. The total costs and expenditures to June 30, 1943, were $25,839.56 from regular funds and $5,200 from Emer- gency Relief funds for new work. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of $960.44 will be applied to the repair of the concrete box culvert by contract July 1, 1943 to June 30, 1944. With the proposed expenditures the project will be completed. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943__-----------_ $31, 039.56 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ---------------------- ---- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ -- - -131, 039. 56 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 131, 039. 56 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- ----------- 960.44 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 -------------------- 32, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .... ----- $23, 315.14 $3, 739.80 $141.84----------------------- Cost of maintenance....--------------------------------------------------------------------- Total expended.............----------------.. 22, 709. 75 4,753.99 141.84 ... - _ Allotted....----------------..-- .......------------------------- ------------------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ------------------------------- $960.44 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ------------------------------- 960.44 1 Includes $5,200 Emergency Relief funds. 18. MEREDOSIA LAKE AND WILLOW CREEK DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICTS, ILLINOIS RIVER, ILL. Location.-This project is in Morgan and Cass Counties, Ill., on the left or east bank of Illinois River, between miles 73.0 and 78.8, above its mouth and north of the village of Meredosia, Ill. Existing project.-This provides for the reconstruction of about 1.4 miles of river-front levee and 1.1 miles of flank levee along Indian Creek, and the construction of about 4.0 miles of new river-front levee and 4.3 miles of new flank levee along Willow Creek, involving the construction of 11 gravity drains, extension of 1 gravity drain at the pumping station, and removal by local interests of an existing power line from the levee right-of-way. Additional flood protection will be provided for approximately 4,200 acres of highly productive farm RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 929 land and improvements and their attendant population. The esti- mated construction cost, revised in 1940, is $300,000; lands and dam- ages, and alterations by local interests, $24,425. The existing project was selected for construction by the Chief of Engineers in accordance with the general authorization for the upper Mississippi River Basin contained in the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, and is described in House Document No. 182, Seventy-second Congress, first session. Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-A total of 436,709 cubic yards of material was placed, 11 gravity drainage structures were constructed, and alterations and additions to the pump house were made by contract at a cost of $84,729.09. The total costs were $85,- 724.30 from regular funds for new work and the total expenditures were $101,124.28. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work under the existing project was considered to be complete until the May-June 1943 flood caused considerable damage to the completed levee, necessitating emergency repairs to the levee at an estimated cost of $12,580.59. The total costs and expenditures from regular funds to June 30, 1943, were $239,752.63. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, plus $11,000 allotted in July 1943, will be applied to new work by contract and hired labor, emergency repair of levees dam- aged by May-June 1943 flood, $12,580.59. It is expected that with the proposed expenditures the project will be completed. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-- ------------------------- $239, 752. 63 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943-- ------ 239, 752. 63 Net total expenditures----------------------------------239, 752. 63 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ ____------------1,580.59 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- --- -241, 333.22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work- ............. $1, 798.65 $4, 077.91 $3,500.29 $144, 651.48 $85, 724.30 Cost of maintenance--_----------------------... Total expended------------------ 1, 747.90 3,956.85 2,524.08 130, 399. 52 101,124.28 Allotted ---------------------- .. 288,700.00 ---------------------------------- 47,366.78 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------------------- $150, 071.65 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-........... 47,366. 78 Net amount to be accounted for ---- __----------102,704. 87 Gross amount expended ----------------------------------- 101,124.28 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_-- -------- 1, 580.59 Amount allotted in July 1943 --- 11, 000. 00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944 12, 580. 59 930 REf T OF CHIEF OtF ENGMiNTE1ERS, U. S. AlMY, 1943 19. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN, ST. LOUIS DISTRICT Location.-The Mississippi River Basin above the Ohio River, ex- clusive of the Missouri River Basin, in the St. Louis district. Existing project. The Flood Control Act of June 28,1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in the Flood Control Com- mittee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, and authorized $6,600,000 for reservoirs and $2,700,000 for local flood-protection works on the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers; the reservoirs and local protec- tion projects to be selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers. The act specifically provides that the authorization shall include the enlargement and extension of a system of levees located on the south side of the Sangamon River east of Chandlerville, Ill., as set forth in House Document No. 604, Seventy-fifth Congress, third session. The following individual projects located in the St. Louis district were considered in the comprehensive plan: Reservoirs otlesti- Name Tributary basin State mated cost Meramee . .. ...---------------------------------- Meramec ...-------- Missouri...---------$12, 440,000 Big River----------------------------------------- ----- do------------- . - do---------- 6,647,000 Carlyle---------------------------- ------ Kaskaskia---------.Illinois-----------10,805,000 Joanna........................--------------------------..--------- Salt...........-------------. Missouri....---------- 4,918,000 Estimated construction cost of levees Mississippi River: Wood River levee project, Illinois - Stringtown-Fort Chartres and Ivy Landing, Illinois -- '- _ $1, 452, 000 185,000 ------------ Kaskaskia Island levee project, Illinois - --- - ----- 345, 000 Grand Tower levee project, Illinois- ---------_ _-- 320,000 Miller Pond levee project, Illinois ----- ---------- 48, 000 Illinois River: Meredosia Lake and Willow Creek levee project, Illinois ------- --- --------- 300, 000 Kaskaskia River, Ill.: Levees between New Athens and Carlyle, Illinois, in conjunction with Carlyle Reservoir-...... _._- 2, 624, 000 1 See individual report for details of project. 2 Project was completed Aug. 28, 1942. 8Project was completed Apr. 15, 1941; for details of project see individual report in annual report for 1941. Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The costs for general studies for the development of the comprehensive basin plan were $80.08 and the expenditures were $70.03. Condition at end of flical year.-The construction progress of proj- ects selected for construction under this authorization is given in individual reports. The total cost for general studies for the de- velopment of the comprehensive basin plan was $1,149.30 from regular funds for new work, and total expenditures were $1,139.25. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, amounting to $99,658.12, will be applied to continuing RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 931 surveys and preparation of detailed plans for the development of the comprehensive plan for flood control in the upper Mississippi River Basin. The additional sum of $100,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for preparation of detailed plans. Cost and flnanciat summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- $1, 149.30 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943___ Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 .... 1,149.30 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 _----__---------.-10.05 Net total expenditures -------------------------- 1, 139.25 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 99,658.12 Total aniount appropriated to June 30, 1943- ----- 100, 797.37 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ........ -.... $655. 32 $142.05 $271. 85 - .... $80.0 Cost of maintenance ..--------------------------- - - ------- - -- -- --- Total expended .............-------------. ---- 627.27 170. 10 80.00 191.85 70.03 Allotted .---------------------..................... -- 17,000.00 22,500.00 30, 000.00 -22,500.00 53, 797.37 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 --------------------------- $45, 930. 78 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942--- -------------------------------- 70,000.00 Amount to be accounted for ---------------------------- 115, 930. 78 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment... 16, 202.63 Net amount to be accounted for ------------------------ 99, 728. 15 Gross amount expended----- -------------- 70.03 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- 90, 658. 12 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- 10. 05 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 99, 648.07 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - 100, 000. 00 x Exclusive of available funds. 20. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work done during the year amounted to $15,658.17 and the expenditures were $17,839.67. The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, amounting to $120,651, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to the payment of expenses incurred under this head- ing. The additional sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended dur- ing fiscal year 1945. 932 RIEPOiRTr OF CHIEF OF E'GIIEEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Cost and ftnancial ~wmnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--------------------- ---- --- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 •_ $135, 889. 87 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -------------- 135, 889. 87 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 --------------------- ------ 240. 87 Net total expenditures_-------------- 135,649.00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 120, 651.00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- --- -256, 300.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost ofnew work -. Cost of maintenance --------- $6,500.00 $6,196. 43 $24,999.06 $82, 536.21 $159,658.17 Total expended ----------------- 6, 500.00 2,629.31 26, 365.79 82, 3M4.23 17, 839.67 Allotted....... 6, 500.00 ..-----------------------.. 35,000.00 96,000.00 -------------- 118,800.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 --------------------------- _ $19, 690.67 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942 ---------------------------------- 118,800.00 Amount to be accounted for --------------------------- 138,490.67 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------- 17,839.67 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- -------- 120,651.00 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_... 240. 87 Balance available June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 120, 410. 13 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 -------------------------------- 40, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 21. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. The total amount of $400,560 was allotted during the fiscal year for rescue work and emergency repairs to levees along the Mississippi River and its tributaries in the St. Louis district. The operations undertaken during the fiscal year pursuant to this authorization con- sisted of reinforcing levees to prevent breaches, repairing breached and eroded levees and conducting rescue and evacuation activities dur- ing three separate high-water periods, namely, at the beginning of the fiscal year 1943, in December 1942 and January 1943 and during the May-June 1943 high water. The costs during the fiscal year were $108,090.32 and the expenditures were $50,131.92. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, ininus $100,000 revoked in July 1943, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable ----------------------------------------- $57,958.40 Emergency repair of levees damaged by May-June 1943 flood in districts located along Mississippi River--------- -- ------ 192, 469. 68 Total for all work- --- ---------------------------- 250, 428. 08 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, DISTRICT 933 Because of the heavy demands for emergency repair work on flood- control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943, Congress in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public, No. 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, authorized the amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by the recent floods. The Second Deficiency Appropria- tion Act approved July 12, 1943, Public, No. 140, Seventh-eighth Con- gress, appropriated the amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of carry- ing out the emergency flood-control work authorized in Public, No. 138. The provisions of this act are additional and supplemental to, and not in lieu of, existing general legislation authorizing allocation of flood-. control funds for restoration of flood-control works threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum 6f $2,100,000 was allotted in July and August 1943 for emergency flood-control work along the Mississippi, Illinois, and Kas- kaskia Rivers in the St. Louis district. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943- - --------- $108, 090.32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 108, 090. 32 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- ------------- 57, 958.40 Net total expenditures ---------- _---------------------50, 131.92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 350, 428.08 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 -------------- 400, 560.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.----------------------------- ---------------------- - Cost of maintenance-- --------------------------- -$108,090.32 Total expended------------------------------------------------5--------------50,131.92 Allotted....------------------------------------------------------------------. 400,560.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 24, 1940 ---------------------------------_ $350, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942. , 560. 00 50---------------------------- Amount to be accounted for--------- 400, 560.00 Gross amount expended---- .............------ - 50, 131.92 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- ............. --- 350,428.08 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943__----- ----- -_ 57, 958.40 Balance available June 30, 1943 - -------- 292,469.68 Amount revoked in July 1943_--_.._____-------100,000.00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944 --- _-- - 192, 469.68 934 REPOW OF CIIEF OF ENGNERS, U. S. ARMY, 1 943 22. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full report June 30, 1943 amount re- Name of project see Annual Report quired to for- New work Maintenance complete 1. North Alexander drainage and levee district, - Illinois---1942 -(1) $295, 482. 55 2. Miller Pond drainage and levee district, Illinois..- -- _ ---- ---- 1941 34, 251.78 --------------- (1) 3. DeGognia and Fountain Bluff levee and drainage district, Illinois 2- - 1939 17, 000. 00 $313, 000 4. Ste. Genevieve levee district No. 1, Missouri 3_ 1941 199. 49 35,000 5. Fort Chartres and Ivy Landing drainage district No. 5, Illinois 2............. _.._ _ 1941 521.43 112, 500 6. Chouteau, Nameoki, and Venice drainage and levee district, Illinois 4................. 1938 132, 000 7. St. Louis County drainage and levee district, Missouri 4 _ 1938--------------------------- 259,000 8. Wiedmer chemicals drainage and levee dis- trict, Missouri 6 .. 1938-------------------------- 76, 500 9. Riverland levee district, Missouri a_ . 1938 --------------------------- 73,000 10. McGee Creek levee and drainage district, Illinois River, Ill.2_____________________ 1940--- ----------- --- -135,000 1 Completed. 2 Work under the project has been deferred pending fulfillment of the required local cooperation. 3 Work deferred pending a review of H. Doc. No. 669, 76th Cong., 3d sess.; modification recommended Jan. 2, 1942, in H. Doc. No. 727, 77th Cong., 2d sess. 4 May be modified by project for "Chain of Rocks Reach," recommended to Congress in H. Doc. No. 231, 76th Cong., 1st sess. b Action deferred pending further study. 6 Low-lying lands in this district have been acquired under authorizations contained in the River and Harbor Act approved Aug. 26, 1937. Action regarding protection for the remaining areas in the district deferred pending further study. Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans-Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. me on Congress mendation Flo od C o n tr ol A ct, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Illin o is R iv e r an d tr ib utar ie s , Illin ois - Aug. 11, 1939. Kaskaskia River, Ill-.....-----.----.Flood Control Act, ..................... June 28, 1938. Mississippi (Lower) River, flood pro- Flood Control Com-------------------------------- tection for Cape Girardeau, Mo. mittee resolution, Nov. 16, 1943. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. The section of the river covered in this report is divided into three reaches, under the supervision and direction of district engineers at St. Louis, Mo., Rock Island, Ill., and St. Paul, Minn. The section in the St. Louis district extends from the mouth of the Missouri River to mile 300 above the Ohio River, a distance of about 105 miles; the Rock Island district extends from mile 300 to mile 614, a distance of about 314 miles; and the St. Paul district extends from mile 614 to the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway bridge, Minneapolis, a distance of about 244 miles. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS 935 District engineers: At St. Paul, Minn., Col. John W. Moreland, Corps of Engineers, to January 5, 1943, Lt. Col. Lynn C. Barnes, Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer from December 17, 1942, to January 5, 1943, and district engineer since that date; at Rock Island, Ill., Col. William J. Matteson, Corps of Engineers, to February 15,1943, Lt. Col. John H. Peil, Corps of Engineers, since that date; at St. Louis, Mo., Col. Roy W.. Grower, Corps of Engineers, to August 4, 1942, Col. Lawrence B. Feagin, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. Malcolm Elliott, Corps of Engineers. Location.-The Mississippi River rises in the northern part of Minnesota, flows about 2,450 miles in a southerly direction, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The portion included in this report extends from the mouth of the Missouri River to the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway bridge, Minneapolis, a dis- tance of about 663 miles. Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of June 10, 1872, June 18, 1878, August 18, 1894, February 9, 1905, March 3, 1905, March 2, 1907, June 25, 1910, September 22, 1922, March 3, 1925, January 21, 1927, and July-3, 1930. For further details see pages 1879, 1880, and 1887 of the Annual Report for 1915, pages 1106, 1107, and 1108 of the Annual Report for 1932, and page 1047 of the Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This project provides for a channel of 9-foot depth and of adequate width between the mouth of the Missouri River (1,276 miles from the Gulf) and the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway bridge at Minneapolis, by the construction of a system of locks and dams, supplemented by dredging. The project also provides for a further improvement at St. Paul to pro- vide a basin 9 feet deep, varying in width from 400 to 1,100 feet and extending downstream from the Robert Street Bridge for a distance of 2.7 miles, and at Minneapolis to provide adequate ter- minal facilities. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1939, is $170,000,000, which includes $8,259,000 for work upstream from the lower North- ern Pacific Railway bridge at Minneapolis, but is exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest approved estimate for maintenance and operating costs is $1,805,000 annually, including $795,000 for operating and care of locks and dams. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 22, 1922...----------------Dredging channels to landing places on the main river and subsidiary sloughs for the river above the mouth of the Missouri River. July 3, 1930.........------------------Project adopted and to be prosecuted in H. Doc. No. 290, 71st Cong., accordance with the plan for a compre- 2d sess. hensive project to secure a channel of 9-foot depth; amount authorized to be appropriated limited to $7,500,000, in addition to amounts authorized under the then existing projects. 936 RtPOP OF CHEF OF ENt ERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Acts Work authorized Documents Feb. 24, 1932 (Public Res. No. Chief of Engineers granted discretionary 10, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). authority to make such modification in pld as may be advisable. Aug. 30, 1935 (included in the Missouri River established as the lower H. Doc. No. 137, 72d Cong., Public Works Administra- limits of the project; authorizes further 1st seas., and Rivers and tion and Emergency Relief improvement of the harbor at St. Paul, Harbors Committee Doc. Administration programs). Minn.; authorizes appropriation of the No. 44, 74th Cong., 1st entire sum required for completion of sess. the project. Aug. 26, 1937 - --. .- -- Project modified in accordance with rec- Rivers and Harbors Com- -- ommendation of the district engineer, mittee Doc. No. 34, 75th Rock Island, Ill., providing for rectifica- Cong., 1st sess. tion of damages that may be caused to drainage and levee districts bordering the Mississippi River by seepage and backwater as a result of the navigation improvement. The estimated cost is $2,515,566, including $624,645 for ac- quiring low-lying lands in 7 districts, $125,000Q for continuing a study of the districts for 5 years, $247,290 for annual rectification of damages during the period of study, $150,000 contingent construction,by the United States, and $1,368,631 for estimated capitalized in- creased drainage costs. Do Extension of the9-foot channel above St. H. Doc. No. 137, 72d Cong. Anthony Fallh (subject tosuch changes 1st sess. as may be found advisable by the Chief of Engineers and the final approval of the plan by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, as necessary to provide adequate terminal facilities for Minneapolis, Minn.). Final approval of aplan, incorporating certainchanges found advisable by the Chief of Engi- neers, was given by the Board of Engi- neers for Rivers and Harbors Feb. 8, 1938. Modification of the requirements for bridge clearances was approved by the Board of Engineers Oct. 28, 1940, and by the Chief of Engineers Nov. 27, 1940. (S. Doc. No. 54, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) June 26, 1934 (Permanent Ap- Operating snag boats, and operation and propriations Repeal Act). care of locks and dams provided for with funds from War Department ap- propriations for rivers and harbors. June 11, 1938 (War Depart- Thisappropriationact contained thepro- ment Civil Appropriation vision thatno part of the appropriation Act, Public, No. 591, 75th shall be expended for any work upon or Cong.). incident to the project to extend the channel of the Mississippi River above St. Anthony Falls. MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS 937 The Chief of Engineers, under date of December 28, 1938, reported without recommendation that the best determination practicable of the exact damages that may be caused at Cochrane, Wis., by seepage and backwater resulting from the creation of pool No. 5 on the Mis- sissippi River, is $33,000 (H. Doc. No. 137, 76th Cong., 1st sess.) See House Document No. 669 (76th Cong., 3d sess.) for report of Chief of Engineers dated February 27, 1940, containing a general plan for improvement of the Mississippi River between Coon Rapids Dam and the mouth of the Ohio River for purposes of navigation, power development, the control of floods, and the needs of irrigation. The latest map and profile published showing this section of the river have been inserted between pages 20 and 21 of House Document No. 137, Seventy-second Congress, first session. A map of the section, Minneapolis to Lake Pepin, is published in House Document No. 583, Sixty-ninth Congress, second session. The latest published maps of the locality at Moline are in House Document No. 397, Fifty-eighth Congress, second session, and House Document No. 263, Sixty-ninth Congress, first session. A map showing location of drainage districts (Bellevue, Iowa, to Missouri River) is published in Rivers and Har- bors Committee Document No. 34, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session. Pertinent data for existing and proposed locks and dams, etc., are given in the following table: Loc1tion Loc Location Lock i Dimensions Depth on miter Per- sill cent- Year Estimated cost - i Character of dam age com- each lock and opened ofdam, including Miles to above Distance from nearest Great- Character of founda- foundation pleted, navi- work in pool est locks and flowage Ohio town Width length tion and gation damages 2 River 'of avail- cham- able for Lift 1 Upper I Lower 1 dams ber full Q width I i-- I I .1. Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet St. Anthony Falls upper 853. 9 In city of Minneapolis, 56 400 49.7 15.7 12.5 Some limestone, Limestone........ (3) 4 $4,628,000.00 lock. Minn. mainly sandstone. No piles. St. Anthony Falls lower lock and dam. 853. 3 ----do---- 56 400 626.4 15. 5 6 10. 1 Sandstone. piles. No Sandstone..------ I- .-------- 33,631,000.00 6.2 miles above Omaha 56 400 6 35.9 6 13.5 10.1 Rock and piles in }Piles in gravel-..... Lock and dam No. 1.... 847.6 R. R. bridge, St. Paul, 56 400 35. 9 7 12.5 7.6 gravel. 100 1917 8 1,000, 539. 26 Minn. Lock and dam No. 2 .. 815.2 {1.3 miles above Hast- ings, Minn. 110 lo110 5o00 12. 2 "600 12. 2 16.0 22. 2 15.1 Piles in sand, silt, Piles in sand, silt, 13.0 and clay. and clay. { 100 113 1930 t15,189,000.00 Lock and dam No. 3.... 796. 9 6.1 miles above Red 110 600 8.0 17.0 14.0 ... do .... . ...-.Piles in sand- .... 100 1938 5, 834, 000.00 Wing, Minn. Lock and dam No. 4 .--- 752.8 Alma, Wis.............. 110 600 7.0 17.0 13.0 Piles in sand and Piles in sand and 100 1935 5,091,000.00 gravel. gravel. Lock and dam No. 5 -. 738.1 Minneiska, Minn ----- 110 600 9.0 18.0 12.0 ---. do ........ .. Piles in sand-- 100 1935 5, 302, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 5A_ - 728. 5 3 miles above Winona, 110 5.5 18. 0 12. 5 Piles in sand....... ... do ...... ... . 100 1936 4,776,000.00 600 Minn. Lock and dam No. 6.... 714. 3 Trempealeau, Wis------ - 110 600 6.5 17.0 12. 5 Piles in sand, gravel, Piles in sand and 100 1936 4,746,000.00 and silt. clay. Lock and dam No. 7---- 702. 5 Dresbach, Minn -------- 110 600 8.0 18. 0 12.0 Piles in sand and Piles in sand-.... 100 1931 5,809,000.00 gravel. Lock and dam No. 8_. _ 679.2 Genoa, Wis....--------- 110 600 11.0 22.0 14.0 Piles in sand, gravel, Piles in sand and 100 1937 6,291,000.00 and broken rock. gravel. Lock and dam No. 9_.. 647. 9 3.3 miles below Lynx- 110 600 9.0 16.0 13.0 Piles in sand ---- Piles in sand. - - 100 193$ 6,761,000,00 ville, Wis. Lock and dam No. 10_- 615.1 Guttenberg, Iowa......- 110 600 8.0 15.0 12.0 ...do ...... . .. do -- - - - - 100 1936 4,873,000.00 Lock and dam No. 11_ __ 583.0 3.7 miles above Du- 110 11.0 18. 5 12.5 Piles in sand, gravel, ...do ....---.....---- 100 1937 6,973,000.00 600 c buque, Iowa 110 and silt. Lock and dam No. 12_ __ 556.7 Bellevue, Iowa---- ---. 600 9.0 17.0 13.0 Piles in sand and Piles in sand and 100 1938 5,363,000.00 110 gravel. gravel. Lock and dam No. 13. -- 522. 5 4.3 miles above Clinton, 600 11.0 19.0 13.0 Piles in sand, clay, --.. do ............ 100 1938 7, 689, 000.00 Iowa. 110 and gravel. Lock and dam No. 14 493.3 3.7 miles below Le 600 11.0 20.5 13. 5 Rock ... . .. Rock ....... 100 1939 5,346. 000.00 Claire, Iowa. Le Claire Lock (canal)__ 493.1 3.9 miles below Le 80 320 11.0 17.6 10.9 .... do . 100 1922 (13) Claire, Iowa. Lock and dam No. 15. _ 482.9 Foot of Arsenal Island, S110 600 16. 0 1424. 0 1417.0 11.0 }- do . . Rock ------ 100 1934 7,758,000.00 Rock Island, Ill. 110 360 16.0 11.0 Lock and dam No. 16_ __ 457. 2 1.8 miles above Musca- 110 600 9.0 17.0 12.0 Piles in sand and Piles in sand and 100 1937 6,200,000.00 tine, Iowa. gravel. gravel. Lock and dam No. 17_ 437.1 4.2 miles above New 110 600 8.0 16.0 13.0 - -- do . . . . . . . Piles in sand ... 100 1939 5,551,000.00 Boston, Ill. Lock and dam No. 18... 410. 5 6.5 miles above Bur- 110 600 9.8 16. 5 13. 7 Piles in sand - Piles in sand and 100 1937 6,149,000.00 lington, Iowa. gravel. Lock and dam No. 19... Keokuk, Iowa . ... S110 358 14.0 9.2 Rock .. _ 175,726,000.00 364.2 i110 i 600 S38. 2 Rock .... - ---- - -- 18100 1913 Lock and dam No. 20_. 343. 2 0.9 mile above Canton, 110 600 10.0 15.0 12.0 --do Rock and piles in 100 1936 5, 500,000.00 Mo. sand and gravel. Lock and dam No. 21._ 324.9 2.1 miles below Quincy, 110 600 10. 5 16. 5 12.0 Piles in sand and Piles in sand and 100 1938 5, 740, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 22 Ill. gravel. gravel. 301.2 1.5 miles below Saver- 110 600 10. 2 0 18. 13.8 Rock -........ ... Rock ------ 100 1938 5, 035, 000. 00 H Lock and dam No. 22.4 __ ton, Mo. H Lock and dam No. 245__ 273. 4 Clarksville, Mo......... 110 600 15.0 19.0 12.0 Rock; piles in sand- Piles in sand-.. ... 100 1940 6,464, 000. 00 H 241.4 Cap Au Gris, Mo...____ 110 600 15.0 19. 0 12.0 Piles in sand and Piles in sand and 100 1939 8,274,000. 00 Lock Lock and and dam dam No. No. 2626 gravel. gravel. 202.9 Alton, Ill.... . .. (110 600 1822.0 1432. 0 1912. 01o 1912.0 Piles in sand ..-. -- Piles in sand --..... 100 1938 13,102, 000.00 (Henry T. Rainey 1110 360 1822.0 16.0 Dam). Total locks and $164,801,539.26 C dams. H ADDITIONAL FEATURES ENTERING INTO COST OF PROJECT St. Paul Harbor improvements..........................................28, $298, 780. 77 00 77------------------------ Minneapolis turning basin _ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 192,841.13 H Regulating works between lock and dam No. 26 (Henry T. Rainey Dam) and the Missouri River---------......-------------------------------------------- ... 545, 315. 22 Rectification of damages to drainage and levee districts .2, 00000------------------------- 2, 694, 000, 00 . Miscellaneous-_ . Miscelaneous--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ..------------------------------------------------------ __ _ . .-- 467, 523.62 1,1,6,536 5, 198, 460. 74 HT Total additional features----..............-------...-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------....... ....................... Total existing project......_...........................................170,000,000.00--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21 170,000,000.00 1 Lifts and depths on miter sills, based on completion of all locks and dams. 13Existing Le Claire Canal lock is used as auxiliary to lock No. 14; previous project ! Total extimated flowage damages, including clearing, surveys, and Government cost costs, $540,000. 00 $24,000,000. 14 Depth over upper poiree sill. Depth over upper miter sills is 27 feet at locks No. 15; O 1 Existing dam, owned by Northern States Power Co., is complete. Construction of and 34 feet at main lock No. 26. lock 4 has not been started. 15Proposed main lock. A Includes upper approach dredging. (Federal cost only.) Includes upper and lower approach dredging. (Federal cost only.) * Based on pool elevation of 723.1 in pool No. 1 which is crest of dam. Pool No. 1 is 16Not including proposed main lock. 17In addition, cost of $640,868, for first lock, was reported by the Mississippi River Power Co., transferred to Government free in lieu of improvements destroyed (A. R. 1928, C3 normally maintained at elevation 725.1 by flashboards. pp. 1118-1119). Present estimate includes $3,283,000 for main lock. 7 Oldupper guard sill. 8 In addition, $1,948,772.95 was expended from previous projects, and $1,349,557.78 from 18 Lift above possible future pool. 1o Based on possible future pool. Lift at extreme low water about 28.2 feet. operating and care appropriation for reconstruction of first of twin locks. * Actual cost. 10 Landward lock. 21 20 Includes $40,000 contributed funds. In addition, $620,000 was expended from the allotment for examinations, surveys, and contingencies, covering the original 9-foot survey, and a total of $613,551.44 has been 11Foundation and masonry for landward lock. expended by the Works Progress Administration for miscellaneous clearing and esplanade Is Includes landward lock and appurtenant works. In addition, $1,965,316.22 was work in the Rock Island district. expended from previous projects. 940 IEPowr OF CHIEF OF ENE~ EERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Recommended modifications of project.-The following modifica- tions of the existing project for Mississippi River, Missouri River- Minneapolis, were recommended by the Chief of Engineers under the dates shown. (a) July 26, 1938. To provide at Red Wing, Minn., a basin 5 feet below the minimum controlled pool level approximately 450 feet wide and 800 feet long, at an estimated first cost of $11,500, with annual maintenance of $300, in addition to the amounts now required, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 103, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). (b) December 19, 1939. To provide for enlargement of the flood capacity of the main channel between Smith Avenue Bridge and State Street in the city of St. Paul; for the dredging of a small-boat harbor at the lower end of Harriet Island; and for the placing of excavated material in such manner as to provide necessary fill for a roadway along the left bank of the river between Market Street and Lambert Landing, at an estimated first cost of $130,000, with no increase in annual maintenance; subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 547, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). (c) April 2, 1941. The provision of a basin at Winona, Minn., by dredging to a depth of 9 feet an area along the right bank of the Mississippi River between Chatfield and Carimona Streets, and by dredging to a depth of 5 feet and protecting with a breakwater an area between Carimona and Hamilton Streets, at an estimated first cost of $17,000 with annual maintenance at $600, subject to certain conditions of local cooperation (H. Doc. No. 263, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). (d) July 16, 1941. That the Secretary of War be granted discre- tionary authority to permit the future modification of the existing lock and dam improvement No. 2, near Hastings, Minn., for develop- ment of hydroelectric power in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Water Power Act, at no cost to the United States (H. Doc. No. 432, 77th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-The authorized plan for the extension above St. Anthony Falls provides that local interests shall give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will bear the cost of necessary bridge modifications and adjustments to utility structures estimated at $1,774,000, and furnish free of cost to the United States all lands needed for the improvement and suitable spoil-disposal areas for new work and for subsequent maintenance as required. These conditions were complied with by resolution adopted by the city council of the city of Minneapolis, and approved by the Secretary of War under date of May 5, 1939. All prior requirements fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-A complete list of terminals available to the public on the Mississippi River between the mouth of the Ohio River and Minneapolis, Minn., as of January 1, 1940, can be obtained from the division engineer, Upper Mississippi Valley Division, St. Louis, Mo. OPERATIONS AND RIUSUIrS DURING FISCAL YEAR St. Paul district-Regularfunds--New work---Lock and dam, above Hastings,Minn. (No. £).--Work under contracts for"foundation and masonry of the landward lock, lower approach dredging and access MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS 941 road, was completed. Upper approach dredging was suspended after 3 percent completion. Work as a whole is 72.5 percent complete with all remaining work deferred for the duration of the war. Miscellaneous.-Designwork in connection with the landward lock, lock and dam No. 2, and miscellaneous other jobs, and field and office work relative to land and flowage acquisition, were carried on by hired labor during the year. Land and flowage acquisition.-A total of 78.83 acres of land in fee in pool No. 3 and 0.53 acre in pool No. 8 was purchased. Cost of work by classes.-Lock and dam construction and incidental work, $704,265.62;. land acquisition, including flowage surveys, etc., $17,595.12; design, engineering, etc., landward lock, lock and dam No. 2, $27,792.98; design, engineering, etc. (general), $8,996.29. Cost by contract, $694,877.64; by hired labor, $63,772.37. Maintenance.-Channeldredging was carried out at 59 localities by Government plant and hired labor. A total of 3,681,862 cubic yards of material was removed at a cost of $409,401.25, including $20,419.23 for surveys. In addition, $10,680.76 was expended for rock blasting at mile 846.6. Maintenance of gages, gaging, and removal of snags cost $21,505.06. Operating and care.-The locks and dams were operated as re- quired, necessary repairs made thereto and to appurtenant structures, and protective measures installed as required at a cost of $502,227.63. The cost of work (St. Paul district) during the fiscal year, all from regular funds, was $1,702,464.71, of which $758,650.01 were for new work, $441,587.07 for maintenance, and $502,227.63 for operating and care. The expenditures were $1,628,396.19. Rock Island district-Regular fu'nds-New work-Lock and dam construction.-The following hired labor work was completed during the year: Removal of old lateral dam along LeClaire Canal, pool 14; rock excavation in pool 16 extending from the Crescent Railroad bridge to above the Centennial Highway bridge; and installation of permanent location markers at all locks. Miscellaneous.-Design work and studies in connection with the proposed main lock, drydock, bridge alterations and rock excavation at lock and dam No. 19, and miscellaneous other jobs, and field and office work relative to land and flowage acquisition, were carried on by hired labor during the year. Final costs were incurred on con- tract for spare lock gates and strongback. Land and flowage acquisition.-A total of 8,331 acres of land in fee and flowage easements over 7 5 acres in pools 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, and 24 were acquired. Cost of work by classes.-Incidentalwork, lock and dam construc- tion, $19,058.59; land acquisition, including flowage surveys, etc., $205,831.43; rectification of damages to drainage and ,levee districts, $65,553.91; miscellaneous work in pools, $39,754.53; engineering, de- signs, etc. (general), $60,801.86; design, etc., proposed main lock No. 19, $40,215.04. Cost by contract, $17,489.77; by hired labor $413,725.59. Maintenance.-The channel was dredged at 36 localities by Gov- ernment plant and hired labor. A total of 2,372,460 cubic yards of material was removed at a cost of $222,528.46, including $18,202.45 for surveys. Minor snagging was performed for $11.24. Mainte- 058155-44-pt. 1,vol. 1 60 942 REP'oRT OF CHEF OF ENGUEEIRS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 nance of navigation aids, bar surveys, etc., were carried on at a cost of $7,797.79. Operating and care.-The locks and dams were operated as re- quired and the necessary repairs made thereto and to appurtenant structures at a cost of $615,508.22. The cost of work (Rock Island district) during the fiscal year, all from regular funds, was $1,277,061.07, of which $431,215.36 were for new work, $230,337.49 for maintenance, and $615,508.22 for oper- ating and care. The expenditures were $1,281,202.51. St. Louis district-Regularfunds-New work--Lock and dam con- struction.-Channel marker construction and miscellaneous minor items in pools, 24, 25, and 26 were completed by 'hired labor. Miseellaneous.-A total of 800 linear feet of bank protection, con- sisting of 135 squares of paving, was built at Hamburg Reach by Goverment plant and hired labor. Legal work in connection with acquisition of land and flowage rights and studies relative to recti- fication of damages to drainage and levee districts were carried on by Government forces. Land and flowage acquisition.-Flowage easements were obtained over 177 acres of land in pool No. 26. Cost of work by classes.-Land acquisition, including flowage sur- veys, etc., $12,888.24; drainage studies, $2,196.72; bank protection, Hamburg Reach, $4,475.02; channel markers, $3,334.86; engineering, designs, etc. (general), $561.99. Cost by hired labor, $23,456.83. Maintenance.-Channel dredging was carried out at various lo- calities by Government plant and hired labor. A total of 1,251,582 cubic yards of material was removed at a cost of $132,562.93, includ- ing $6,197.03 for surveys. Regulating works were repaired at a cost of $3,024.93. Aids to navigation were installed and gages were repaired at a cost of $14,529.93. Operating and care.-The locks and dams were operated as re- quired and the necessary repairs made thereto and to appurtenant structures, at a cost of $332,551.89. The cost of work (St. Louis district) during the fiscal year, all from regular funds, was $506,126.51 of which $23,456.83 were for new work, $150,117.79 for maintenance and $332,551.89 for operating and care. The expenditures were $514,581.19. The cost of work for the three districts during the fiscal year, all from regular funds, was $3,485,652.29, of which $1,213,322.20 was for new work, $822,042.35 for maintenance, and $1,450,287.74 for operating and care. The expenditures were $3,424,179.89. * CONDITION AT END OF FISCAL YEAR The 9-foot project as a whole, excluding extension of the project above St. Anthony Falls, Minn., was about 92 percent complete. The entire project was about 87 percent completed. St. Paul district.--Locks and dams Nos. 1 to 10, inclusive (except the landward lock at No. , where construction has been suspended, and appurtenant works at various sites); improvement of harbors at St. Paul and Minneapolis; miscellaneous channel dredging and realinement; channel markers; and clearing pool areas have been completed. For information pertaining to lpcks andi dams, see table under paragraph "Existing project." MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MISSOURI RIVER ANII MINNEAPOLIS 943 Land and flowage acquisition.-Therehave been acquired approx- imately 52,202 acres of land in fee and flowage easement upon ap- proximately 12,506 acres. Disposition of claims cases in connection with sites, encroachment areas and damages, pools 3, 4, 5A, 8, and 9, is pending. Completion of the acquisition of land and flowage rights by the end of fiscal year 1944 is expected. Work remaining to complete the portion of the project in the St. Paul district consisted of the following: Extension above St. An- thony Falls; completion of landward lock and appurtenant works at No. 2; guard and guide walls at Nos. 2 to 10, inclusive; foot- bridge and access road at No. 7; modification of electrical systems and construction of stage recorder houses at various sites; and dis- position of claims cases. The condition of the channel on June 30, 1943, was such that con- trolling depths of 9 feet at low water and widths suitable for long- haul common carrier service were being maintained in all pools. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project (St. Paul district) to June 30, 1943, exclusive of $40,000 contributed funds expended for new work, were as follows: Regular funds Public Works Emergency re- Total funds lief funds Costs: New work --------------------- $20,030,144.25 $24, 210, 070. 55 $9,071,214.10 $53,311,428.90 Maintenance -------------------- 4, 584, 570.81 .--------------------- 4, 584, 570.81 Operating and care ----------------- 1 3,684,904. 87 --.......... ..... ..... 3,684,904.87 Total costs------------ .... - 28, 299, 619. 93 24, 210, 070. 55 9, 071, 214.10 61, 580, 904. 58 Expenditures. ---------------------- . 28, 292, 388.42 24, 210, 070. 55 9,071, 214.10 61, 573, 673.07 1 Includes $762,195.71 expended between 1930 and 1936 on the operating and care of the works of improve- ment, under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. The above costs and expenditures for new work, regular and Public Works funds, include $160,353.80 and $90,112.27, respectively, cover- ing acquisition of land and flowage rights in pool No. 10, transferred from the Rock Island district. Rock Island district.-Locks and dams Nos. 11 to 22, inclusive (except proposed main lock at No. 19, and appurtenant works at various localities); alterations to Eagle Point Bridge; rock excava- tion in pools Nos. 15 and 16; diversion of Henderson River; removal of old lateral dam along LeClaire Canal; construction of addition to pump house and installation of machinery in Union Township drainage district; construction of seepage ditch and remedial works in Des Moines County drainage district No. 7, Iowa; construction of remedial works in Sny Island levee district; and extensions to upper river walls at locks Nos. 11, 16, 18, 20, and 22 have been completed. For information pertaining to locks and dams, see table under para- graph, "Existing project." Land and flowage acquisition.-Therehave been acquired approxi- mately 103,108 acres of land in fee and flowage easements upon ap- proximately 10,431 acres. The acquisition of land and flowage rights is expected to be completed by the end of fiscal year 1944. Work remaining to complete the portion of the project in the Rock Island district consisted of the following: Main lock and ap- 944 ROiMP 'O F IO' EiVOlEEfRS, U. S. ARMIY, 1943 purtenant works at No. 19; guard and guide walls at Nos. 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 41, and 22; mooring facilities at Nos. 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22; removal of lateral dam in pool 14; dredging for project depth and alinement in pools 17, 18, and 20; clearing in pools 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 21, and 22; modification of electrical systems at all sites except No. 19; rectification of damages to drainage and levee districts; acquisition of land and flowage rights; and miscellaneous minor items. The condition of the channel on June 30, 1943, was such that con- trolling depths of 9 feet at low water and suitable widths for long- haul common-carrier service were being maintained in all pools. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project (Rock Island district) to June 30, 1943, were as follows: Regular funds Regular funds Public Works funds Emergency lief funds re- Total Costs: New work....--------------------$38, 953,172. 11 $17, 403, 322. 39 $11338, 864.90 $67, 695,359.40 Maintenance. -------------- 5, 308, 476.89 -.--------------------- -5,308, 476. 89 Operating and care-----------------1 3, 746, 904. 33 --- 3, 746, 904. 33 Total costs__--_ .----------- 48, 008, 553. 33 17, 403, 322. 39 11, 338,864. 90 76, 750, 740. 62 Expenditures----...............-----------------45, 422, 143. 61 17, 403, 322. 39 11, 338, 864. 90 74, 164,330. 90 1Includes $395, 441.54 expended between 1930 and 1936 on the operating and care of the works of improve. ment, under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. The above costs and expenditures for new work, regular and public works funds, exclude $160,353.80 and $90,112.27, respectively, covering acquisition of land and flowage rights, transferred to the St. Paul district. St. Louis district.---Locks and dams Nos. 24, 25, and 26 (Henry T. Rainey Dam), and dikes and revetment have been completed. For information pertaining to locks and dams, see table under paragraph "Existing project." Land and flowage acquisition.-Therehave been acquired approxi- mately 32,240 acres of land in fee and flowage easement upon approxi- mately 4,462 acres. Completion of the acquisition of land and flowage rights by the end of fiscal year 1944 is expected. Work remaining to complete the portion of the project in the St. Louis district consisted of clearing in pools 24 and 26 and acquisition of lanid and flowage rights and rectification of damages to drainage and levee districts in pools 25 and 26. The condition of the channel on June 30, 1943, was such that con- trolling depths of 9 feet at low water and widths suitable for long-haul common carrier service were being maintained in all pools. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project (St. Louis district) to June 30, 1943, were as follows: funds Regular Public Works Emergency re- Total Regular funds funds lief funds Total Costs: .----.-----------.. New work---- $14, 628,806.65 $10, 282, 566.31 $2,440,265.65 $27, 351, 638.61 Maintenance-..... Operating and care ------ . 3, 786, 018. 77 1,103, 189. 09-- -------------- ------------ _--_--- -- 3, 786,018.77 1, 103, 189. 09 Total costs . .. ... 19, 518, 014. 51 10, 282, 566. 31 2, 440, 265. 65 32, 240, 846.47 Expenditures_ .-- 19, 503, 995. 67 10, 282, 566. 31 2, 440, 265. 65 32, 226, 827. 63 MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS 945 The total costs and expenditures under the existing project, for the three districts, to June 30, 1943, exclusive of $40,000 contributed funds expended for new work, were as follows: funds Regular -lu Public Works funds lief funds re- Emergency Total Total Costs: New work -------------------- $73, 612,123. 01 $51,895, 959. 25 $22, 850, 344. 65 $148, 358, 426. 91 Maintenance .... 13, 679, 066. 47 13, 679, 066. 47 Operating and care -- ___ 18,534, 998. 29 __ _ 8, 534, 998. 29 Total costs_ --------- 95, 826, 187. 77 51, 895, 959. 25 22, 850, 344. 65 170, 572, 491. 67 Expenditures--- ---------- 93, 218, 527. 70 51, 895, 959. 25 22, 850, 344. 65 167, 964, 831. 60 1 Includes $1,157,637.25 expended between 1930 and 1936 on the operating and care of the works of improve- ment, under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. In addition, the sum of $1,579,507.38 was expended between 1888 and 1936 for operating snag boats, upper Mississippi River and tributaries, under the provision of the permanent indefinite appro- priation for such purposes. PROPOSED OPERATIONS The balance unexpended, including accounts receivable at the end of the fiscal year, minus $667,200 revoked since June 30, 1943, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943------------- ---------------- $132, 556.92 New work: Lock and dam No. 2 (Hastings) (by hired labor) : Design, etc.------------------------------ $34, 500. 00 Miscellaneous_- - ------ ------ 500. 00 35, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 3 (Red Wing) (by hired labor)• Acquisition of land and flowage rights-------- 36, 000.00 Design, etc. ------------------------------- 6, 000. 00 42, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 4 (Alma) (by hired labor): Acquisition of land and flowage rights -------- 36,000. 00 Design, etc.--------------------------------- 4, 000. 00 40, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 5 (Minneiska) (by hired labor): Design, etc. ------------------------------------------- 6,000.00 Lock and dam No. 5A (Winona) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights -------- 15, 000. 00 Design, etc.-------------------------------7, 000.00 22,000. 00 Lock and dam No. 6 (Trempealeau) (by hired labor): Acquisition of land and flowage rights------ 6,000. 00 Defending suit of contractor___ ---- 3, 000. 00 Design, ete .... 4, 000.00 13, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 7 (Dresbach) (by hired labor): Acqusition of land and flowage rights .. 3,000.00 Design, etc. ---- -5, 000. 00 8, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 8 (Genoa) (by hired labor): Acquisition of land and flowage rights ... 12,000. 00 Design, etc --------------------------------- 5, 000. 00 17, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 9 (Lynxville) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights 52, 000. 00 Defending suit of contractor ---- _---- -- 3, 000. 00 Design, etc 5, 000. 00 60, 000. 00 946 REPORfl OF C ~EF OF ENGEESRS, U. S. ARMY, 1 9 43 New work--Continued. Lock and dam No. 10 (Guttenberg) (by hired labor) : Design, etc----------------------------------------$6, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 11 (Dubuque) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights------- $15, 000.00 Design, etc.-----------------------------6,000. 00 21, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 12 (Bellevue) (by hired labor): Design, etc. ------------------------- --------------- 3,000.00 Lock and dam No. 13 (Clinton) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights------ 7,000.00 Rectification of damages (levee districts) : Land payments ---------------------- 27, 000.00 Design, etc. ------------------------------ 1, 000. 00 35, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 14 (LeClaire) (by hired labor): Acquisition of land and flowage rights -------- 10, 000. 00 Rectification of damages (levee districts): Land payments ----------------------- 8,000.00 Design, etc.--- -------- -- 1,000.00 19,000.00 Lock and dam No. 15 (Rock Island) (by hired labor) : Design, etc. ------------------------ 13, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 16 (Muscatine) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights-------- 5, 000,00 Design, etc.------- ------ 8, 000.00 13, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 17 (New Boston) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights ------ 5,000.00 Design, etc. ----------------------------- 8,000.00 13, 000. 00 Lock and dam No. 18 (Burlington) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights--------- 3, 000.00 Design, etc------ ----------------------- 8,000. 00 - 11, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 19 (Keokuk) (by hired labor) : Design, etc ------------------------------ 200,000.00 Lock and dam No. 20 (Canton) (by hired labor) : Design, etc ------------------------------ ---------- 2, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 21 (Quincy) (by hired labor) : Aquisition of land and flowage rights -------- 3, 000.00 Design, etc ------------------------------ 9,000.00 12, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 22 (Saverton) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights-------- 15,000. 00 Design, etc ----------------------------- 12, 000. 00 - 27,000.00 Lock and dam No. 24 (Clarksville) (Rock Island district) (by hired labor) : Acquisition of land and flowage rights----- -- 18,000. 00 Rectification of damages (levee districts) : Land payments --- --------- 47,000. 00 65, 000.00 Lock and dam No. 24 (Clarksville) (St. Louis dis- trict) (by contract) : Clearing pool area (July 1943 to June 1944)_-- ---------- 37, 500.00 Lock and dam No. 25 (Cap au Gris) (by hired labor) : Rectification of damages to drainage and levee districts ------------------------ 50, 000. 00 Acquisition of land and flowage rights-------- 9, 000.00 59,000.00 MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS 947 New work--Continued. Lock and dam No. 26 (Henry T. Rainey Dam) (Alton) (by hired labor) : Rectification of damages to drainage and levee districts-- - -_____-_-- $106, 000. 00 Acquisition of land and flowage rights------- 62, 000. 00 $168, 000. 00 General: Rock Island district Engineering, hydraulic studies, etc - 28, 000. 00 Rectification of damages (levee districts)• Studies to determine damages--------32, 000. 00 Annuity payments for damages- 36, 000. 00 96, 000. 00 Total new work-- 1, 043, 500.00 Maintenance (July 1943 to June 1944) : Channel maintenance dredging_ 728,000.00 Maintenance of existing regulating works 30,000. 00 Surveys, gages, studies, and aids to navigation--------------112, 000.00 Snagging--- --------------------------------------- 8,00.00 Total maintenance------------ --------------------- 878, 000.00 Maintenance (operating and care) (July 1943 to June 1944) : Operations-- 323, 000.00 1----------------------------, Ordinary repairs ------------------------------------- 199,000.00 Improvement and reconstruction--- ------------- 156, 000.00 Total operating and care-- - -- 1, 678, 000. 00 Unallocated balance__ -------------------------------------- 12, 833. 57 Total available funds_ --------- ---- 3, 744, 890.49 The sum of $2,913,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: New work: General: St. Paul district: Miscellaneous design ------------------- $50, 000 Rock Island district: Engineering ------------------------------------- 89,000 Rectification of damages (levee districts) : Studies to determine damages-------- - - 31,000 Construction of ditches_-.... --------- 86, 000 Annuity payments for damages_- ------ -30,000 Acquiring low-lying land _ -- ------- - 40,000 --------------------------- Total new work_ 326, 000 Maintenance: Channel maintenance dredging---------------------------- 775,000 Maintenance of existing regulating works------------ 30,000 Surveys, gages, studies, and aids to navigation-- --------------- 107,000 Snagging---------.---------------- 8, 000 Total maintenance ------------------------------------- 920, 000 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations ------------------------------------------- 1,320, 000 Ordinary repairs---------------------------------------- 154, 000 improvement and reconstruction_-.... - --- - 193, 000 Total operating and care ....- 1,667, 000 Total for all work ----- ---- 2, 913, 000 S8C RIPO RI 0 0- C IEi O E'GINEE11.', U. S. ARMY, 1943 It is expected that the proposed expenditures will bring the project as a whole to about 88 percent completion. Work remaining to be done is stated under pargraph "Condition at end of fiscal year." Cost and ftnancial summary ost of new work to June 30, 1943----------------- -- $197, 371, 072.72 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 .... . - 230, 686, 662.07 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 057, 734. 79 2---------228, Undistributed costs Jne 30, 1943---------------------------- 7, 822. 49 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 ---------- 228, 065, 557. 28 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 70. 77 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943---------------------228, 065, 628. 05 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943----------------------- 132, 556. 92 Net total expenditures --------------------------- 12227, 1 933, 071.13 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-------------------------- 4, 412, 019. 72 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------ 232, 345, 090. 85 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work_ _---------- -- $10, 360, 688. 56 $5, 320, 981. 26 $3, 800, 330. 21 $3, 034, 135. 94 $1,213,322.20 Cost of maintenance _............1, 977, 318. 80 1, 993, 263. 95 1, 770, 898. 00 1, 885, 097. 63 2, 272, 330.09 Total cost..---------------- 12, 338, 007. 36 7, 314, 245. 21 5, 571, 228. 21 4, 919, 233. 57 3,485, 652. 29 Total expended-.... ------------- 12, 971, 588. 56 7, 453, 869. 94 5, 030, 360. 46 5, 974, 688. 87 3, 424,179. 89 ...---------------- Allotted---- 5, 388, 600.06 4, 073, 552. 32 5, 339, 775. 00 2, 019, 300.00 223, 700.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 __ $7, 612, 499. 61 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved May 23, 1941.... $15, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942_.. 36, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943 _. 2, 354, 000. 00 2, 405, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for__ -10, 017, 499. 61 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment- ------------ 2, 181, 300. 00 Net amount to be accounted for_- 7, 836, 199. 61 Gross amount expended- - ------ $3, 982, 252.20 Less: Reimbursements collected-- $557, 337. 06 Receipts from sales --------- 735. 25 558, 072.31 3, 424,179. 89 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943__------ 4, 412, 019. 72 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943---------- $622, 853.91 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts------ 9, 699.05 .632, 552. 96 Balance available June 30, 1943------- 3, 779, 466. 76 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_- 70. 77 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 ----------- 3, 779, 537.53 1 Exclusive of $40,000 expended from contributed funds. 2 Includes $5,863,584.26 from permanent indefinite appropriation of which $4,284,076.88 was for operating and care of locks and dams and $1,579,507.38 for operating snag and dredge boats. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 949 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for com- pletion of existing project -- -$20, 553, 000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945: For new work --- 326, 000. 00 For maintenance ----------------------------------- 2, 587, 000. 00 Total_- _ _ __ _ __ _ 2, 913, 000.00 8Exclusive of available funds. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT This district comprises portions of western Illinois, southwestern Wisconsin, southern and southwestern Minnesota, eastern and central Iowa, and northeastern Missouri, embraced in the drainage basin of the Mississippi River and its eastern and western tributaries between mile 300 (above the mouth of the Ohio River) and mile 614, and of its eastern tributaries only, between Hamburg Bay, at mile 261, and mile 300. This district also includes the Illinois and Mississippi Canal and the drainage basin of Bureau Creek, Ill. That section of the Mississippi River between mile 300 and mile 614 is included in the report on Mississippi River between Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn. District engineer: Col. W. J. Matteson, Corps of Engineers, to February 15, 1943; Lt. Col. John H. Peil, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. Malcolm Elliott, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Flood control Page Page 1. Missisippi River between the 6. Green Bay levee and drainage Missouri River and Min- district No. 2, Iowa.... 957 neapolis, Minn. (Rock Is- 7. Union Township drainage land district)_ 934 district, Missouri 959 2. Illinois and Mississippi 8. Coralville Reservoir, Iowa__ 960 Canal, Ill 949 9. Upper Mississippi River Ba- 3. Mill Creek and South Slough sin, Rock Island district___ 961 at Milan, Ill . . .... 954 10. Preliminary examinations, 4. Examinations, surveys, and surveys, and contingencies contingencies (general) ___ 955 for flood control____ 962 5. Plant allotment---- 956 11. Other flood-control projects for which no estimates are submitted---- 963 1. For report on this improvement see page 934. 2. ILLINOIS AND MISSISSIPPI CANAL, ILL. Location.-This canal connects the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, proceeding from a point on the Illinois River about 12 miles from La Salle across the State of Illinois to the Mississippi River at the mouth of Rock River. Existing project.-This provides for the construction of a canal from the Illinois River, near Bureau Junction, running westerly via the Bureau Creek Valley to Rock River, near Colona, thence in the 950 RETPOR OF CHIEF F 0 E EN IIEEE&, U. S. ARiMY, 1943 bed of Rock River to the rapids near Milan, Ill., and thence to the Mississippi River at the mouth of Rock River, at Rock Island, the length of the main line being 75 miles. The feeder, 29.3 miles in length, extends from Rock Falls on Rock River to the summit level of the canal, about 28 miles from the Illinois River. There are 32 locks in the main canal, described in the following tabulation. There is also a lock and controlling works at the head of the feeder at Rock Falls, and a lock in Rock River at Rock Falls connecting the pool of the Government dam with the power com- pany's dam below. This lock has dimensions similar to those in the main canal and cost $75,000. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1902, was $8,911,- 551.12. The estimated cost of operation and maintenance, made in 1936, is $176,000 annually. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 19,1890 --------------------- Existing project adopted.......... H. Ex. Doc. Nos. 316 and 429, 51st Cong., 1st sess., Annual Report, 1890 p. 263. Estimate of cost for new work revised to $8,911,- H. Doc. No. 297, 57th Cong., 1st sess. 551.12. June 26,19341 Operation and care of the works of improvement provided for with funds from War Department appropriations for rivers and harbors. July 3, 1930 For payment of $8,450.75 to the Mud Creek spe- H. Doc. No. 108, 70th Cong., 1st sess. cial drainage district for work accomplished by the said district. Do-........ Secretary of War authorized to expend from funds Specified in act. appropriated and available for maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works the sum of $25,235 as a contribution to- ward the relocation and reconstruction of the highway bridge across the Illinois and Missis- sippi Canal at Wyanet, Bureau County, Ill., known as Bridge No. 10. 1 Permanent Appropriation Repeal Act. The latest published map is shown on page 2013 of Annual Report for 1908. Table showing features of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal LOCKS Location Locks 1-4 Dimensions Depth on miter sill Name Distance Dsacfr-onr-eCharacter of foundation Year opened Total cost from Distance from nearest town or to navigation Missis- mouth of navigable tribu- Greatest sippi tary Width of length River chamber available Lift Upper Lower for full width Miles Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Lock No. 1._...... 74.87 Illinois River, 2,000 feet west -- 35 143. 08 9.0 8.17 7.0 .........- Oct. 24,1907 Sand and clay------- $41, 305.03 Lock No. 2__--------- 73.91 At Bureau Junction ......... 35 143.08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Sand, clay, and gravel do .... 42,099.69 Lock No. 3__..... 73. 29 4 mile west of Bureau Junction. 35 143.08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Quicksand and gravel-......do ... 39,172.01 Lock No. 4_........... 71.75 234 miles west of Bureau Junc- 35 143. 08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Sand and gravel..--------......--....do .- - 39, 357.10 tion. Lock No. 5------- 70.63 334 miles west of Bureau Junc- 35 143.08 8.0 8.17 7. 0 ... do .---------------- do . 39, 509.45 tion. Lock No. 6. .. _ .. 68.75 5 miles west of Bureau Junction- 35 143.08 10.0 8.17 7.0 Sand, hardpan, and -. do ... 41,927. 72 gravel. Lock No. 7----------__ 68.00 3 miles east of Tiskilwa .... 35 143. 08 8.0 8.17 7.0 7. Loam and sand ..... _ ----- dodo .. 35, 635.09 7. 00 Claydo ................ .... . Lock No. 8-............. 67.02 2 miles east of Tiskilwa ..... 35 149.75 8.0 8.17 36,274.37 Lock No. 9............... 66.80 1% miles east of Tiskilwa ...- -- 35 149. 75 8.0 8.17 . . .. do .. 32,134.93 Lock No. 10.............. Lock No. 11L ............. 64.98 At Tiskilwa ..........- - 64.13 1 mile west of Tiskilwa ...... 35 35 149. 75 149. 75 9.0 9.0 8.17 8.17 7. 0 7. 0 Sand and gravel ... do ..-------------.. ----- do ...... do .... ... 36,113. 71 36, 710.05 Lock No. 12............ 63.56 1% miles west of Tiskilwa..... 35 149. 75 8.0 8.17 7. 0 .... do . .... .. do ..... 33, 827.14 Lock No. 13...___..... 62.83 3 miles west of Tiskilwa ...... 35 149. 75 10.0 8.17 7.0 Loam and clay.......--- do ....- ...----- 32, 294.88 c-I Lock No. 14.............. 62.02 3 miles east of Wyanet . .... 35 149.75 10.0 8.17 7.0 Sand and gravel .- .. .. do .. 31,524.90 Lock No. 15_______ 61.42 24 miles east of Wyanet --- 35 149. 75 10.0 8.17 7.0 ... do- ..... -do .... 29,974. 01 Lock No. 16._ _.._ 61.23 2 miles east of Wyanet . .... 35 149. 75 11.0 8.17 8. 0 Loam, clay, and sand-....... do .. .. 34,089.19 Lock No. 17-__..__ 60.98 1%4miles east of Wyanet --- 35 149.75 10.0 8.17 7.0 Sand and gravel..........do . .. 32, 576. 27 Lock No. 18_...._ Lock No. 19___ _.._ 59.90 1 mile east of Wyanet ........ 59.12 At Wyanet____ ... ... 35 35 149. 75 149. 75 9.0 10.0 8.17 8.17 7.0 Clay and gravel........---... do __. 7.0 Sand and gravel_ ... - -- ... do .. 35, 372. 69 34, 239.36 Lock No. 20 ............ 58.09 1 mile west of Wyanet ....... 35 149. 75 11.0 8.17 7.0 Loam, clay, and sand ..... do --. 36,838.76 I. Lock No. 21__..... 57.83 1% miles west of Wyanet........ 35 149. 75 11.0 8.17 8.0 -. do_--------..do 38, 026.88 Guard lock............... Rock River lock .... 29.20 29 miles north main-line canal _ 29.20 At Rock Falls, 111.1---__ 35 35 149.00 143.08 (2) (2) 8.30 8.47 6. 5 Limestone ..... .. 6.6 - do ....--------------- -----... do do .... .. 32, 678. 57 75, 605.01 Lock No. 22............. 46. 32 13 miles west of Wyanet....... 35 143.08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Clay -------------- do .... 42,458. 63 Lock No. 23.__... 37.12 10 miles east of Geneseo ...... 35 143.08 11.0 8.17 7. 0 -. do ._---- -do .... 41, 777.95 Lock No. 24_.._... 27.05 At Geneseo_. 35 143.08 11.0 8.17 7. 0 Clay and gravel......----------..-.... do 47, 059.15 Lock No. 25_------ 21.56 50 miles west of Geneseo .... 35 143.08 8.0 8.17 7. 0 Sand.................--------------.---....--do ..... 40, 492.10 See footnotes at end of table. Table showing features of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal-Continued IOCKS-Continued Location Locks Dimensions Depth on miter - sill Name Distance Character of foundation Year opened Total cost from Distance from nearest town orGreatest to navigation Mssiis- River mouth of navigable tributary available Widtchamberof length Lift Upper Lower rchamber for full width Miles Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Lock No. 26 .....-------------- 20.46 5 miles east of Colona -35 143.08 9.0 8.17 7.0 Sand do .. ..------------ $40, 428. 75 Lock No. 27.-------------- 18.13 22 miles east of Colona ...... 35 143.08 8.0 8.17 7.0 Gravel .. . do .. ..-----------------. 39,090. 66 Lock No. 28..........--------------.. 15. 70 At Colona ...... ..---------------------- 35 143.08 8.0 8.17 7.0 Rock do . ..-------------. 30,808. 53 Lock No. 29..........--------------. 13.37 2% miles west of Colona_ . 35 143.08 11.0 8.17 7.0 -- .....--- .-- do----- do ...---------- . 37, 262. 65 Lock No. 30 -------------- 4. 62 1% miles east of Milan----------.......... 35 149.00 0 7.00 7.0 Rock, etc., hardpan -...-- do .- 71, 588.00 Lock No. 31 -------------- 2. 02 1 mile west of Milan ........ 35 145.42 6.0 7.17 7. 0 Clay and gravel .... ... do ... 38, 711. 44 Lock No. 32 -------------- . 15 3% mileswest of Milan ...----------.. 35 143.08 12.0 8.00 7.0 -... do .- do .. 85, 468.31 Total cost of locks.-_ ----------- ---------------------------------------- 1, 382,432. 98 Co . . . . . _. FEATURES . .ADDITIONAL Sterling D am and dams at M ilan, 11L.. . . . . . . . . ._______ . ENTERING . . . . ........ . . INTO COST OF....PROJECT ............. . . . ...._ .. .... ... -. . ... . ._...... ... $128, 857. 97 Sterling Dam and dams at Milan, Ill---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- =-------------------------- $128, 857.9 Bridges--------------------.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1,513,823.2 Culverts---------------------------------------------410,198.19-----------------------------------------------------------------------------410,198. H ouses------------------------------------------------ Houses----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7.6 69 --- 76,76974. Surveys, flowage, and right-of-way------726,--1------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------726, 656. 61 Excavations, embankments, clearing, fences, etc....------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. 2, 956, 451.61 Rock River pool-Dredging, removing snags and stumps, etc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 152, 439. 58 Contribution to Mud Creek special drainage district-Dredging_- - - -------------.-------------------------------- 8,450.75 Contributions to State of .Illinois-Relocation and. reconstruction . -- bridge . . .. . . of highway ---- at Wyanet, Ill--------------------------------------------------------25, 235.00 M iscellaneous .......... . . . .. - -- -- . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .7.. Miscellaneous---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . .8. 2223.,.. 2 .7 3 622.7 622.. 223, Total additional features6, 222, 710. 222, 710. 43------------------------- Total cost of project.............. 1 Feeder section. . .................. 7,605,143... ..................------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 7, 605,143.41 2 Variable. 8 Rock River lock is on Rock River at Rock Falls, Ill. It is located in the south end of the Sterling Dam and about 600 feet below the guard lock of the Illinois and Mississippi Canal (feeder section). NoTE.-There are no dams except at the guard lock and lock 30. At the former locality there is a fixed dam across the Rock River, with a movable crest constructed of wood, concrete, and steel; at lock 30 there are crib dams across the north and south channels of Rock River. The north dam has a 60-foot opening and has been superseded by a concrete power dam a short distance below; the south dam adjoining lock 30 has been reinforced with concrete laid in the water. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 953 Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work done during the fiscal year consisted of repairs to bridges, buildings, telephone lines, roadways, and fences; cleaning out culverts, aqueducts, and seep ditches; maintenance dredging in the canal; repair of canal banks, and cutting and burning of brush and weeds along canal right-of-way. Repairs to lock No. 12 and aqueduct No. 2, 1% miles west of Tiskilwa, Ill., which were damaged by failure of foundation on May 19, 1942, were completed August 20, 1942. The costs during the fiscal year were $191,113.17 for operating and care. The expenditures were $194,- 491.17. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1918. All locks, dams, aqueducts, buildings, and other appurte- nanCes are in fair condition. The project depth of the channel is 7 feet. The bottom width of the canal is 52 feet and width at the water surface is 80 feet, except at aqueducts where the width is 40 feet, and at locks 35 feet. The total cost to June 30, 1943, from regular funds was $8,833,602.48, of which $7,580,143.41 was for construction and $1,253,459.07 was for operation and care. The expenditures were $8,818,798.08. The costs and expenditures from Emergency Relief funds for removal of snags and stumps in Rock River pool were $25,000, all new work. In addi- tion, the sum of $4,143,282.27 was expended between April 1895 and June 30, 1936, on the operating and care of the works of improvement under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $193,945.30, exclusive of $14,200 revoked in July 1943, $179,- 745.30, will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943 _----- $14, 666.40 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations -------------------------------- $60, 000. 00 Ordinary repairs___-- --------- 60, 000.00 Improvements and reconstruction_-....... -- 45,078. 90 165, 078.90 Total- ---------------------- 179, 745. 30 The additional sum of $290,000 can be profitably expended for oper- ating and care of the canal during the fiscal year 1945, as follows: Operations ------------------------------------------------ $60, 000 Ordinary repairs-------------- 90, 000 Improvements and reconstruction---------------------------140, 000 Total ---- - ------------------ 290,000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ $7, 605, 143. 41 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 5, 396, 741.34 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943---------- 13, 001,884. 75 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_----- ..........-- - -- 138.00 Net total cost to June 30, 1943-----------------------13, 001, 746. 75 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 14, 666.40 Net total expenditures- _-_- -- - 12, 987, 080. 35 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 .....- 193, 945. 30 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- --------- 13, 181, 025. 65 954 IaEowr OF CHIEEF OF E GlEIE(RS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .... . . . . . . . Cost of maintenance-............. $89,762.06 $190,311.57 $176, 272.18 $173,738.23 $191,113. 17 Total expended ---------------- 83,455.60 181, 929.91 178,047.08 177,150.73 194, 491.17 Allotted____-----------------175,000.00 175,000.00 186,000.00 162,850.00 197,400.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ _ .___ $191, 036. 47 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved June 24, 1940 _.. --- . $1, 581. 88 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved May 23, 1941_----- 9, 698.64 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved July 19, 1937_ _ _ - 13, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved June 2, 1943-- ----- 160,000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act of Apr. 26, 1934_- - -----. --- 3, 500.00 Amount allotted from War Department Appropria- tion Act of May 15, 1936- ------- --- 9,619.48 197, 400. 00 Amount to be accounted for------------------------ 388, 436. 47 Gross amount expended- -- - - ----- $195, 721.35 Less: Reimbursements collected- -- _ $1, 229. 83 Receipts from sales 35 .---------------- 1, 230.18 194, 491. 17 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943........... .. 193, 945. 30 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ __--- $16, 633. 99 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--------- 18, 180. 00 34, 813.99 Balance available June 30, 1943-- ------------ 159, 131. 31 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945 for maintenance-- -- ---- __---- 290, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 3. MILL CREEK AND SOUTH SLOUGH AT MILAN, ILL. Location.-Mill Creek empties into South Slough about 1 mile east of the town of Milan, Ill., and 6.5 miles above the mouth of South Slough, which empties into the Mississippi River. Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of Jan- uary 21, 1927. (For further details sed p. 1132, Annual Report for 1932, and p. 1081, Annual Report for 1938.) Existing project.-This provides for floodgates in the walls of the canal, or other devices for carrying the floodwaters of Mill Creek across the canal right-of-way into Rock River* for the construction of a levee on the east bank of Mill Creek extending from the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad to the canal embankment; for the construction of a levee on the west bank of Mill Creek and its exten- sion in a westerly direction to a connection with Water Street at the point E, shown on map in project document; and for the removal of obstructions in Mill Creek and South Slough, at an estimated cost of $87.500 for new work and $2,000 annually for maintenance. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT. 955 approved July 3, 1930 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 19, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work done during the fiscal year consisted of cutting brush and willows on banks of Mill Creek and South Slough, and operating spillway gates. The cost of the work was $1,984.08 for maintenance. The expenditures were $1,656.59. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1932. At the end of the fiscal year the project was in good condition. The total cost under the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $83,089.45, of which $63,633.58 was for new work and $19,455.87 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $82,761.96. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, $871.62, plus $1,000 received in July 1943, $1,871.62, will be applied to payment of accounts payable, $292.49, and minor dredg- ing and snagging to maintain channel, $1,579.13. The additional sum of $2,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for maintenance operations. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-.--- --------------- $63, 718. 82 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943- ----------- -19, 455. 87 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------- 83, 174. 69 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 --------------- -- 35. 00 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 -------------------------- 83,139. 69 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--------------------------- 292.49 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 82, 847. 20 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ----------------- 871. 62 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_--- --- __ 83, 718.82 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work__. Cost of m aintenance-............ $908.94 $3,500.83 $1,208.31 $2, 349. 44 $1, 984.08 Total expended.................------------------ 1,098.10 3,565.83 1, 208.31 2,349.44 1,656. 59 Allotted......----------------------- 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 ........ Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ - -- _-- $2, 528.21 Gross amount expended------------- ---- ------ 1, 656. 59 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 -------------- .----- 871.62 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_-- ..... -------- 300.00 Balance available June 30, 1943- ----- ----------- 571.62 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June -- - - -- - -- -- - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -- -- - -- 30, 1945, for maintenance 2, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 4. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES-GENERAL The cost of work during the fiscal year amounted to $40,776.12; the expenditures were $38,362.28. The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, 956 EIPORT OF HMEF OF ENGI1EERS, U. S. LARMY, 1943 $22,803.67, plus an allotment of $33,000 received since that date, $55,803.67, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $51,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 . .. Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ___--$620, 978. 23 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943___ --- 620, 978. 23 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943---------- ---- -93.00 Net total cost to June 30, 1943-------------------------620, 885.23 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------3, 743. 49 N et total expenditures ______ 617,141. 74 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943---- ----------------------- 22, 803. 67 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943___ _ 639, 945.41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work - --- -. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ., .. . . . . . -- ---.. .. . . . . . .. . Cost of maintenance ....---------- $36, 635.92 $47, 556. 09 $22, 767. 66 $27, 651.94 $40, 776.12 Total expended ---------------- 36, 548.14 48, 650.97 23,069. 25 28, 062.04 38, 362. 28 Allotted ---------------------- _ 43,200.00 42,000.00 15, 000.00 ------------- 55, 500.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-------------------------------- $5, 665. 95 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved May 23, 1941___ --- - -$38, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943 ----- ------ -17, 000. 00 55, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for ------------- __ 61, 165. 95 Gross amount expended --------------------- ------ $38, 682. 68 Less reimbursements collected_--- -------- - -320. 40 38, 362. 28 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- - -------- 22, 803. 67 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943- -- ---------- 5, 242. 70 Balance available June 30, 1943_ ------ - -- __ 17, 560. 97 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 - - - - - _ - - - - - - - - - - 51, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 5. PLANT ALLOTMENT, ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_ --------------- $1, 717, 863.02 Net total cost to June 30, 1943- -- -- -------- 1, 717, 863. 02 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943- -- --------- 357, 765.26 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 2, 075, 628.28 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------------ 8, 83,039.32 Net total expenditures_ _-_ _-_-1, - -- 992. 588. 96 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ _-_- 56, 547. 56 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__ 2.049.136. 52 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 957 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Total expended-.... _____- -- $1, 388.93 -$2,575.63 -$102, 301.98 $250, 651.47 -$18,584.94 Allotted--.......__--- __-39,200.00 --- 25, 000.00 -47,953.77 223,000.00 -11,129.40 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--- ..... -------- _ - $49, 092.02 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment-- ---- -11, 129.40 Net amount to be accounted for------------------------- 37, 962. 62 Gross amount expended-- ------ -$2, 326,102. 80 Less: Reimbursements collected- $2, 290, 441. 47 Receipts from sales_--- - 54, 246.27 2, 344, 687. 74 -18, 584.94 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_-- ..... ------- 56, 547. 56 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_- - --- 177, 142.44 Balance available June 30, 1943_-- ------- --- 120, 594.88 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943- __357, 765.26 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_- ----- 237, 170.38 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Document Recommen. Locality Authorization act mitted to No. dation Congress Des Moines River, Iowa, construction River and Harbor_ of dam at or near Madrid, for naviga- Act, June 20, 1938. tion and flood control. Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Ill _. Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, Sept. 21, 1943. Mississippi River between mouth of the Illinois River and Minneapolis, .. do..... -...... ... . .....-.. .. Minn., for 12-foot channel with suit- able widths. 6. GREEN BAY LEVEE AND DRAINAGE DISTRICT NO. 2, IOWA Location.-The work covered by this project is on the right banks of the Skunk River and Mississippi River, Lee County, approximately 387-396 miles above the mouth of the Ohio River. Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the recon- struction of a system of levees consisting of the following features: About 8.9 miles of main river levee, 7.3 miles of levee along Skunk River, 1.7 miles of levee along Lost Creek involving the placing of 200,000 cubic yards of earthwork; excavation of four cut-off channels for Skunk River and constru.ction of four earth dams across the present channel of Skunk River, involving the removal of 242,900 cubic yards of earth and, placing of 48,550 cubic yards of earth, respec- tively. The project will provide protection for 13,337 acres of farm land. The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1941, is $139,500 for construction. The estimated cost of lands and damages is $1,400 for lands and $1,200 for damages. 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1- 61 958 ioO'Rrr OF CTBIEF OF' EN~GNEI~ES, U. S. ARtMY, 1943 Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Assurances were approved by the Secretary of War on June 11, 1940. Rights-of-way for the Skunk River section were approved on June 7, 1940. Rights- of-way for the Mississippi River section have not been received. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work done during the fiscal year consisted of the placing of 64,803 cubic yards of ma- terial, by Government plant and hired labor, in emergency repairs at three points on the Mississippi River section of the levee district which were threatened by caving levee and banks. The costs during the fiscal year were $17,358.93 for new work. The expenditures were $18,671.05. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction work on the Skunk River section has been completed. Construction work on the Missis- sippi River section has not been started. The total costs to June 30, 1943, were $88,409.52 for new work. The expenditures were $88,336.78. Proposed operations.-Of the balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $28,463.22, the sum of $25,000 is available for revocation. The remainder will be applied to accounts payable June 30,1943, $67.74, and to the cost of completing designs and plans for the Mississippi River section. No construction operations are proposed during the fiscal years 1944 and 1945 in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime construction. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_--- _--- _--- $88, 409. 52 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 19431....... 111111 -- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_- - -- -88, 409. 52 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_--- ---------- - -5.00 Net total cost to June 30, 1943--- --------- 88, 404.52 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943-- ...... --------- 67.74 Net total expenditures---- ------------ 88, 336. 78 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 _ --------------------------- 28, 463.22 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__ ___ _-116, 800.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work _. _ $3, 772. 30 $1, 675. 46 $61, 414.84 $4, 036.16 $17, 358. 93 C ost of maintenance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - --- - -- - - - - Total expended- _ 875. 3,8_ -....... 9 1, 261.79 54, 799. 59 9, 728. 76 18, 671. 05 Allotted- .--................. . -- ---32, 500.00 49, 300.00 ...--- . Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ $47,134.27 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------- 18, 671. 05 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 --------------------- 28, 463. 22 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943--- "-----------100. 38 Balance available June 30, 1943--- ..... ------ 28, 362.84 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project -- ---------------------------------- 22, 700. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 959 7. UNION TOWNSHIP DRAINAGE DISTRICT, MISSOURI Location.-The work covered by this project is on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Lewis County, Mo., opposite and upstream from Quincy, Ill., 331 to 335 miles above the mouth of the Ohio River. Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the im- provement of 3.2 miles of river-front levee and 5.9 miles of cross levees, including the placing of 250,000 cubic yards of earthwork, to provide protection against a recurrence of the maximum flood of record to 5,037 acres of farm land. The existing project was se- lected and approved by the Chief of Engineers for construction under the general authorization for the upper Mississippi River Basin con- tained in the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. The esti- mated cost of new work revised in 1943 is $99,600 for construction. The estimated cost of lands and damages is $2,300. Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Assurances and rights-of-way for all sections except a portion of the Durgans Creek levee were approved by the Acting Secretary of War on Sep- tember 8, 1941. Operations and. results during fiscal year.-The work done during the fiscal year consisted of preparation of plans. The costs during the year were $21.49 for new work. The expenditures were $164.46. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction work on the Oyster Creek and Mississippi River sections has been completed; work on the Durgans Creek section has not been started. The total cost and ex- penditures to June 30, 1943, were $50,231.04 for new work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $2,389.60, will be applied to work in connection with designs and tests and to the preparation of contract plans and speci- fications by hired labor during the fiscal year 1944. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime con- struction. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943----------------------------- $50, 231.04 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943-------------------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943-------------- 50, 231.04 Net total expenditures___------------------------------------- 50, 231.04 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 2, 389. 6 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943--------------- 52, 620. 64 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work-------- $750 $4, 971.05 $640.43 $43,848.07 $21.49 Cost of maintenance .-------------------------------------- -- ---- --- - - Total expended------------------ 750 4, 908. 78 697. 54 43, 710. 26 164.46 Allotted_ - - _ -------- 58, 750 ..-------------- 12, 070.64 -20, 400.00 2, 200.00 960 i fO wr OF CMEF OiF ENGIEEifS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------- $354.06 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942--------------- ------------------------ 2,200.00 Amount to be accounted for---..... ------- - 2, 554.06 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------- 164.46 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943__- ---- -__ 2, 389.60 Amount (estimated)- - -required to be appropriated for completion of -- - - -- -- - -- - - - --- -- -- -- - - -- existing project 47, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funflds. 8. CORALVILLE RESERVOIR, IOWA Location.-The work covered by the project is on the Iowa River in Johnson County, Iowa, approximately 83.5 miles above the mouth of the waterway which empties into the Mississippi River about 433 miles above the mouth of the Ohio River. Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of an earth-fill dam, 1,400 feet long at the top, rising ap- proximately 95 feet above the stream bed, with a reservoir providing for a controlled storage of 400,000 acre-feet. The outlet works are located adjacent to the left abutment and the uncontrolled spillway is located on the right abutment with discharge from spillway en- tering the river about 900 feet downstream from the toe of the dam. The reservoir will accomplish almost complete control of floods and will minimize flood damages on the Iowa River from the dam to the mouth of the Cedar River. It will provide a large degree of protec- tion for lands along the Iowa River below the mouth of the Cedar River, and significant reductions of Mississippi River flows at Keo- kuk, Iowa, and reduction in flows at Cairo, Ill. The existing project was selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers under the gen- eral authorization contained in the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1940, is $4,217,000 for construction and $1,790,000 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.--Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The work done during the fiscal year consisted of stream gaging and mapping of the reser- voir area. The costs during the year were $3,441.17 for new work. The expenditures were $7,837.69. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction work has not been ,started. The costs to June 30, 1943, were $216,333.54 for new work. The expenditures were $216,138.31. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $75,509.91, will be applied to accounts payable, June 30, 1943, $177.23, and to surveys, hydraulic studies, and preparation of contract plans and specifications, by hired labor, $75,332.68. No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime con- struction. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 961 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ _--- ----------- $216, 333.54 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1913------------ 216,333. 54 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 ------------------- -18.00 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_------- - -216, 315. 54 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943-- ------ ----- 177.23 Net total expenditures-_...____ ------- 216, 138.31 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_____- -------- 75, 509.91 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- - -- 291, 648.22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work........ $20, 580.14 $146, 163.65 $28, 998. 51 $17, 150.07 $3, 441.17 Cost of maintenance--- -- Total expended -_ -- 13, 663.46 145, 715. 39 34, 347. 24 18, 574. 53 3, 837. 69 Allotted_--------------------- 423,600. 00 -- -180, 000.00 -24, 451.78 72, 500.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------------------- $6, 847.60 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942___ _________ _------72, 500. 00 Amount to be accounted for___- -- - __ 79, 347. 60 Gross amount expended _______-------- -$4, 115.49 Less reimbursements collected___-- ------- 277. 80 3, 837. 69 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943___- -------- 75, 509.91 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943---------------------------- 404.38 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 75, 105. 53 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1- _________________ - - ____ 5, 715, 351. 78 1 Exclusive of available funds. 9. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN, ROCK ISLAND DISTRICT Location.-The Mississippi River Basin above the Ohio River, ex- clusive of the Missouri River Basin, in the Rock Island district. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, ap- proved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first ses- sion, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Sec- retary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, and authorized $6,600,000 for reservoirs and $2,700,000 for local flood- protection works on the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers; the reservoirs and local protection projects to be selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers. The act specifically provides that the authorization shall include the enlargement and extension of a system of levees located on the south side of the Sangamon River east of Chandlerville, Ill., as set forth in House Document No. 604, Seventy- fifth Congress, third session. The following individual projects lo- 962 RPEORT 0 CmI'F O EN 1GhNEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 cated in the Rock Island district were considered in the comprehensive plan: RESERVOIRS Total Name Tributary basin State estimated Federal cost Central City -- -- Wapsipinicon --Iowa $2, 290,000 .....-------------------- Coralville I ------ Iowa - -- do -------------------- ..... 6,007,000 Rochester . do .- - - -do ..-------------------- 3, 952,000 Howell -------------------- Des Moines_ ------------------- do ..... 13, 544,000 LEVEE Union 1Township drainage dis--------------------------- ............... Missouri. ------------------- $99, 600 trict. SSee individual report for details of project. Local cooperation.-Seepage 6 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None other than those shown on individual reports for Coralville Reservoir and the Union Township drainage district projects. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The status of planning of Coral- ville Reservoir and the construction progress of the Union Township drainage district project, which have been selected for construction under this authorization, are given in individual reports. Proposed operations.-No operations are proposed in the fiscal years 1944 and 1945 other than those shown in the individual reports. 10. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The costs for work during the fiscal year amounted to $38,362.06. The expenditures were $38,778.82. The balance unexpended June 30, 1943, $39,071.97, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to the payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The ad- ditional sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943---....------ - --- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_- ----- - -___ $606, 432. 93 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943__ - -606, 432.93 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_--- -------------- 657. 85 Net total cost to June 30, 1943------------------- 607, 090. 78 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943----------- - 1, 977. 75 Net total expenditures------------- 605,113.03 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- -------- __- 39,071.97 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 _ ____ 644, 185.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work --- - - - - -. - - - - - - . -- - - . - ..- . . . . .-- - -- .- - - - - - - - - Cost of maintenance... - -. $76, 549. 86 $195, 133. 59 $181, 988. 70 $113, 498.72 $38, 362.06 Total expended .. ....-.-- 71, 801.83 186, 897.33 186, 524. 32 120, 210. 73 38, 778. 82 Allotted.. -... ...--- .... 178,500.00 249,150.00 75, 600.00 73,035.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ROC ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT 963 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------- ------- $4, 815. 79 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942---- ------------------------------- 73,035.00 Amount to be accounted for ----------------------------- 77, 850. 79 Gross amount expended -------------------------- $38, 779. 37 Less reimbursements collected 55 .----------------------- 38, 778.82 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 39,071.97 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 2, 022. 24 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 37, 049. 73 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1------ 40, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 11. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last full Costs and expenditures to Estimated Name of project report see annual June -- 30, 1943 amount required to report for- New work Maintenance complete 1. Green Island levee and drainage district No. 1, Iowa 1 1938 $68, 000 2. Carroll County levee and drainage district No. 1, Illinois 1 _ - - - - - -- - - - - - 1938 . ... .13, 200 3. K eithsbu rg drain age d istrict, Illin ois I __ 1938 - - . . . . .. . . . . . . 11, 000 4. Henderson County drainage district No. 3, Illinois 2 .................. 1939 -------------- 13,600 5. Gregory drainage district, Missouri- - 1940 $77, 100 --- (3) 6. Fabius River drainage district, Missouri.... 1941 60, 500 ....... (3) 7. South Quincy drainage and levee district, Illinois . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1940 61, 200 (3) 8. South River drainage district, Missouri- - - - 1941 55, 300 (3) 9. Sny Island levee district, Illinois - 1942 61, 400 (3) 10. Janesville and Indian Ford Dams, Wis.1.... 1938 29, 000 11. Freeport on Pecatonica River, Ill 1941 463, 000 12. Penny Slough, Rock River, Ill_ - 1940 85, 800 (3) 1Work under the project has been deferred pending further study. 2 Work under the project has been deferred pending fulfillment of the required local cooperation. 3 Completed. Status of all investigationsfor flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date Locality Authorization act transmit- Document No Recom-n ted to mendation Congress Bureau Creek, Ill-----------------_ -Commerce Committee ...----------------- resolution, Jan. 9, 1942. Des Moines River, Iowa, construction River and Harbor Act, ................. of dam at or near Madrid, for naviga- June 20, 1938. tion and flood control. Henderson River, Ill_---------------- Flood Control Act, ..-... - ------ June 28, 1938. McCraney, Hadley, Kaiser, Six Mile, --...- do-..-......... and Bay Creeks and their tributaries, Pike County, Ill. Rock River, Ill---- .--- .... _-do-- Rock River, Ill. and Wis------------ Flood Control Com- mittee resolution, Apr. 13, 1938. Do -------------------------- Commerce Committee .----- --------------- resolution, Mar. 5, 1938. Salt River, Mo . - _.. Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. 964 RIE~PORT oF CTIEF OF ENGINTIEARS, U. S. ARiMY, 1943 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT This district comprises western Wisconsin, a small western portion of the upper peninsula of Michigan, the major portion of Minnesota, northern and eastern North Dakota, and small portions of northeast- ern South Dakota and northern and northeastern Iowa embraced in the drainage basins of the Mississippi River and tributaries from its source to mile 614 above the mouth of the Ohio River, of the Red River of the North and tributaries, and of those streams north of the Mis- souri River Basin in North Dakota. That section of Mississippi River above mile 614 is included in the report on Mississippi River between Missouri River and Minneapolis, Minn. District engineer: Col. John W. Moreland, Corps of Engineers, to January 5, 1943; Lt. Col. Lynn C. Barnes, Corps of Engineers, acting district engineer from December 17, 1942, to January 5, 1943, and district engineer since that date. Division engineer: Col. Malcolm Elliott, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Flood control Page Page 1. Mississippi River, between 8. Dry Run, Iowa_ 974 the Missouri River and 9. Bois De Lake Traverse and Minneapolis, Minn. (St. Sioux River, S. Dak., and Paul district) 934 Minn _ 975 2. Reservoirs at headwaters of 10. Lac Qui Parle Reservoir, Mississippi River ---- . 964 Minnesota River, Minn -- 978 3. St. Croix River, Wis., and 11. Upper Mississippi River Minn --- 967 Basin, St. Paul district_ __ 981 4. Minnesota River, Minn .. 969 12. Preliminary examinations, 5. Examinations, surveys, and surveys, and contingencies contingencies (general) --- 971 for flood control . ._ 982 6. Other navigation projects for which no estimates are submitted 972 7. Plant allotment 972 1. For report on this improvement see page 934. 2. RESERVOIRS AT HEADWATERS OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER Location.--Reservoirs are located on the Mississippi River and sev- eral of its tributaries, in Itasca, Beltrami, Hubbard, Aitkin, Cass, and Crow Wing Counties, Minn., as follows: Outlet Area Name of reservoir Watershed River Above Paul St. Original lake Reservoir Square Square Square Miles miles miles miles Winnibigoshish ..------------- Mississippi ------------ 408 1, 442 117 179. 4 .. Leech Lake ---------------- Leech ----------------- . 410 1,163 173 250. 9 Pokegama ----------------- --.--- Mississippi 344 267 660 421 24 8 35. 0 16.6 Sandy Lake --------------- Sandy .----------------- Pine River_---------------- Pine. ------------------ 199 562 18 23. 7 Gull Lake ----------------- Gull_------------------ _ 168 287 20 20.5 RIVERS AND IARBORS-ST. PAUtL, MINN., DISTRICT 965 Previous project. Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of June 14, 1880. For further details see page 1888 of the Annual Report for 1915, and page 1098 of the Annual Report for 1938. Existng project.-This provides for the reconstruction of the five original reservoir dams, viz, Winnibigoshish, Leech Lake, Pokegama, Sandy Lake, and Pine River, and the construction of Gull Lake Reservoir. The estimated cost revised in 1928, exclusive of amount expended on previous projects, was $895,000. The estimated cost of operation and maintenance of the reservoirs, made in 1936, is $25,000 annually. The above dams are of solid concrete construction, Pokegama being built on bedrock and the others on pile foundations. The Sandy Lake Dam includes a lock 160 feet long, 30 feet wide, with a maximum lift of 9.5 feet and a depth of 2.5 feet on the lower sill at low water. The abandonment of the ditches to connect Long Lake to Round Lake and Round Lake to Gull Lake was recommended in House Document No. 413, Sixty-fourth Congress, first session, and was ordered by Congress in the River and Harbor Act of July 27, 1916. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3,1899 For reconstruction of 4 of the 5 original dams, and surveys to determine the extent of lands overflowed by the reservoirs. Mar. 2,1907 Reconstruction of Sandy Lake Dam and the construction of Gull Lake Reservoir. June 25, 1910 Construction of an equalizing canal between Winnibigoshish and H. Doc. No. 363, 61st Leech Lake Reservoirs (no work was done and this part of the Cong., 2d sess. project was abandoned in the act of Mar. 4, 1915). June 26,19341 Operation and maintenance provided for with funds from War Department appropriations for rivers and harbors. 1 Permanent Appropriations Repeal Act. For maps see pages 1973 and 1978, Annual Report for 1911. Lower operating limits authorized by regulations approved Feb. 4, 1936 M in im u m Minimum Reservoir Sstage Reservoir stage Feet Feet Winnibigoshish ---- -- ----- ---- 6.00 Sandy Lake . .. -- 7.00 Leech Lake ---- .---- ....- 1.00 Pine Lake ... ---- .... .- - 9.00 Pokegama .. ..----------------------------.. 6.00 Gull Lake --- - - 5.00 Local cooperation.-Fullycomplied with. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-The reservoirs were operated as required and the necessary repairs made to the appur- tenant structures. 966 REPORT OF C EF OF ENGN EERS, 4 U. S. ARMY, 1943 Mean monthly stages for the fiscal year 1942 1943 Reservoir Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Feet Winnibigoshish _... -- . 10.78 10.52 10.14 9. 99 9.96 9. 70 9. 23 8. 74 8. 52 8. 98 10.08 11.68 Leech Lake------------ 3.03 2.87 2.94 2.81 2.60 2.26 1.95 1.70 1.62 2.08 2.58 3.34 Pokegama_ ------- 9.55 7.92 8.25 9.26 9.24 7.46 6.60 6.84 6.61 9.20 10.32 11.04 Sandy Lake_ ------ 10.69 10.67 10.72 10.71 10.58 9. 78 8. 45 7. 40 7. 07 8. 73 9.84 10.99 Pine River 13.92 14.12 14. 22 14. 02 13.87 13. 20 12. 56 11.97 11.33 12. 36 13.42 .....------------ 14. 73 Gull Lake .......-------------... 6.67 6.85 6.74 6.74 6.64 6.32 5.95 5.49 5.15 5.93 6.34 6.77 The mean monthly stage is the average of the stages on the 1st, 10th, 20th, and last of the month. The total costs for the year were $16,475.13 for operating and care. The total expenditures were $16,473.09. Condition at end of fiscal year..-The existing project was com- pleted in 1937. The 5 dams originally built of timber have been re- constructed of concrete. A concrete dam has been constructed at Gull Lake. Three dikes at Winnibigoshish, 4 at Pokegama, 2 at Sandy Lake, and 16 at Pine River have been constructed. Flowage rights have been acquired on all lands affected by the construction, mainte- nance, and operation of the reservoirs. Capacity at Previous projects Existing projects Reservoir maximum stage (cubic Coin- Total cost feet) plted Cost plted Cost Winnibigoshish .----------- 42, 163, 000,000 1884 $214,000.00 1900 $173, 470.00 $387, 470.00 Leech Lake__ ------------- 32, 379, 000, 000 1884 171, 805. 00 1902 84, 380.00 256, 185.00 Pokegama ---------------- _ 5, 260, 000, 000 1884 85, 000.00 1904 126, 030.00 211, 030.00 Sandy Lake --------------- 3, 158, 000, 000 1895 114,000.00 1909 117, 020.00 231, 020.00 Pine River--- . -...--.... 7, 733, 000, 000 1886 97, 000.00 1907 133, 320.00 230, 320.00 Gull Lake . 3, .....---------------- 085, 000, 000--...---.. --------- 1913 86, 826.00 86, 826.00 Surveys and flowage rights_ .... .......--..---- .------ ___ - -........160, 939.49 160, 939.49 Total, new work ... - . ...... __-.-. ........ 681, 805.00-------- 881, 985.49 1, 563, 790.49 Total operating and care-..............---- .......- 100, 857.10------- 152, 517. 35 253, 374.45 Permanent indefinite ap- propriation for operating and care, Feb. 1, 1895, to end of fiscal year 1936_.. ..___---------------.... ..-...... -967,197.08 967, 197.08 Total__--- ---..--..- 93, 778,.000, 000 ........ 782, 662. 10 ........ 2, 001, 699.92 2, 784, 362.02 All reservoirs and appurtenances were in good condition and in operation at the end of the fiscal year. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $1,034,502.84 being $881,985.49 foi new work and $152, 517.35 for oper- ating and care. Total expenditures were $1,034,446.45. In addition, the sum of $967,197.08 was expended between February 1, 1895, and June 30 1936, on the operation and care of the works of improvement under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance, less $1,450 revoked since June 30, 1943, will be applied as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 967 Accounts payable, June 30, 1943------- $56.39 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations_ ----. 20, 850. 00 Ordinary repairs---------- ---------------- 1, 300. 00 Unallocated balance----------------------------. 7.98 .1Vtdl----------------,---------------------------- 22, 214. 37 The additional sum of $23,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance (operating and care): Operations ----------------------------------------- $21, 000. 00 Ordinary repairs ------------------------------------ 2, 000.00 Total -----------------.. ----------- $23, 000. 00 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--------------------------$1, 563, 790. 49 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------ ---------------- 1, 220, 571. 53 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ----------- 2, 784, 362.02 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ----- 56. 39 Net total expenditures --------------------------- 2, 784, 305. 63 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943. --------------------------- 23. 664. 37 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------ 2, 807, 970.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new w ork -- - - - - - - .- - . . . . . .- . . -. . -- . . . .$-85- - Cost of maintenance_ . ___ ____ $17, 750. 87 $17, 650. 44 $20, 223.68 $17, 850. 23 $16, 475.13 Total expended .. 18, 490. 49 ......----------------- 18, 663.69 19, 992. 44 18, 112. 30 16, 473.'09 Allotted----........------------... 20,000.00 26,000.00 11, 500.00 21,000.00 16,000,00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ____._______________ __ _ $24, 137. 46 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943---------------- 16, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for 40, 137. 46 Gross amount expended- -- ---- ---- $17, 377. 87 Less : Reimbursements collected- ---- $846. 78 Receipts from sales- - ------ 58. 00 904. 78 16, 473. 09 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ... 23, 664. 37 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943__-- 69. 53 - Balance available June 30, 1943-.......... --- 23, 594. 84 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June -1 30, 1945, for maintenance - - -__ 23, 000.00 1Exclusive of available funds. 3. ST. CROIX RIVER, WIS. AND MINN. Location.-The source of the river is in northwestern Wisconsin. It is about 160 miles long and for its greater part forms the boundary between Wisconsin and Minnesota. It flows southwesterly and then southerly into the Mississippi River at Prescott, Wis., 41.5 miles below 968 REPOERT of cnI~' OF ENGiINIEEReS, U. S. ARMY, 10943 the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge, Minneapolis, Minn. The por- tion included in this improvement extends from the mouth to Taylors Falls, a distance of 52.3 miles. (See U. S. Geological Survey map of Minnesota, scale 1: 500,000, for general location.) Existing project.--This provides for the maintenance of a channel 9 feet in depth and of suitable width from the mouth to Stillwater (24 miles) in connection with the improvement of the upper Missis- sippi River to afford a depth of 9 feet, and a channel 3 feet deep at mean low water, between Stillwater and Taylors Falls (28 miles); also the improvement of the harbor and water front at Stillwater. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1927, was $150,400. The latest (1941) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance for that portion of the project between the mouth and Stillwater is $10,000. The latest authorization (1939) for maintenance work on the stretch between Stillwater and Taylors Falls is limited to an expenditure of not to exceed $5,000 per year. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents June 18,1878 Dredging, etc., for a 3-foot channel between the H. Ex. Doc. No. 75, pt. 6, 43d Cong., mouth and Taylors Falls. 2d sess.; Annual Report 1875, p. 372. June 3,1896 Harbor and water front at Stillwater .- .... Jan. 21, 1927 A 6-foot channel to Stillwater__ H. Doc. No. 378, 69th Cong., 1st sess. Aug. 30, 1935 The 9-foot channel from the mouth to Stillwater _ H. Doc. No. 184, 72d Cong., 1st sess, The latest published map is in House Document No. 1008, Sixty- fourth Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-At Stillwater there is a concrete-paved levee, 550 feet long and 40 feet wide, sloping from the top of the river bank to the water. There is also a piling and timber trestle wharf on the right bank, of which 276 feet is dock and 96 feet approach. At other points along.the river landings are made on the banks. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-All new work was completed in 1930. The extension to provide a 9-foot channel from the mouth to Stillwater was completed on August 12, 1938, when full pool at dam No. 3 of the Mississippi River canalization project was acquired. The maximum draft that could be carried June 30, 1942, between Still- water and Taylors Falls was about 2.5 feet; below Stillwater, 9 feet. .The total costs to June 30, 1942, were $245,700.89, being $150,409.50 for new work and $95,291.39 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $245,700.89. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Dredging channel between Stillwater and mouth by Govern- ment plant and hired labor (October 1943) Preliminary surveys for dredging by hired labor---- -------------- $24, 000. 00 462. 33 Total maintenance__ -- 24, 462. 33 No operations are proposed for the fiscal year 1945. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 969 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ $150, 409. 50 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_ _-_-- - -95, 291. 39 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ----------- 245, 700.89 Net total expenditures ------------------------------------ 245, 700. 89 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943---------------------------24, 462.33 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ----- 270, 163. 22 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ------------------------------------- ------ - Cost of maintenance -- $911.61 $1,120.47 $9, 935. 76 $902. 50 Total expended . . .. 911. 61 1, 066. 82 9, 989. 41 902. 50 Allotted ----------------------- __ 15, 000.00 -------------- -5, 000.00 13, 000. 00----------- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ____-_- ----------- _ $24, 462. 33 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ---------------------------__ 24, 462.33 4. MINNESOTA RIVER, MINN. Location.-This river has its source in South Dakota, about 35 miles from Browns Valley, Minn. It is about 400 miles in length, its gen- eral direction of flow being easterly, and it empties into the Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn. For general location, see United States Geological Survey map of Minnesota. Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1867, and modified by the River and Harbor Acts of August 11, 1888, and July 13, 1892. For further details see page 1890 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 1105 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for open-channel improvement from the Mississippi River to Shakopee (25.6 miles). The object to be accomplished by this improvement is to obtain a channel with 4 feet of water from the Mississippi River to Shakopee, which will accom- modate vessels of 3-foot draft. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1892, was $10,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1941) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The exist- ing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892 (p. 2209 of the Annual Report for 1891). The latest published map will be found on page 1574 of the Annual Report for 1888. Local cooperation.-None required under the existing project. Local interests on March 27, 1942, requested that the section of the channel between the mouth and Savage, Minn., be dredged to a depth of 9 feet, and agreed to contribute funds in the amount of $90,000 to defray costs of dredging in excess of the authorized 4-foot project depth. On May 14, 1942, the Secretary of War, under authority con- tained in section 4 of the River and Harbor Act approved March 4, 1915, authorized acceptance of the local contribution, and dredging as proposed was approved, by the Chief of Engineers. Acceptance of additional contributions totaling $50,000 has been authorized by 970 RIEPORT OF CIDEF OF EN1GINER I S, U. S. AIRMY, 1943 the Secretary of War and funds have been deposited in the Treasury of the United States by local interests as follows: May 28, 1942 .- $90, 000 July 28, 1942 ------------------------------------------- 30,000 February 20, 1943-------- --- -------------------------- 20,000 Terminal facilities.-At Port Cargill, mile 13.7, Cargill, Inc., owns and operates a launching ways, a dock 650 feet in length with ware- house adjacent, with additional mooring space 1,300 feet in length. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Contract dredging from the mouth to mile 13.7 (near Savage, Minn.) was 98.4 percent com- pleted, approximately 620,000 cubic yards of material having been removed. An additional 1,400 cubic yards of construction debris in the vicinity of the Mendota, Minn., highway and railway bridges was removed by hired labor. Costs for the year were $35,679.47 United States funds for maintenance, and $125,751.87 contributed funds for new work, a total of $161,431.34. The total expenditures were $147,- 791.17, including $125,751.87 contributed funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com- pleted in 1931. The additional channel excavation which is substan- tially completed (see Local cooperation) provides a launching basin at Port Cargill, near Savage, Minn., with depths up to 20 feet, a channel with minimum depth of 9 feet and width of 100 feet from the mouth to Port Cargill, mile 13.7. A channel has been excavated around a rock outcrop between mile 12.1 and 12.5. Navigation by small craft from mile 13.7 to Shakopee was practicable for drafts not in excess of 3 feet. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $84,185.82 being $12,730.69 for new work and $71,455.13 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $70,545.65. In addi- tion, the cost and expenditure from contributed funds was $125,751.87 for new work dredging to a depth of 9 feet under the provisions of section 4 of the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1915. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1943_-------- --- __ $13, 640. 17 New work : Contract: Dredging 9-foot channel from mouth to mile 13.7 near Savage, Minn. (July 1943) Completion of dredging in excess of 4 feet to provide depth of 9 feet-Contributed funds ----------------------------- 1, 555. 38 Hired labor: Dredging channel from mouth to Shakopee (July 1943) --------- ---------------------------------------- 273. 92 Total new work__--- ------------- 1, 829. 30 Total funds ----------------------------------------- 15, 469. 47 The additional sum of $1,000 can be profitably expended for mainte- nance during the fiscal year 1945 on the removal of snags from the mouth to Shakopee. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- _ $130, 273. 48 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_--------------------------- 71,455. 13 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -------------- 201, 728.61 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_ - - - -- 13,640. 17 Net total expenditures - 188, 088. 44 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943-- 1, 221. 34 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- - - - " 189, 309. 78 I Exclusive of $125,71.87 contributed and expended for new work, fiscal year 1943. 2Exclusive of $140,000 contributed under authority Sec. 4, River and Harbor Act March 4. 1915. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 971 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work----------- -- ------..... .. ........... ....-------------- Cost of maintenance_ - - - $5,914.18 $128.02 $2,197.16; $35, 679. 47 Total expended----------------------- - 5,914.18 128.02 2,197.16 22, 039.30 Allotted-------------------------................ . $6, 000 1,000. 00 2, 500. 00 10, 000. 00 12, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------------------- $11, 260. 64 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved July 19, 1937 ------------------------------------- 12, 000. 00 mnount to be accounted for--- --- ________ 23, 260. 64 Gross amount expended ------------------------ $40, 291. 96 Less reimbursements collected- - ------- 18, 252. 66 22, 039.30 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------- __ 1, 221.34 ------------------ Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943___ $12. 47 3 14, 554. 98 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts- ---- 14, 542. 51 Balance available June 30, 1943___ _-_-_----13, 333.64 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1 30, 1945 for maintenance ' Exclusive of available funds. --------------------------- Includes $13,598.75 chargeable to contributed funds. 1,000.00 5. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of the work during the year was $36,551.72 and the ex- penditures were $35,431.90. The unexpended balance, $48,057.76, including accounts receivable at the end of the year less $10,000 re- voked since June 30, 1943, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $45,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------------------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $863, 648.38 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------------- 1863, 648.38 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943-- -------- ---- 1, 553. 36 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_ ____ _-- 865, 201. 74 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-...... -------- 2, 365. 67 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 867, 567. 41 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943___- ---- _1, 550.44 Net total expenditures_--......-------- 1866, 016. 97 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_--_ _____55,692.09 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 1921, 709.06 ------------- Includes $14,341.31 from permanent indefinite appropriation for "Gaging water of the Mississippi River and its tributaries." Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1945 C ost of new w ork Cost of maintenance - - - - - - - - -.... -- - - - - --- $59, 548.90 - - - - - - - - - $S6, 505.16 $97, 202.03 -- - - - - - - $67, 961.94 --.. . . $36, 551.72 Total expended 49, 382. 18 93, 943.49 94, 202.87 71, 530. 26 35, 431. 90 Allotted ---...... . --... . 114, 500.00 93, 000.00 78, 000.00 31,000.00 62,000.00 972 REPOT OF CHIR F OF E ,GINIEERS, U. S. ARM), 1943 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__----------------------------- $29, 123. 99 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved May 23, 1941_-_ __ -- -- $26, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943-------------------- 36, 000. 00 62, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for ---------------------------- 91, 123.99 Gross amount expended -------------------------- $88, 929. 05 Less reimbursements collected ---------------------- 53, 497. 15 35, 431. 90 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- - ------- -,55, 692. 09 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943- ----------- - 2,409. 18 Balance available June 30, 1943 -------------------------- 53, 282.91 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- 2, 365. 67 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 --------------- 55, 648. 58 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance' 1 - ----------- ___--45,000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 6. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full report June 30, 1943 amount Name of project see Annual - - required to Reportcmplete for- New work Maintenance complete 1. Mississippi and Leech Rivers, Minn.1_-- 1929 $277,615.12 $40, 251.01 Completed. 2. Red River of the North, Minn., and N. Dak.1 2 1921 302, 413.60 76, 209.40 3. Mississippi River between Brainerd and 1925 47, 793. 81 3,890.79 Grand Rapids, Minn.a 4. Lake Traverse, Minn., and S. Dak.. 4 _-- 1921 91.83 5. Red Lake and Red Lake River, Minn.' 5... 1923 9,070.00- 6. Wisconsin River, Wis. 7 1888 7. Black River, Wis___ - - - - - 1942 67, 584. 96 - -- $4, 400. 1 No commerce reported. 2 Abandonment recommended in 1915 (H. Doc. No. 1666, 63d Cong., 3d sess.) and June 24, 1926 (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong.. 1st sess.). SAbandonment recommended June 24, 1926 (H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). 4Abandonment recommended in 1915 (H.Doc. No. 439, 64th Cong., 1st sess.) and June 24, 1926 (H.Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess.). d Abandonment recommended in 1915 (H. Doc. No. 1666, 63d Cong., 3d sess.). 8 Originally included in project "Fox and Wisconsin Rivers. Wis." Abandonment of improvement of Wisconsin River by channel contraction works recommended in 1886-87 (H. Ex. Doc. No. 65, 49th Cong., 2d sess.). 7 Expenditures included under project "Fox and Wisconsin Rivers, Wis." No break-down available. 7. PLANT ALLOTMENT, ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_ - -------- $1, 238, 780. 56 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 ------------ 1, 238, 780. 56 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943------------------ ------ 142, 449.99 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943--...... ----- - 1, 381, 230. 55 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 - -- _- 86,094.09 Net total expenditures_ _ _------ --- -1, 295, 16. 46 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 236, 312. 28 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 1, 531, 448. 74 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST., PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 973 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Total expended----------------$94, 739.11 -$75, 795. 35 $63,881.87 $86, 433. 71 -$59, 401. 22 Allotted-___--- -------- - 20, 000. 00 112, 500. 00 66, 691. 40 49, 450. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------------------------------- $176,911.06 Gross amount expended ----------- $1, 476, 695. 00 Less: Reimbursements collected - - $1,534, 853.06 Receipts from sales----------- 1, 243.16 1, 536, 096. 22 -59, 401. 22 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_ ----------------------- 236, 312.28 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943___ ___---119, 363. 09 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------- 4, 380. 00 123, 743.09 Balance available June 30, 1943___ --------------------------__ 112, 569. 19 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ ---- _--------_____-- 142, 449.99 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-------------- __ 255, 019. 18 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Document Recom- Locality Authorization act mitted to No. mendation Congress Lake City Harbor, Minn _ Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, July 18, 1939. Mississippi River, improvement in Rivers and Harbors Lake Pepin. Committee resolu- tion, Dec. 19, 1938. Mississippi River-Missouri River to Commerce Committee Minneapolis, improvement of harbor resolution, Aug. 30, at Lansing, Iowa, for small craft. 1938. Mississippi River at McGregor, Iowa, Commerce Committee improvement of harbor for small resolution, Feb. 19, craft. 1938. Mississippi River at Minneapolis, Rivers and Harbors Minn., to modify existing project. Committee resolu- tion, Apr. 24, 1941. Mississippi River at Wabasha, Minn_ Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- tion, Apr. 30, 1940. Mississippi River between Missouri Rivers and Harbors River and Minneapolis, damages by Committee resolu- seepage and backwater in Minnesota tion, June 6, 1939. and Wisconsin (pools Nos. 5-A, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11). Mississippi River between Missouri Rivers and Harbors River and Minneapolis, damages by Committee resolu- seepage and backwater from pools tion, Mar. 16, 1939. Nos. 3, 4, 5, and 6, Wisconsin, and from opening gates at Red Wing, Minn., and Alma, Fountain City, and Trempealeau, Wis. Mississippi River between Missouri Rivers and Harbors River and Minneapolis, damage by Committee resolu- seepage and backwater in Minnesota tion, Mar. 1, 1939. (pools Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8). Mississippi River between Missouri Rivers and Harbors River and Minneapolis, damage by resolution, Mar. 10, seepage and backwater in the State 1939. of Iowa (pools Nos. 9, 10, and 11). Mississippi River between Missouri Rivers and Harbors River and Minneapolis, damage by Committee resolu- seepage and backwater in State of tion, Apr. 4, 1939. Minnesota (pools Nos. 5-A and 6). Mississippi River between mouth of Rivers and Harbors the Illinois River and Minneapolis, Committee resolu- Minn., for 12-foot channel with suit- tion, Sept. 21, 1943. able widths. - -- -- - -- - Missouri River diversion project. Commerce Commit- (under special board). tee resolution, June 22, 1937. 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1- 62 974 RIEPORT OF CIU OF' EGTN~EERS, U. S. AIRMY, 1943 8. DRY RUN, IOWA Location.-In northeastern Iowa, on Dry Run, a tributary of the upper Iowa River at Decorah, Iowa. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, authorized a flood-retention reservoir and channel enlargement down- stream for the protection of the city of Decorah. The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, Public, No. 228, Seventy-seventh Con- gress, first session, modified the project to provide for diversion of Dry Run into the upper Iowa River, a levee system along the upper IoWa River in Decorah for protection of adjacent property against augmented high-water flow, raising a section of railroad tracks and State Highway No. 9, and necessary alterations to bridges and pro- tection to existing structures in the vicinity. The diversion is to be accomplished by a dam across Dry Run at a point about 1 mile south- west of Decorah and a diversion channel 3,200 feet in length from that point through high ground to the upper Iowa River on the north. The project will provide complete protection to residential, industrial, and commercial areas totaling about 260 acres within the city limits of Decorah against the maximum probable flood on Dry Run and the upper iowa River. Floods creating serious damages have occurred about once every 11 years. The estimated Federal cost is $460,000, and the cost to local interests for lands and damages is $22,000. Local cooperation.--See page 6 for requirements. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-Design studies were car- ried on during the year. The costs for the year were $3,247.72 for new work and the expenditures were $3,046.65. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Surveys have been substantially completed, and design is approximately 50 percent accomplished. No construction work has been started. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $32,563.05 for new work; expenditures were $32,361.98. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, $32,862.36, includ- ing accounts receivable, will be applied to new work, design of the pro- posed improvements. No operations are proposed for the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial sumary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ _______ _ -- _ $32, 563.05 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ---------------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ....... -- 32, 563.05 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ ---- __--------224.34 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 -------- --- 32, 787. 39 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_ _------------ 425.41 __ Net total expenditures-- ------------- 32, 361.98 Unexpended balance June 30,1943----------------------------- 32, 638. 02 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ - ---- 65, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .... .- $416. 56 $21, 975.14 $2,244.64 $95. 55 $3, 247.72 Cost of maintenance ... __ _ . ....... Total expended . . .. _ 425. 77 21, 911. 46 2, 265. 50 138.37 3,046. 65 Allotted-------------------------------- 379, 000. 00 -354, 000. 00 35, 000. 00----.---- RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 975 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_-- - - $35, 684.67 Gross amount expended-- ------------ ___ 3,046.65 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943__ .... ------ 32,638.02 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 425. 41 Balance available June 30, 1943__-- ------ - 32, 212. 61 __ Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- -------- 224. 34 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 --------------- 32,436. 95 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of 1- - - - - - - - - - - existing project 395, 000. 00 ' Exclusive of available funds. 9. IJAKE TRAVERSE AND BOIS DE SIOUX RIVER, S. DAK. AND MINN. Location.-The works covered by this project lie along Lake Trav- erse and Bois de Sioux River between the upper end of Lake Traverse at Browns Valley, Minn., and the mouth of Bois de Sioux River at Breckenridge, Minn. The lake drains through the river to the Red River of the North, and the two waters form a portion of the boundary between the State of Minnesota and the States of North and South Dakota. For general location see United States Geological Survey map of Minnesota. Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for use of Lake Traverse as a flood-control and water-conservation reservoir and for channel improvement in the river below the lake. It includes construction of a dam near White Rock, S. Dak., at the north end of Lake Traverse, a structure at the Reservation Highway crossing for control of the upper section of the reservoir, levees, and embank- ments necessary near Browns Valley, Minn., and channel improve- ment of approximately 24 miles of the Bois de Sioux River from the outlet of Lake Traverse northward toward Breckenridge, Minn. The dam near White Rock, S. Dak., consists of a movable-gate control sec- tion between two sections of rolled fill embankment with a total length of approximately 14,400 feet from high ground on the Minnesota side to high ground on the South Dakota side, and supplemented by channel improvement of the Bois de Sioux River downstream and an embankment approximately 5,000 feet long at the south end of Lake Traverse for the protection of Browns Valley, Minn., consti- tutes the flood-control feature of the project. The structure at Res- ervation Highway crossing consists of a stone-paved dike spillway with superimposed stop log spans with total length of approximately 113 feet between steel sheet pile abutment walls behind which com- pacted fill connects with the existing highway, and is operated to maintain the water level in the upper section of the lake. The project with reservoir capacity for flood control of 126,000 acre-feet, affords protection to about 42,000 acres of agricultural land from floods up to those which may be expected to occur once in 30 years and should restore Lake Traverse to its former natural condition as a habitat for an abundance of wildlife and fish. The latest approved estimate of cost (1937) is $1,474,000, of which $1,115,200 is for construction and $358,800 for land and damages. The latest (1941) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $5,500. 976 a Poar OF C E OF Nl'G Ea , t. S. AMY, 1a04 The existing project was authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-A contract for the bi- tuminous surfacing of Reservation Highway was completed. Erec- tion of an operations building and grading and graveling the dike section at White Rock Dam were completed by hired labor. Acqui- sition of land during the year involved purchase of 215.73 acres, flowage easements on 186.40 acres and special easements on 282 acres. Costs for the year for acquisition of land and flowage rights were $50,741.79; for design, $4,410.59; for building construction, $2,208.23; for road surfacing, $17,476.50. Cost of new work by contract was $13,556.15; by hired labor, $61,280.96. The White Rock Dam and Reservation Control Structure were operated as required and the necessary repairs made thereto and to the appurtenant structures at a cost of $9,220.11. Total costs for the year were $84,057.22, of which $74,837.11 was for new work and $9,220.11 for operating and care. The expendi- tures were $78,989.98. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project as a whole was 81 percent complete. Contracts have been completed as follows: Framing and exterior of dam-tender's dwelling, May 10, 1940; Great Northern Railway bridge, July 22, 1940; Reservation Control Struc- ture, September 4, 1940; Blackmer and White Rock Highway bridges, October 3, 1940; White Rock Dam, May 24, 1941; Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad bridge at White Rock, June 13, 1941; Browns Valley dike, August 30, 1941; Bois de Sioux chan- nel improvement, October 4, 1941; reconstruction of Reservation Highway, October 7, 1941; alteration to South Dakota Highway No. 10 and Roberts County Highway, November 14, 1941; and surfacing of Reservation Highway, September 23, 1942. Utilities and founda- tion for dam-tender's dwelling, erection of an operations building and grading and graveling the dike section at White Rock Dam have been completed by hired labor. Work remaining to be initiated to complete the project included alterations of bridges and raising of highways along the Minnesota side of Lake Traverse, construction of an esplanade, completion of utilities building, and slope protection at White Rock Dam. Approximately 1,278 acres of land for which fee title is to be acquired and about 5,910 acres upon which flowage easements and special easements are to be obtained are involved in the land and flowage acquisition. Of these totals, fee title to 1,242.28 acres has been acquired, flowage easements on 791.78 acres, and special ease- ments on 447.23 acres have been acquired. The White Rock Dam and the Reservation Control Structure are in operation. Ice destroyed the slide-gate controls in Reservation Control Dam and high water and wind have caused serious erosion along the dike sections of Reservation Dam. Permanent repairs to the latter have been commenced. The total costs under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $1,129,725.38, of which $1,118,564.76 was for new work and $11,160.62 for operating and care. The expenditures were $1,125,548.19. RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 977 Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including ac- counts receivable, at the end of the year will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1942__ ------------------------------ $4, 189.19 New work: Hired labor: Design and surveys__ ______------ $10, 000.00 Acquisition of land and flowage rights------- 217, 600. 00 227, 600.00 Contract: Raising and reconstruction of Highways Nos. 27 and 28 (August 1943) ---------- ------------------------- 6, 000.00 Total new work ------------------------------- 233, 600.00 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operation -------- ------------------------- $7, 300. 09 Ordinary repairs_--------- ---- 1, 200.00 Improvements and reconstruction-- ----- 26, 800. 00 Total operating and care_--------- -- -35, 300.00 Balance available for revocation ---------------------------- 10,074.62 Total all work -------------------------------------- 283, 163.81 The additional sum of $9,000 can be profitably expended for operat- ing and care during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Operations_____ ___________ $7, 000. 00 Ordinary repairs ------------------------------------------ 2, 000.00 Total operating and care_--- ___ ---------- 9,000. 00 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ----------------------- $1,118, 564. 76 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 11,160.62 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- --- 1, 129, 725.38 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 12. 00 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943_------ -- 1, 129, 737. 38 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------------- 4, 189. 19 Net total expenditures__ _ _____ -- - - 1, 125, 548.19 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-------- --- 283,151.81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ----------- 1, 408, 700. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .---------------- $335,996. 26 $568, 770. 36 $138, 961.03 $74, 837.11 Cost of maintenance ....---- -------------- _-------------------------1,940.51 9, 220.11 ........---.---------.. Total cost-- 335, 996. 26 568, 770. 36 140, 901.54 84, 057. 22 Total expended ------------------ _280, 940. 72 577, 805. 44 187, 812. 05 78, 989. 98 Allotted-------------------.....--.-._-.-. . 1, 475, 500. 00 4, 000.00 -49,100. 00 -21, 700. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---------------------------- _ $383, 841.79 978 REPORT OF CHIEF OF EINIGIEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 28, 1939- ---- $30,000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942__ 5, 500. 00 500. 00 - -$35, Amount to be accounted for________ - - _____ - - 419,341. 79 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment _ _____ ----- 57, 200. 00 Net amount to be accounted for- -_- -______- 362, 141.79 Gross amount expended-_ -______-_ __-_ __-- $79, 372. 28 Less: Reimbursements collected _________- $24. 80 Receipts from sales___.__________ 357. 50 382. 30 78, 989. 98 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- ----- ____ -- 283, 151.81 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ _ - --- $223, 357. 00 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -- 6, 332. 45 229, 689. 45 Balance available June 30, 1943___ 53, 462. 36 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ______...... 12. 00 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_ 53, 474. 36 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project _ __ _ __ _ _ __ __ 111, 800.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 ______---- 9,000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 10. LAC QUI PARLE RESERVOIR, MINNESOTA RIVER, MINN. Location.-The works covered by this project lie along Marsh and Lac qui Parle Lakes and the Minnesota River between the head of Marsh Lake and Granite Falls, Minn. For general location see United States Geological Survey map of Minnesota. Existing project.-Construction of the Lac qui Parle Reservoir was initiated as a Works Progress Administration project sponsored by the State of Minnesota, prior to its authorization as a Federal project by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. The present plan of improvement provides for completion and maintenance by the War Department of the structures on Marsh and Lac qui Parle Lakes and the Chippewa River diversion works, substantially completed by the Works Projects Administration for use of Marsh and Lac qui Parle Lakes as flood control and water conservation reservoirs, and for chan- nel improvement of the Minnesota River below the lakes. The project includes a main dam at the outlet of Lac qui Parle Lake, a structure between Marsh Lake and Lake Lac qui Parle, for control of the Marsh Lake Reservoir, a dam and diversion channel near Watson, Minn., for diverting floodwaters of the Chippewa River into the Lac qui Parle Reservoir, necessary alterations to highways, railroads, and bridges in the vicinity, and improvement of the channel of the Minnesota River at various locations between Lake Lac qui Parle and Granite Falls. The Lac qui Parle Dam, which carries a highway across the Minne- sota River, consists of a control structure of 12 bridge spans incor- porating sluice gates and a fixed spillway weir, a 2,500-foot emergency spillway, and sections of highway embankment connecting with high ground on either side of the valley. The Marsh Lake Dam consists of RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 979 a 110-foot concrete spillway and two sections of dredged earth fill totaling approximately 8,500 feet in length. The Chippewa River Flood Diverson Dam consists of a concrete fixed crest structure sup- porting a highway bridge, and a section of earth fill through which is provided a conduit for discharge of low water flow. The diversion channel for passing floodwaters of the Chippewa River into the Lac qui Parle Reservoir is 3,500 feet in length cut through a natural ridge separating the river and an arm of the lake. A rolled earth fill dike extending along the lower south side of the channel is an extension of the diversion dam and serves also to protect the adjacent railroad tracks from being flooded. Improvement of the Minnesota River be- tween Lake Lac qui Parle and Granite Falls consists of rock removal and cut-offs at various locations to provide for increasing the bank- full capacity of the channel to about 4,000 second-feet. The project, with reservoir capacity of about 94,500 acre-feet for flood control above normal elevations of the two conservation pools, will provide protection for agricultural lands against summer floods estimated to have a frequency of about once in 25 years and protection against spring floods having a frequency of about once in 12 years. Storage of 58,500 acre-feet for conservation purposes provided below normal elevations of conservation pools will result in improved lake levels for recreation and game conservation in addition to providing for in- creased low water flow downstream for agricultural interests and for sewage disposal at Granite Falls. The estimated cost to the United States for completion of the project, revised in 1943, is $299,500 for construction and $495,000 for lands and damages. The estimated annual cost of maintenance is $9,000. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Contracts for Marsh Lake Dam improvements and bituminous surfacing of spillway, Lac qui Parle Dam were completed. Acquisition of all of the 33 acres of land requiring special easement was completed. A contract with the Great Northern Railway Co. has been completed and negotiations were carried on toward agreements with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co. and with the State of Minnesota relative to land acquisition. Costs for the year for dam improvements were $18,727.26; $49,751.99 for channel improvement and incidental struc- tures; $4,372.51 for land and flowage rights and $218.64 for surveys, design, etc. Cost by contract, $68,479.25; by hired labor, $4,591.15. Total costs for the year were $75,832.52, being $73,070.40 for new work and $2,762.12 for maintenance. Expenditures were $75,450.06. Conditionat end of fiscal year.-The existing project as a whole was 40 percent complete. The following contracts have been completed: Lac qui Parle Dam improvements, April 10, 1942; channel improve- ment of the Minnesota River, April 13, 1942; road surfacing, spillway, Lac qui Parle Dam, September 22, 1942; Marsh Lake Dam improve- ments, October 19,1942. Work has been carried on toward the acquisi- tion of land and flowage rights. Work remaining to be initiated to complete the project includes raising the Great Northern Railway crossing near Appleton, raising or relocating the Louisburg-Correll Highway, and clearing portions of the reservoir area. The total costs 980 REPORT OF CIiEF OF E!NIG NIEERS, U. S. AIRMY, 1943 under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $318,057.69, being $315,295.57 for new work and $2,762.12 for maintenance. The expend- itures were $317,949.50. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended, including accounts receivable, at the end of the year will be applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943--------------------------------- $473. 95 New work: Hired labor: Design--------------------------------------------1, 500.00 Land acquisition----------------------------------383, 100. 00 Railroad and highway damages------------------------62, 800. 00 Total new work---------------------------------447, 400. 00 Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations_ -------------------------------------------- 7,200. 00 Ordinary repairs 4---------------------------- , 300. 00 Total operating and care--_____ 11, 500. 00 Balance available for revocation-------------------------------9, 692. 31 Total all work- _----------------- 469, 066. 26 The additional sum of $9,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 as follows: Maintenance (operating and care) : Operations-- - --- $6, 000.00 Ordinary repairs --------------------------------------- 3, 000. 00 Total operating and care -------------------------------- 9, 000. 00 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 - ---------- $315, 295.57 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------ 2762. 2, 12 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------------- 318, 057. 69 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943---------------------------- 365. 76 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 -------- 318, 423. 45 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 473. 95 Net total expenditures -------------------------------- 317, 949. 50 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ----------- 468, 700. 50 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943--------------- 786, 650. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ..---------------- $404. 38 $22, 599. 94 $6, 322. 71 $212, 898.14 $73, 070.40 Cost of maintenance-------.......... ------------- -------------------------------------- 2,762.12 Total cost..........----------------- 404.38 22, 599. 94 6, 322. 71 212, 898. 14 75, 832. 52 ............--...-------------------- Total expended------ 23,121.80 5,652. 70 213, 724.94 75,450.06 Allotted........................---------------------- 13,000.00 82, 350. 00 209,000. 00 453, 600.00 28, 700. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-ST. PAUL, MINN., DISTRICT 981 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_-_ ----- _-- $515, 450.56 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropri- ation Act approved June 28, 1939-- ----- $27, 200.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropri- ation Act approved April 28, 1942 ----------------- 9,000.00 36, 200.00 Amount to be accounted for-__ ------ - 551, 650. 56 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ---------------- 7, 500.00 Net amount to be accounted for ----------------------- 544,150. 56 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 75, 450. 06 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 468, 700. 50 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 418,108.48 Balance available June 30, 1943--- -------- 50, 592.02 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------------- 365.76 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_- ---- 50, 957.78 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ---------------------------------------- 25, 850. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance' --------------------------------- 9,000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 11. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN, ST. PAUL DISTRICT Location.-The Mississippi River Basin above the Ohio River, ex- clusive of the Missouri River Basin, in the St. Paul district. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, ap- proved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, and authorized $6,600,000 for reservoirs and $2,700,000 for local flood- protection works on the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers; the reservoirs and local protection projects to be selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers. The act specifically provides that the authorization shall include the enlargement and extension of a sys- tem of levees located on the south side of the Sangamon River east of Chandlerville, Ill., as set forth in House Document No. 604, Sev- enty-fifth Congress, third session. The following project located in the St. Paul district is included in the comprehensive plan: basinStateTotal esti- Name Tributary basin State mated cost Black River Reservoir Black__--- --- ___---Wisconsin- .--------- __. _ _. $6, 541, 000 Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Operationsand results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No work has been undertaken. Proposed operations.-None. 982 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 12. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of the work during the year was $45,532.85 and the expen- ditures were $45,303.89. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, $65,661.41, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 _------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_--- $492, 495. 09 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 19431---- - 492, 495. 09 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-.......... ------ 3, 556. 5-0 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 488, 938. 59 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_---- ------....--- 65, 661. 41 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ----- 554,600.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ..... . . . . .. . . . . ............... ..... .............. .... ... . .. . Cost of maintenance-..-........ $59, 041.72 $147, 814. 78 $115,194.74 $119, 501.29 $45, 532.85 Total expended-....----- - . 53, 670. 47 153, 553.92 112, 440. 97 120,069. 34 45, 303.89 Allotted-._ ----------------- 99, 000. 00 177, 900. 00 70, 000.00 44,000.00 104, 300.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_- ------- ---- $6, 665. 30 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 24, 1940___- ----- $6,000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved May 23, 1941-- ------- 7,500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 28, 1942-- ----- -90, 800.00 104, 300. 00 Amount to be accounted for- - - -110, 965. 30 Gross amount expended ------------------------------------ 45,303. 89 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_------ --- 65, 661. 41 _------- Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_---- 3, 559. 49 Balance available June 30, 1943_- -- -- -62, 101.92 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance _------- - 50, 000.00 SExclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 983 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Document Recommen- Locality Authorization act mitted to No. dation Congress Chippowai is Rivr ad tibuaris, Chippewa River and tributaries, Wis- Commerce Com- consin. mittee resolution, Oct. 28, 1941. Clearwater River, Minn-------- Flood Control Act, June 28, 1938. Forest River, N. Dak .............. Commerce Com- mittee resolution, Dec. 1, 1938. Goose River and tributaries, North Flood Control Act, Dakota. Aug. 11, d1939. Hay Creek, Goodhue County, Minn_.. Flood Control Act, June 28, 1938. Hendricks Lake, S. Dak. and Minn., Flood Control Act, Apr. 19,1943 U favor ..------------- inlets and outlets. Aug. 18, 1941. able. Kickapoo River, Wis.....__________ Flood Control Act, - - ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aug. 28, 1937. Little Minnesota River, diversion of Commerce Com- waters into Lake Traverse, for flood mittee resolution, control and water conservation. Nov. 4, 1940. Minnesota River, Minn ............ Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Missouri River diversion project Commerce Com- (under special board). mittee resolution, June 22, 1937. Park River, N. Dak., tributary of Red Commerce Com- River of the North. mittee resolution, Dec. 1, 1938. Pembina River and tributaries, North Flood Control Act, Dakota. June 28, 1938. Red Lake River and tributaries, Min- -..- do..------------ nesota. Red River of the North Drainage Basin, Flood Control Act, Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Aug. 18, 1941. Dakota. Root River, Fillmore, Mower, Olm- Flood Control Act, sted, Winona, and Houston Coun- Aug. 28, 1937. ties, Minn. Roseau River, Minn., tributary of Red Flood Control Act, River of the North. June 22, 1936. Sheyenne River, N. Dak., tributary of Commerce Com- Red River of the North. mittee resolution, Wisconsin River and tributaries, Wis- consin. Sept. 1, 1938. Commerce Com- mittee resolution, -, ------------- i-- ------------- Oct. 28, 1941. I IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT This district comprises a portion of southwestern Iowa, northwest- ern, central, and western Missouri, Northern Kansas, southern Ne- braska, and a portion of northeastern Colorado embraced in the drain- age basin of the Missouri River and tributaries from Rulo, Nebr., to the mouth. The report on the section of the Missouri River from Kan- sas City, Mo., to Rulo, Nebr., is included in report upon improvement of rivers and harbors in Omaha, Nebr., district. District engineer: Col. Francis H. Oxx, Corps of Engineers, through September 15, 1942; Col. R. Selee, Corps of Engineers, September 16, 1942 through January 1, 1943; Col. R. E. M. Des Islets, Corps of En- gineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. Lewis A. Pick, Corps of Engineers. 984 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 IMPROVEMENTSI Navigation Flood control-Continued Page Page 1. Missouri River, Kansas City 8. Kanopolis Reservoir, Mis- to mouth -------- 984 souri River Basin, Kans_ 1000 2. Missouri River, Kansas City 9. Missouri River Basin, Kan- to Rulo__ _ -- --- 1010 sas City district --------- 1003 3. Osage River, Mo . . 990 10. Preliminary examinations, 4. Examinations, surveys, and surveys, and contingencies contingencies (general) 993 for flood control --------- 1005 5. Other navigation projects for 11. Emergency flood-control which no estimates are work ------------------ 1005 submitted__--------------- 994 J12.Other flood-control projects 6. Plant allotment------------ 994 for which no estimates are submitted_ __ -- ____-- 1008 Flood control 7. Kansas Citys on Missouri and Kansas Rivers, Mo. and Kans_.- ----- 995 1. MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY TO THE MOUTH Location--The Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers conjoin at Three Forks, Mont., to form the Missouri River, which flows south- easterly 2,464.41 miles across or along seven States to the Mississippi River, 17 miles above St. Louis. For description, see page 1149, Annual Report for 1932. Practically the entire length of the section from Kansas City to the mouth is contained within the State of Missouri. Previous projects.-The first appropriation for improvement by regulation was made in the River and Harbor Act of June 18, 1878. The original plan for comprehensive improvement was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of August 2, 1882, modified by River and Harbor Acts of July 5, 1884, September 19, 1890, and June 13, 1902. For fur- ther details see page 1891 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 1153 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for securing a permanent navigable channel with a minimum low-water depth of 6 feet and a minimum width of 200 feet, with a reasonable additional width around the bends, by means of bank revetment, permeable dikes to contract and stabilize the waterway, removal of snags, and occasional dredging. Length of section under improvement (mouth to upper end of Quindaro Bend) is 386.2 miles. Ordinary and extreme fluctuations of stage are 16 and 38 feet, respectively. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1938, is $80,000,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The estimated cost for annual maintenance is $2,000,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: 1The mileage for the Missouri River between the mouth and Three Forks, Mont., is meas- ured along the 1932 channel line from the mouth to Rulo, Nebr.; along the 1939 proposed improved channel line from Rulo to Sioux City, Iowa; along the 1930 channel line from Sioux City to Fort Benton, Mont.; and along the 1890 channel line from Fort Benton to Three Forks. RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 985 Acts Work authorized Documents July 25,1912 Project adopted for securing a permanent navi- H. Doc. No. 1287, 61st Cong., 3d sess. gable channel of 6-foot depth. Aug. 8,1917 This act fixed the upstream limit of the improve- H. Doc. No. 463, 64th Cong., 1st sess. ment at the upper end of Quindaro Bend (386.2 miles from the mouth), and provided for dredg- ing. Mar. 3,1925 For a minimum width of 200 feet, with a reason- able additional width around the bends. Aug. 30,1935 For completion of improvement from the mouth H. Doc. No. 238, 73d Cong., 2d sess.t to Sioux City, Iowa. 1 Contains latest published maps of the Missouri River. Recommended modifications of project.-Under date of February 24, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended adoption of a project for Missouri River between Sioux City and the mouth to provide for a channel of 9-foot depth and width not less than 300 feet, to be obtained by revetment of banks, construction of permeable dikes to contract and stabilize the waterway, cut-offs to eliminate long bends, closing of minor channels, removal of snags, and dredging as re- quired, at an estimated construction cost of $6,000,000, in addition to the amounts previously authorized, and with no increase in the an- nual maintenance of $4,500,000 (H. Doc. No. 214, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Local cooperation.-The project provides that cooperation from benefited localities may be required, in case a comprehensive plan is adopted by Congress, for an apportionment of expense where any improvement confers special benefit; and receipt of contributions from private parties, to be expended with Government funds upon author- ized works where such would be in the interest of navigation, is au- thorized by the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1915. The Secre- tary of War has approved the general principle of cooperative con- struction on the Missouri River below Kansas City on the basis that 25 percent of the cost of any special installation shall be paid by the United States and 75 percent by the local interests. The total amount contributed by local interests in cooperation with the United States from 1918 to June 30, 1943, was $665,662.80, of which $8,647.11 was returned to contributors. Work done by private interests for the benefit of the public during the fiscal year 1943 was as follows: DeWitt Bend.-The Wabash Railroad Co. placed 1,009 cubic yards of limestone riprap on existing mattress; renewed willows in 350 squares of mattress; and renewed wire and cable in 550 squares of mattress, along the left bank of the Missouri River in DeWitt Bend, in the vicinity of mile 257.5 (1932 mileage), at a cost of $14,205.27. Lexington Reach.-The Missouri Pacific Railroad Co. initiated the placing of 1,000 linear feet of mattress and 4,000 linear feet of bank paving at an estimated total cost of $60,000, along the right bank of the Missouri River in Lexington Reach in the vicinity of mile 323.0 (1932 mileage). This work was approximately 50 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. Terminal facilities.-Facilities for transferring grain, petroleum products, and other commodities are maintained at various locations 986 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 on this section of the river. These facilities are listed in the follow- ing table: Location 2 Description of facility 1 Miles above mouth Nearest town (1932 mileage) Oil-loading facilities .- - -_ -- 384. 6 K a n s a s Cit y, Kans. D o .. ... . . . . . ..... .. ...- .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379.6 D o. Grain elevator, conveyor, and dock-publicly owned, leased to private 379.1 Do. concern. Warehouse, escalator, bulk-handling dock, and concrete loading plat- form-publicly owned, leased to Inland Waterways Corporation (Federal Barge Lines). 378.6 Kansas City, Mo. Warehouse and concrete loading platform-publicly owned, leased to 377.2 Do. War Department. Oil-loading facilities -- 367.9 Sugar Creek, Mo. Grain-loading facilities --------------------------------------- 297.15 Waverly, Mo. Do ------------------------------------ - - 297.1 Do. Do_ 3226.9 Glasgow, Mo. Facilities for loading raw material for the ceramic industry - - - 116.8 Chamois, Mo. Do - -96.82 Hermann, Mo. Facilities for transferring sand and gravel . - 28.0 St. Charles, Mo. 1Privately owned and operated unless otherwise indicated. 2On right bank unless otherwise indicated. 3 On left bank. The above-listed facilities are considered adequate for existing com- merce. Additional terminals, however, are contemplated for construc- tion at other points as soon as conditions warrant. Operations and results during fiscal year-New work.-This work consisted of the construction by contract of 10 dikes and 2 dike exten- sions totaling 7,677 linear feet (1 rock-filled dike included totaling 16 linear feet), and 40 lengths of revetment totaling 27,171 linear feet, at a total cost of $657,487.46; construction by hired labor of 156 linear feet of revetment, 4,173 linear feet of bank protection, removal of 4,833.5 linear feet of existing stiructures and a point removal of 1 locality, totaling 84,518 cubic yards, by Government-owned dredges and a dragline, at a total cost of $110,106.48; surveys, appraisals, acquisition proceedings, and related work in connection with the acquisition of rights-of-way for channel changes, and prosecution of engineering, design, and surveys at a total cost of $34,361.23. The total cost of new work prosecuted with regular funds was $801,- 955.17. Maintenance.-This work consisted of the repair by contract of 198 linear feet of dikes and 2,588 linear feet of revetment at a total cost of $76,196.45; the accomplishment by hired labor of the following: Removal of 8,276,692 cubic yards of material (excluding 130,424 cubic yards of dredging in the Gasconade boatyard harbor) from 56 localities by U. S. dredges Black, Clark, Mitchell, and Lewis, also washing by towboats Suter and Bixby, at a total cost of $369,097.54; the repair of 20,935 linear feet of dikes and 31,065 linear feet of revetment; and the construction of 8,336 linear feet of protection of accretion, and 2,020 linear feet of revetment realinement,_ at a total cost of $879,693.39; removal of 56 snags at a cost of $2,344.15; engineering, design, and surveys in connection with maintenance work at a total cost of $111,- RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 987 868.67; marking channel for navigation at a cost of $136,235.29; and stream gaging for special studies and working data at a cost of $7,227.65. The total cost of maintenance, all prosecuted with regular funds, was $1,582,663.14. The costs for the fiscal year, all from regular funds, were as follows: $801,955.17 for new work and $1,582,663.14 for maintenance, a total of $2,384,618.31. The total expenditures were $2,362,356.83, all from regular funds. - Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 96 percent completed at the end of the fiscal year. The physical extent of work accomplished was 1,749,642 linear feet of dikes, 1,019,591 linear feet of revetment, 29,499 linear feet of abatis, 27,493 linear feet of bank protection, 35,842 linear feet of retards, 16,561 linear feet of levees, 5 revetment spillways, excavation of 4,545,734 cubic yards of material in the construction of pilot canals, removal of 75,123.5 linear feet of existing structures, dredge fills totaling 1,453,332 cubic yards, removal of 432,664 cubic yards of rock, removal of 81,081,860 cubic yards of material by dredging, and removal of 2,670,107 cubic yards of ma- terial in the improvement of bank alinement. In general, the ma- jority of the structures that have not accomplished the purpose intended are in only fair condition. Although additional dikes and revetment are required for permanent establishment of the project dimensions, a channel with a minimum depth of 6 feet and a minimum width of 200 feet is in general available throughout the navigation season, which approximately covers the period from March 1 to November 30. Due to a period of high water, the controlling depth on June 30, 1943, was approximately 8 feet. The practicable draft at ordinary stages of the river is 5.5 feet. This section of the river has been used for com- mercial navigation since June 1935. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was as follows: New work Maintenance Total Regular funds - .- . . --... . --. . ._ . $68,874, 615. 76 $21,446, 788.60 $90, 321, 404.36 Emergency relief funds 1,375, 243.49 133, 756. 51 1, 509, 000.00 Public Works funds_ -- - 6, 468, 490.38 6, 468, 490.38 Total_ _----___ _ ____.---------76, 718, 349.63 21, 580, 545.11 98, 298, 894. 74 The total expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1943, were $98,701,921.83 ($90,724,431.45 regular funds, $6,468,490.38 Public Works funds, and $1,509,000 Emergency Relief funds). For expenditures by local interests, see paragraph "Local coopera- tion." Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of $1,332,640.14, excluding $1,020,000, revoked during July to.gether with advances for plant ($200,000) and accounts receivable ($31,172.60) will be applied during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, as follows: 988 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Accounts payable- --------------------------------- $239, 311. 63 New work (July 1,1943, to June 30, 1944): Channel improvement and bank protection by dike and revetment construction: By contract: Termination of existing contracts_ 108, 964. 15 By hired labor: Completion of existing jobs: Kansas City to Dundee Reaches, removal of existing structures- 729. 78 Portland Reach to Bellefontaine Bend, acquisi- tion of rights-of-way_ 9, 752. 42 Engineering, design, and surveys - 6, 691. 35 Work authorized to be completed--------------- 164, 590.00 Pile revetment No. 286.5 R. B. Standard revetment No. 218.6 L. B. Standard revetment No. 112.0 L. B. Standard revetment No. 61.5 R. B. Standard revetment No. 49.6 L. B. Standard revetment No. 36.65 R. B. Point removal in connection with construction of standard revetment No. 49.6. Total new work_------- --- 290, 727. 70 Maintenance (July 1,1943, to June 30, 1944): By contract: Bakers Bend revetment repair----------------- 38, 839. 12 By hired labor: Maintenance of structures: Dike and revetment repair___- -- ___ 361, 545. 70 Protection of accretions-------------------------- 15, 938. 54 Bank protection mattress_------- --- 90,000.00 Channel dredging___-- ----- -___ 346, 320. 53 Channel marking_------------_ -125, 622.83 Snagging----------------------------------2,000.00 Engineering, design, and surveys --- 53, 506. 69 Total maintenance--- --------- -1, 033, 773. 41 Total for all work--------- ____ 1, 563, 812. 74 The additional sum of $3,709,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, as follows (the amount shown for new work is based upon possible conditions necessitating emer- gency new work construction): New work (July 1,1944, to June 30, 1945): Channel improvement and bank protection by dike and revet- ment construction: By contract___--------------------------------------$1,334,000 By hired labor___________---------- ---- 300, 000 Engineering, design, and surveys_--------- --- 75, 000 Total new work________________ 1, 709,000 Maintenance (July 1, 1944, to June 30, 1945): By hired labor: Maintenance and repair of existing works_ --- 1,285,000 Channel dredging_------------ ---- 500, 000 Channel marking_--- -------------- 150, 000 Snagging_-------------------------------------------- 5,000 Engineering, design, and surveys--- --------- 60, 000 Total maintenance_------------ - 2, 000, 000 -------------------------------- Total for all work_ 3,709,000 RIVERS AND'HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 989 Cost and financial suAnmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943__-_ __- ---- - -'$83, 978, 453. 02 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_ -- --- -___ 221,983, 572. 20 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943---------105, 962, 025. 22 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943- ------- 200, 000. 00 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 -- 106, 162, 025. 22 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ - 31, 172. 60 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943--------------------106, 193, 197. 82 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_ 239, 311. 63 Net total expenditures- 105, 953, 886. 19 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943__ 2, 352, 640. 14 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_-- ......... 108, 306, 526. 33 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work . -- -- $1, 254, 053. 22 $3, 024, 341.05 $2, 004, 100.75 $1, 380, 236. 35 $801, 955. 17 Cost of maintenance-........ .1,003, 722. 93 1, 261, 693. 95 1, 506, 241.04 1, 348, 491. 62 1, 582, 663. 14 Total cost-------------- 2, 257, 776. 15 4, 286, 035. 00 3, 510, 341.79 2, 728, 727. 97 2, 384,618. 31 Total expended--------------- 2, 276, 273. 72 3, 892, 204. 42 3,905, 927. 38 1, 516, 014.34 2, 362, 356. 83 Allotted----_-_-_-_- ------- 3, 700, 000.00 4,099, 000.00 4, 195, 000.00 1,417, 593.42 1,000,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-------------------------$3, 714, 996.97 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943__11111111 1 111, 000, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for- -- --------- 4, 714, 996.97 Gross amount expended $2, 512, 356. 83 Less reimbursements collected- __ ------- 150, 000. 00 2, 362, 356. 83 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_____- 2, 352, 640. 14 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943__ ---- $120,898. 81 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts --------- 783, 204. 62 904, 103.43 Balance available June 30, 1943-....... - ----- 1, 448,536. 71 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_- __ ---------------- 31, 172.60 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_ ........... 1, 479, 709. 31 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 3----------------- ------------------ . 2, 990, 000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945: For new work ' ---------------- --------------------- 1, 709, 000.00 - - - - - - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - For maintenance 3 2, 000, 000.00 Total' ----------------------------------------------- 3,709,000.00 1 Exclusive of $644,374.05, contributed funds. s Exclusive of $12,641.64, contributed funds. ' Exclusive of available funds. 558155--44-pt. 1,vol. 1-- 63 990 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 2. MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY TO RULO See report on Missouri River, Kansas City to Sioux City. Page 1010. 3. OSAGE RIVER, MO. Location.-This river, rising in eastern Kansas, flows easterly 516 miles in sinuous bends to the Missouri River, 129 miles above its mouth and 14 miles below Jefferson City. Existing project.-This provides for a lock and dam and for open- channel work consisting of wing dams and training walls, removal of obstructions, and dredging between the mouth and Warsaw to obtain a uniform depth of 3 feet. The length of section included in the project is 164.7 miles 1 and consists of two parts, mouth to Bag- nell Dam (Federal Power Commission project No. 459 at mile 75.4 above the mouth) and Bagnell Dam to legal head of navigation (im- mediately below Warsaw). Ordinary and extreme fluctuations of stage on the Osage River below Bagnell Dam are 15 and 41 feet and on the Lake of the Ozarks, formed by Bagnell Dam, are 10 and 30 feet. The estimate of cost of new work, revised in 1928, is $250,000, ex- clusive of the lock and dam, for open-channel work as far as the mouth of the Niangua River (107 miles above the mouth of the Osage River). The latest (1936) approved estimate of cost for annual main- tenance is $18,500, including $6,000 for operating and care of lock and dam. The following table shows the principal features of the lock and dam included in the project: Look and dam No. 1, Osage River Nearest railroad station --------------------- Osage City, Mo., 6 miles. Distance above mouth of river---------- ----- 7.4 miles. 'Lock dimensions -------------------------- 42 by 220 feet. Lift of lock------------------------------16 feet. Depth on lower miter sill at low water--------- 9 feet. Character of foundation - Piles in gravel. Kind of dam ----------------------------- Fixed with movable crest.' Type of construction ----------------------- Concrete. Year completed ---------------------------- Lock, 1906; dam, 1911.2 Cost ------------- ----------------------- $468,419.98. 1 9-foot fixed dam of concrete with 7-foot movable crest of chanoine wickets and Chitten- den drum weirs. 2 Dam partially failed and was not entirely reconstructed until 1914. 8Exclusive of $260,171.72, cost of reconstruction and repairs incident to the partial failure. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: 1Osage River and Lake of the Ozarks mileage. RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 991 Acts Work authorized Documents Mar. 3,1871 Project adopted for deepening the channel over H. Ex. Doc. No. 60, 41st Cong., 3d the shoals by dredging as far as Roscoe (238.5 sess., and Annual Report, 1871, p. miles above the mouth). 327. Sept. 19,1890 For beginning construction of a lock and dam -..- Mar. 3,1899 For a lock and dam --------------- ___ _ _.. Annual Report, 1898, p. 3474. June 24, 1902 This act declared the river nonnavigable above the dividing line between Benton and St. Clair Counties, Mo. (a point approximately 185 miles above the mouth). Mar. 4,1904 This act declared the river not to be a navigable stream above a point which is located immedi- ately downstream from Warsaw, Mo. June 26,19341 Operating and care of the lock and dam provided for with funds from War Department appro- priations for rivers and harbors. I Permanent Appropriations lRepeal Act. For latest published maps see H. Doc. No. 91, 73d Cong., 1st sess. Terminal facilities.-On the Lake of the Ozarks, formed by Bag- nell Dam, there are several marine ways and drydocks operated by private interests which are capable of handling any boats now operat- ing or likely to be operated on the lake. There also exist a few docks which are open to the public, and numerous private docks and storage facilities. These facilities adequately fulfill existing needs. On the Osage River below Bagnell Dam there are several small boat docks maintained by private interests which adequately fulfill existing needs. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Work consisted of the operation and care of the lock and dam as required for passage of small craft at a total cost of $6,751.41. Due to the high stages of the Osage River lockage was not required for the passage of 4 towboats and 4 barges. There were 27 lockages required for 27 small craft which passed through the lock. The total cost was $6,751.41, and the expend- itures were $6,797.20. Conditions at end of fiscal year.-The flood in May of 1943 which swept down the Osage River valley, in volumes exceeding all records of prior years, inundated the reservation and caused damages to Govern- ment property amounting to approximately $12,500. In addition to in- cidental damages, seven buildings were lost and the office building was swept from its foundation and overturned. The emergency repairs to this project will be made during the fiscal year 1944 with emergency funds. Except for the construction of two wing dams, one in 1925 and one in 1926, the open-channel work was completed sufficiently in 1919 to provide reasonable accommodations for the commerce actually using the channel. Upon the completion of Bagnell Dam in 1931, navigable depths in excess of the project depth were made available at all times on the portion of the project upstream from mile 75.4. Navigation activities on the latter sectiorn have increased considerably with the development of the Lake of the Ozarks as a recreational area. The controlling depth from the mouth of the river to mile 21, or about 14 miles above the lock and dam, is 3 feet, and drafts of 4 feet 992 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 194 3 over this section are practicable. The controlling depth from mile 21 to Bagnell Dam is 2 feet and drafts in excess of 18 inches are not practicable. On the Lake of the Ozarks, depths of 10 feet or more are available at any ordinary stage of the lake from Bagnell Dam to War- saw, Mo. The topography adjacent to the lake is such as to form various coves in the lake of which many have dependable channels for navigation for considerable distance above their confluences with the main stem of the lake. The total cost of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $1,255,- 364.54 from regular funds, of which $658,075.71 was for new work, $543,847.22 was for maintenance, and $53,441.61 was for operation and care of the lock and dam. The total expenditures were $1,255,- 473.56 from regular funds. In addition, the sum of $190,561.10 was expended between July 1, 1912, and June 30, 1935, on the operation and care of the works of improvement under the provision of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance ($7,024.37) of reg- ular funds and accounts receivable ($109.02) at the end of the fiscal year together with an allotment of $7,850 made in July will be ap- plied during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, as follows: Maintenance (July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944) (operation and care) : Operation of lock and dam------------- ----------------- $6, 966. 14 Ordinary maintenance and repairs (less rental)_---- -- 117. 25 Emergencies --------------------- -------------- 50. 00 Emergency repairs due to flood of May 1943_ -- --- 7, 850.00 Total maintenance -------------- ---------------------- 14, 983. 39 The additional sum of $7,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, as follows: Maintenance (July 1, 1944, to June 30, 1945) (operation and care): Operation of lock and dam--- --------- $6, 800 Ordinary maintenance and repair (less rental) ----------------- 150 Emergencies --------------------------- 50 Total ------------------------------------------------- 7, 000 Cost and fnancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--- --------- $658, 075. 71 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943--- --------- 787, 849. 93 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_--- -1, 445, 925. 64 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943___-- --------- 109. 02 Net total expenditures ------------------------------ 1, 446, 034. 66 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943__- ----- -___ 7,024. 37 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------------- 1, 453, 059.03 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new w ork - .-- - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost of maintenance .......----------...$5,134.08 -- - - - - - - - -- $5, 066. 38 - - - - -- $15, 981. 34 -- - - - $5, 708.86 - $6,751. 41 Total expended .. ......----------------- 5, 283. 23 5, 152.07 15,853. 51 5, 881. 85 6, 797. 20 Allott .............. ... 5,000.00 16,000.00 5,000.00 7,575.00 7,000.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 993 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942__ __________$6, 821. 57 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943 ------------------------------------- 7, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for_ ---------------- 13, 821. 57 Gross amount expended - _----------6, 797. 20 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943---------------7, 024.37 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943--------------------------109. 02 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 -- 7, 133. 39 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project for maintenance 1 ____ 7, 000. 00 4. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $32,555.31 and the expenditures were $30,247.48. The unexpended balance, $30,645.51 (including ac- counts receivable), will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to the payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $20,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943__ ----- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943__ $985, 355. 80 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 - . S985, 355. 80 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ 126. 39 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 985, 482. 19 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_ _ 2, 203. 14 Net total expenditures __ _ 983, 279. 05 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 __ ---- 30, 645.51 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- 1,013,924.56 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cost of maintenance $64, 317. 98 $51,027. 37 $30, 574.00 28 465. $38, $32, 555. 31 Total expended .----------------- 68, 213. 00 51, 374. 77 39, 204.46 30, 943.64 30, 247. 48 Allotted__ ---------------------- 63, 054. 78 48, 418. 00 28, 750.00 -- 60, 600. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 _--_-_ --- _-_-_-$292.99 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 24, 1940 ------------------ $1, 500.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved May 23, 1941_ ------- 39, 100.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943-- ...-.-- 20, 000. 00 60,600. 00 Amount to be accounted for ------------------------- 60, 892. 99 Gross amount expended ----------- -------------- $33, 09. 55 Less reimbursements collected-___-------- 2, 852.07 30, 247. 48 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_ ----------------------- 30, 645.51 1Exclusive of available funds. 994 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 --------------------------- $1, 141.80 Balance available June 30, 1943 29, 503. 71 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943__--_ 126. 39 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-...... -29, 630.10 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance _ ________________ _ 20, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 5. OTHER NAVIGATION PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full report June 30, 1943 amount Name of project see Annual reuireuto Report required to for- New work Maintenance complete Gasconade River, Mo. -2 ------- 1931 $139, 003.21 $85, 076. 57 (3) 1Improvement adequate for existing needs. 2Curtailment of project recommended in H. Doc. No. 467, 69th Cong., 1st sess. 3Project for maintenance only. 6. PLANT ALLOTMENT, KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 $2, 833, 538. 58 Net total cost to June 30, 1943-----------------------------2, 833, 83, 538. 58 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ 170, 737. 73 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943- - -------- 3, 004, 276. 31 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943- -- --------- 262,648.40 Net total expenditures------- 2, 741, 627. 91 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 .------------------------ 457, 692.50 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ------------- 3, 199, 320.41 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Total expended _ - -$247, 708.49 -$366, 684.52 -$154, 322.98 $1, 263, 225.69 -$264, 879.98 Allotted __. .------- ----- 237, 745.22 -79, 570. 45 -310, 000. 00 1,063,156.58- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ---- - ----------- $192, 812.52 Gross amount expended- --------- $3, 908, 754. 70 Less: Reimbursements collected -- $4,170, 152. 17 Receipts from sales----------- 3, 482. 51 4, 173, 634. 68 -264, 879. 98 Balance unexpended June 30,. 1943 ---------------------- 457, 692. 50 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943- -- --------- 346, 089. 40 Balance available June 30, 1943_- - --- ----- 111, 603.10 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 -- 170, 737.73 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 282, 340. 83 RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 995 7. KANSAS CITYS ON MISSOURI AND KANSAS RIVERS, MO. AND KANS. Location.-Kansas Citys on Missouri and Kansas Rivers in Mis- souri and Kansas. The municipal and industrial areas which require flood protection extend from the mouth of the Kansas River about 61/ miles up and 91/2 miles down the Missouri River and 91/2 miles up the Kansas River. Existing project.-The general plan of improvement contemplates protection works, consisting principally of levees and flood walls, for 12 separate project units which are designated as follows: Argen- tine; Armourdale; Central Industrial; Fairfax-Jersey Creek; North Kansas City; East Bottoms; channel improvement, Kansas River; bridge and approach alterations, Kansas River; channel improve- ments, Missouri River; floodway improvement, Missouri River; Birmingham; Blue Valley Industrial. Project plans have been completed for the Fairfax-Jersey Creek, channel improvement, Kansas River, and the Central Industrial units. These consist of the following features: Fairfax-Jersey Creek unit.-About 32,514 feet of earth levee, 1,981 feet of concrete flood walls, and 33,100 feet of bank-protection works, extending along the right bank of the Missouri River from a point immediately above the Kansas City, Kans., water and light plant (mile 385.3 1) downstream to the mouth of the Kansas River, thence along the left bank of the Kansas River to the vicinity of the Inter- city viaduct (mile 0.3 2) ; pumping plants; and appurtenant works. Channel improvement, Kansas River, unit.-Bank-stabilization works along the right bank of the Kansas River from the Seventh Street Bridge to the Kansas City Terminal railroad bridge (mile 3.50 to mile 2.492) ; excavation of a foreshore bar along the right bank of the Kansas River, extending from the Kansas City Southern railroad bridge (mile 0.84 2) to the mouth; and removal of major obstructions from the bed of the main channel of the Kansas River between the Argentine bridge (mile 5.13 2) and the mouth. Central Industrialunit.-Beginning at the south end of the Armour- Swift-Burlington bridge over the Missouri River, mile 376.9,1 the existing and proposed protection for the district extends upstream along the right bank of the Missouri River to the mouth of the Kansas River, mile 378.8,1 a distance of 1.9 miles, and thence upstream along the right bank of the Kansas River to mile 3.4,2 in the vicinity of the Seventh Street bridge, a total distance of 5.3 miles. Plan I con- templates a system of levees and floodwalls to be constructed or raised to an elevation 2 feet above a design flood having an elevation of 758.5 feet above mean sea level at the mouth of the Kansas River. Detailed plans for the other project units have not been completed. The general plan, however, contemplates substantially complete flood protection for the Kansas Citys with reservoir control of the Kansas River. The Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, authorized the existing project at an estimated construction cost not to exceed $10,000,000; estimated cost of lands and damages, $8,000,000. Recommended modification of project.-Under date of April 24, 1940, the Chief of Engineers recommended that the existing project 1 Above mouth of Missouri River. 2 Above mouth of Kansas River. 996 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 be modified to authorize the construction of cut-offs at and in the vicinity of Liberty Bend, Missouri River, without increase in the authorized cost of the project (H. Doc. No. 722, 76th Cong., 3d sess.). Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. The necessary assurances of local cooperation with respect to all units of the prqject in Kansas were approved by.the Secretary of War on July 6, 138, and the rights-of-way for the Fairfax-Jersey Creek and channel im- provement, Kansas River, units have been furnished. Local interests at Kansas City, Kans., have contributed to the United States the net sum of $70,689.96 to defray the extra cost of various features of con- struction in connection with the Fairfax-Jersey Creek unit, desired by local interests but not required for adequate flood protection. The assurances of cooperation by the city of Kansas City, Mo., in connec- tion with construction of the Central Industrial and East Bottoms units within the State of Missouri were approved by the Secretary of War on March 22, 1941, and the assurances of local cooperation in connection with the construction of the North Kansas City unit were approved by the Secretary of War on June 17 and 20, 1941. Preliminary negotiations for the acquisition of rights-of-way to be furnished the United States in connection with the construction of the Central Industrial unit of the project are in progress by local interests. Operations and results during the fiscal year.-The work under the project consisted of the following:- Fairfax-JerseyCreek unit.-Engineering, design, and surveys were prosecuted by hired labor at a total cost of $3,835.29. The levees were partially reseeded by hired labor at a total cost of $3,143.29. The con- struction of pumping plant No. 1 (complete) and of the substructures only for pumping plants Nos. 3 and 5, was initiated on December 14, 1942. Also a portion of the required pumping plant mechanical and electrical equipmerit has been received. The pumping plants as a whole were advanced to approximately 34 percent of completion at a cost of $157,127.74. The total cost during the fiscal year (including a minor cost adjustment of $262.63 in contractor's earnings for the fiscal year 1941) was $164,368.95. Central Industrial unit.-Project plans were completed at a total cost of $316.55, and engineering, design and surveys were prosecuted by hired labor at a total cost of $5,781.75. Construction work has not been initiated for this unit of the project in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime construction. The total cost during the fiscal year was $6,098.30. Armourdale unit.-Work in connection with the preparation of detailed plans was prosecuted at a total cost of $1,672.93. Bridge and approach alterations,Kansas River unit.-Engineering, design, and surveys were prosecuted by hired labor at a total cost of $76.21. Expert engineering services in connection with the raising of the existing James Street bridge were furnished by contract at a total cost of $362.25. The James Street bridge was raised by the Board of County Commissioners, Wyandotte County, at a total cost to the Gov- ernment of $17,955.82. The total cost during the fiscal year was $18,394.28. North Kansas City unit.-Work in connection with the preparation of detailed plans was initiated and the cost during the fiscal year was $6,702.35. RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 997 The total cost during the fiscal year for new work, including minor costs ($37.44) for Argentine and channel improvement, Kansas River units, was $197,274.25 (exclusive of $45,689.96 contributed funds) and the total expenditure was $160,049.70 (exclusive of $45,689.96 con- tributed funds). Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was about 27 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. Except for the com- pletion of pumping plants Nos. 1, 3, and 5, raising of the levees in the Fairfax-Jersey Creek unit, and the removal of obstructions in the channel improvement, Kansas River unit, these 2 units were completed at the end of the fiscal year 1942. Preparation of detailed plans for raising Fairfax levees will be initiated during the fiscal year 1944. Completed work included the construction of 32,514 linear feet of earth levees, a levee drainage system, approximately 13,974.31 squares of foundation and toe-protection mattress, 30,881.62 squares of revetment paving, 965.33 linear feet of steel sheet-pile wall, 11 sewer outlets, 1,981 linear feet of flood walls, and 5 flood sills in connection with the Fair- fax-Jersey Creek unit; the excavation and disposition of 361,013 cubic yards of material in connection with the removal of the foreshore bar, removal of 14,255 cubic yards of objectionable material, and place- ment of 34,047 cubic yards of earth fill, 25,426.16 tons of stone, and 4,149.05 squares of bank paving in connection with bank stabilization under the channel improvement, Kansas River unit. The James Street bridge (bridge and approach alterations, Kansas River unit) has been raised to the required elevation. The total cost (exclusive of $45,689.96 contributed funds) of the existing project (all new work) at the end of the fiscal year was $2,740,- 801.16 and the total expenditures were $2,702,332.57 (exclusive of $45,689.96 contributed funds). Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of $1,734,767.43 regular funds, and $25,000 of contributed funds, together with ac- counts receivable, $258.47, at- the end of fiscal year, less the sum of $970,000 revoked in July 1943, will be applied during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, as follows: Accounts payable ---------------------------------------- $34, 474. 80 New work (July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944) : Fairfax-Jersey Creek unit: Furnishing mechanical and electrical equipment for pump- ing plants ------------------------------- 142 034. 59 Proposed contracts: Completion of construction of pumping plant No. 1 (complete) and substructures only for pumping plants Nos. 3 and 5-_-- ------------ 177, 454. 66 By hired labor: Seeding of levees------- 125. 36 Engineering and design--------------------------11, 351. 24 Raising Fairfax levee: Preparation of detailed plans. ----------- 5000. 5, 00 Engineering and design-- ------------ 5, 000. 00 Channel improvement, Kansas River unit: By hired labor: Engineering and design------------ - 3, 286. 97 Armourdale unit: By hired labor: Preparation of detailed plans--. -------- 43, 496. 07 Engineering and design_---------- -35, 000.00 998 REPORT. 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ARMY, 1943 Central Industrial unit: By hired labor: Engineering and design_ $45, 108. 41 Bridge and approach alterations, Kansas River unit: By hired labor: Preparation of detailed plans__ -------- 79, 459. 17 Engineering and design-------- 51, 687. 68 North Kansas City unit: By hired labor: Completion of detailed plans_ 43, 297. 65 Engineering and design__ 40, 000. 00 Argentine unit: By hired labor: Preparation of detailed plans 2, 488. 55 Engineering and design 760. 75 East Bottoms unit: By hired labor: Preparation of detailed plans_ 20, 000. 00 Engineering and design__ --- 40, 000. 00 Channel improvement, Missouri River unit: By hired labor: Preparation of detailed plans__ 2, 500. 00 Engineering and design_----- 2, 500. 00 Floodway improvement, Missouri River unit: By hired labor: Preparation of detailed plans .. 1, 600. 00 Engineering and design----------- 400.00 Birmingham unit: By hired labor: Preparation of detailed plans 1, 500. 00 Engineering and design 1, 500.00 Total new work ------------------------------ 755, 551.10 Total for all work--- ------------------------ 790, 025.90 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime con- struction. Cost and financial summary REGULAR FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 194 3-------------------------$2, 740, 801. 16 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ----------- 2, 740, 801.16 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- 4, 252. 26 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 2, 736, 548. 90 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943------------------- ------ 258.47 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 2, 736, 807. 37 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 --------- 34, 474. 80 Net total expenditures ___ __________- - -2, 702, 332.57 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 -------------------------- 1, 734, 767.43 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ------------- 4, 437, 100. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 999 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work------ --------- $35, 427.15 $267, 973.93 $2,226,095.98 $14,029.85 $197, 274. 25 Cost of m aintenance .. . . . .. .. .-- - - -- - --. . . ------- ---- - - ----- Total expended----------------- 31,060.12 140,232.23 2,268, 933.95 102,056.57 160,049.70 Allotted - - - .------------------- 105,000.00 2,635, 000.00 1,047, 100.00 600,000.00 50,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942____ _____________-------------------------$1, 844, 817.13 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 ------------------------------------ 50,000.00 Amount to be accounted for-..... - -- -___1, 894, 817.13 Gross amount expended --------------------- $163, 707. 84 Less reimbursement collected --------------------- 3, 658. 14 160, 049. 70 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-------------------- 1, 734, 767.43 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943-------------- $34, 379.33 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts --------- 214, 628. 03 249,007.36 Balance available June 30, 1943----- ------------------ 1, 485, 760. 07 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_- -- - ---------- 258.47 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_ --- -1, 486, 018. 54 Amount revoked in July 1943_ _-------- ---- 970,000. 00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944 --------------- 516, 018. 54 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 ------------------------------------ 6, 532,900. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. CONTRIBUTED FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1943- ------- ------ $45, 689.96 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 --------------------------------- Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 45, 689.96 Net total expenditures ---------- ---- _- 45, 689.96 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 _____-____25,000.00 Total amount contributed to June 30, 1943----------------- 70, 689.96 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work--------------------------- . . $4,103.74 $44, 396.26 -$2, 810.04 ---- Cost of maintenance .. _ . _. --- . __.... -- --- --- -- Total expended . . .. ... .. ___- _ _- -------- -------- 23,282.07 22,407.89 _--- Contributed ..--------------------------- 48, 500. 00 ---- -2,810.04 $25,000.00 Amount contributed under authorizing act approved July 19, 1937__ $25, 000.00 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ________ 25,000.00 1000 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY FOR KANSAS CITYS, MO. AND KANS. Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ __ --- ---_ --- $2, 786, 491.12 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_- --- 2, 786, 491. 12 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943_ --------- --- -4, 252.26 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_- ------ ___ 2, 782, 238. 86 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943--------------------------- 258.47 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943__ - ----- - 2, 782, 497.33 - Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_ ...... ----- - 34, 474.80 Net total expenditures .- __--------------------------2, _ 748, 022. 53 --------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943___ 1, 759, 767.43 Total amount appropriated and contributed to June 30, 1943 4,507,789.96 Fiscal year ending Tune 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.......--------------$35, 427.15 $272, 077. 67 $2, 270, 492. 24 $11, 219. 81 $197, 274. 25 ------------------------------------------------ Cost ofmaintenance....----------- Total expended----------------... 31, 060. 12 140,232. 23 2,292, 216.02 124, 464. 46 160, 049. 70 Allotted and contributed-...----.-- 105,000.00 2,683, 500.00 1,047, 100. 00 597, 189.96 75,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ------------------------------ $1, 844,817. 13 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved April 28, 1942 ----------- $50, 000. 00 Amount contributed under authorising act approved July 19, 1937______ _________-__--25, 000. 00 75, 000.00 Amount to be accounted for__---_ - ---- _____- -1, 919, 817. 13 Gross amount expended ___________-------$163,707. 84 Less reimbursements collected_ ---- - - 3, 658. 14 160,049. 70 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_ ---- _____ -- 1, 759, 767.43 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_- ----- 34, 379.33 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 214, 628. 03 249,007.36 Balance available June 30, 1943_ ------ - -- 1, 510, 760. 07 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------------ 258.47 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943- ----- 1, 511, 018. 54 Amount revoked in July 1943 -- _------- ----- 970, 000. 00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944_ ...... ---- 541, 018. 54 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project---- --------- - -- __- 6, 532, 900.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 8. KANOPOLIS RESERVOIR, MISSOURI RIVER BASIN, KANS. Location.-The Kanopolis dam site is located on the Smoky Hill River about 19 miles west and 16 miles south of Salina, Kans., and is approximately 205 river miles above the mouth of the stream. RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 1001 Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the con- struction of an earth fill dam, with a height of about 125 feet above the stream bed and a total length of 15,400 feet, including 4,300 feet of dike section on the left abutment and 2,600 feet of dike section on the right abutment; with a reservoir providing for storage capacity of 450,000 acre-feet, of which 400,000 acre-feet of capacity is for flood control and 50,000 acre-feet for recreation and stream-flow regula- tion. The outlet works and spillway are to be located in the right abutment. The reservoir will control approximately 95 percent of the drainage area of the Smoky Hill River above Salina, Kans. It is contemplated that the Kanopolis reservoir will be operated in combination with proposed reservoirs to be located on other major tributaries of the Kansas River. The primary purpose of the project is flood control for municipal and agricultural areas along the Smoky Hill and Kansas Rivers, with incidental benefits in reducing Missouri and Mississippi River flood stages. The existing project was selected for construction as a unit in the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Missouri River basin authorized by the Flood Control Act ap- proved June 28, 1938 (Public, No. 761, 75th Cong., 3d sess.). The estimate of cost, revised in 1940, is $8,977,000, of which $7,577,000 is for construction and $1,400,000 for lands and damages, Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28', 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Miscellaneous surveys and examinations, sampling, tests, and stream gaging in connection with engineering and design were prosecuted at a total cost of $2,912.56. Cadastral and subdivision surveys on all land involved were com- pleted; appraisals, negotiations, and preparation of maps and plats were prosecuted in connection with the acquisition of lands required for the project, and 7,004.66 acres of land were acquired at a total cost of $438,940.32. Operations also included the construction of embankment and excavation of spillway by contract at a total cost during the fiscal.year of $875,912.20. The work performed, by con- tract, during the fiscal year in connection with the construction of embankment and the excavation of spillway involved the excavation of 2,433,375 cubic yards and the placement of 51,703 cubic yards of pervious fill, 1,064,829 cubic yards of random fill, 794,296 cubic yards of impervious fill, 79,536 cubic yards of fill in the upstream blanket, and 98,344 cubic yards of fill for the downstream berm. The total cost during the fiscal year, all new work, was $1,317,765.08 and the total expenditures were $1,641,397.88, all from regular funds. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The project was approximately 65 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. Work in connection with the acquisition of lands required is 95 percent complete. Con- struction of the Government buildings, the access road, and the diver- sion works has been completed. Construction of the diversion works involved the excavation of 248,955 cubic yards of material and the placement of 17,791 cubic yards of backfill and embankment, 2,061,285 pounds of reinforcement steel, 1,270,448 pounds of steel bracing, and 22,158 cubic yards of concrete. Construction of the dam and the ex- cavation of the spillway have involved the excavation of 12,755,431 cubic yards of material, the placement of 1,883,803 cubic yards of per- 1002 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 vious fill, 2,644,072 cubic yards of random fill, 2,800,776 cubic yards of impervious fill, 1,646,505 cubic yards of fill in the upstream blanket, and 884,962 cubic yards of fill for the downstream berm of the embank- ment. , Construction work has been suspended during the war. The total cost (all new work) of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $5,796,381.06 and the expenditures were $5,780,206.56 from regular funds. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of $2,144,793.44 at the end of the fiscal year, less the sum of $1,900,000 revoked in July 1943, will be applied during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, as follows: Accounts payable ---------------------------------------- $37, 644. 08 New work (July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944) : By hired labor : Completion of acquisition of land ------------------------- 83, 992.19 Preservation and repairs to existing structure- - ____ 20, 000. 00 Engineering and design----- . - --- -103, 157. 17 Total for new work --------------------------------- 207,149. 36 ...........---- Total for all work_--- ___ 244, 793. 44 No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 in view of the existing Federal policies on wartime con- struction. Cost and financiaql summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 -------------------------- $5, 796, 381. 06 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 5, 796. 381.06 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 21, 469. 58 Net total cost to June 30, 1943--- --------- 5, 817, 850. 64 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 37, 644. 08 Net total expenditures------ ----- 5, 780, 206. 56 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ --------- 2, 144, 793.44 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 -------------- 7, 925, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work_ ----. $37, 897. 74 $152,449. 24 $2,070, 506.18 $2,217, 762.82 $1, 317, 765. 08 Cost of maintenance... . __ _ _ _ .. . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . . .. '_ _'.. . . Total expended----------------..................35, 243. 95 143, 470.04 1, 582, 407. 17 2, 377, 687. 52 1, 641, 397.88 Allotted- -------..... .. ........ 1, 450, 000.00 1, 925, 000. 00 1, 900, 000.00 2, 650, 000. 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 -------------------------- $3, 786, 191.32 Gross amount expended---- -------- $1, 642, 873. 60 Less reimbursements collected_.- ----- 1, 475. 72 1, 641, 397. 88 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- ------ __ 2, 144, 793.44 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_- ---- $38, 895. 61 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts 145. 01 39, 040. 62 Balance available June 30, 1943 - -_-_- 2, 105, 752. 82 RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 1003 Amount revoked in July 1943 _ ___-_ _ 1,900,000.00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944_ _......... 205, 752.82 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1.. _ __..2, 952, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. 9. MISSOURI RIVER BASIN, KANSAS CITY DISTRICT Location.-The flood-control improvements included in this project are located on tributaries of the Missouri River and are in the States of Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. More definite locations of in- dividual items are given in the following paragraph. Existing project.-The general comprehensive plan for flood con- trol in the Missouri River Basin, as set forth in Flood Control Com- mittee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, was approved by the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, with such modifications as may be advisable in the discretion of the Sec- retary of War and Chief of Engineers. The Flood Control Act of August 18, 1941, modified the comprehensive plan to include the project for the Harlan County Reservoir on the Republican River, Nebr. (H. Doc. No. 842, 76th Cong. 3d sess.), and such other supple- mental flood-control works on the Republican River as the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may find advisable. A total of $16,000,000 has been authorized for the initiation and partial accom- plishment of the plan ($9,000,000. by the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, and $7,000,000 by the Flood Control Act of August 18, 1941). The following is a list of the reservoirs considered in the plan and modifications thereof: Reservoir : Total estimated cost Harlan County, Republican River, Nebr ... $20, 078,098 Milford, Republican River, Kans __-120, 904, 000 Tuttle Creek, Big Blue River, Kans--- ------- -27, 953, 000 Kanopolis, Smoky Hill River, Kans--- ---------- 28, 977,000 Osceola, Osage River, Mo _ _ ... 28, 530, 000 Pomme de Terre, Pomme de Terre River, Mo_----- -- 6, 169,000 South Grand, South Grand River, Mo-------- -------------- 10, 368,000 Arlington, Gasconade River, Mo--- ----------- 7, 319,000 Richland, Gasconade River, Mo------------------ 6,892,000 Chillicothe, Grand River, Mo --------------- 28, 290,000 1 Alternate to Harlan County Reservoir. 2 Details of this project are given in individual report. Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.--In addition to the con- struction progress for the Kanopolis Reservoir, which is given in a separate report, miscellaneous surveys, examinations, and tests in connection with the preparation of detailed plans for the develop- ment of the comprehensive plan were prosecuted at a total cost of $45,453.89, and the total expenditures were $37,158.85. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Construction progress of the Kanopolis Reservoir is given in an individual report. Detailed plans for the development of the comprehensive plan were in progress at a total cost of $45,453.89 and expenditure of $37,158.85. No other costs or expenditures were incurred under this heading except those for the Kanopolis Reservoir, which are shown in the individual report for that project. 1004 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Proposed operations.-The operations proposed during the fiscal year 1944 on the Kanopolis Reservoir are shown in the individual report for that project. It is proposed to apply the balance un- expended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $312,841.15, plus $200,000 allotted in August 1943, to surveys, engineering studies, and design of flood-control dams and reservoirs included in the comprehensive plan. The additional sum of $450,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for the further accomplishment of the compre- hensive plan. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-------------------------- $45, 453. 89 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_ - - - - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------- 45, 453. 89 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943__ 4. 78 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-------------- -- 45, 458. 67 Minus adcounts payable June 30, 1943_ ---------- - 8, 299.82 Net total expenditures 37, 158. 85 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 312, 841.15 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_ ___-350, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 .1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work........----------........................--------------.--------------..........-------------- $45, 453.89 C ost of m aintenance..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Total expended...............------------------------------------------------------... 37,158.85 Allotted--..................--------------------------------------------------------350,000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 24, 1940_- ------- $60, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_.- ------- 290, 000.00 $350,000.00 Gross amount expended_ ___ -- - -- __ __ 41, 435. 55 Less reimbursements collected_- ---- --- 4, 276.70 - 37, 158. 85 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------------------------- 312, 841. 15 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943__-- ---------- 6, 760.47 Balance available June 30, 1943---------------------- ---- 306, 080. 68 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 __ _----------4. 78 ---------------- 306, 085.46 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_ Amount allotted in August 1943----------------------------------200, 000.00 Amount available during the fiscal year 1944_ ___--- - 506, 085. 46 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work ------------------------------------- 450,000.00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 1005 10. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work during the year was $50,847.26 and the expenditures were $51,082.92. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $71,030.18 including accounts receivable, $9.94, will be applied to pay- ment of expenses incurred under this heading during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944. The additional sum of $40,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943___ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943_ --------- $228, 622.73 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_ -- ___ 228, 622.73 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943__-- ---------- 9.94 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943--- -------- 228, 632.67 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-------- - - 4, 377.91 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 224, 254. 76 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_ --------------------- 71, 020.24 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-------- ------- 295,275. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.-------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance .....-...... $15, 430. 85 $23, 204. 88 $60, 248. 50 $78,389. 41 $50, 847. 26 Total expended .. ----------------- . 14, 921.28 23, 874. 90 53,146. 66 80, 728.01 51, 082.92 Allotted --- _-__---- --------- 123, 400.00 2, 525.00 35,000. 00 - _....... 99,050 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942-- ---- _________-----$23, 053.16 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_ ........- ---- 99, 050.00 Amount to be accounted for____-------- ______ 122, 103. 16 Gross amount expended ------------------------- $51, 733. 17 Less reimbursements collected - __----------------- 650.25 51, 082. 92 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_- ----- _71, 020.24 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_- - __ 4, 774. 29 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------- 66, 245. 95 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943___.....--------- 9.94 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 --------------- 66, 255. 89 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June _ 30, 1945, for maintenance--------------- __-------40,060.00 1Exclusive of available funds. 11. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year from flood-control appropriations to be expended in rescue work or the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1 64 1006 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The sum of $459,877.15 was allotted during the fiscal year for emergency repairs to levees along the Missouri River in the Kansas City district. During fiscal year emergency repairs by Government plant and hired labor were undertaken as follows: The Capitaldrainage district (Marion drainage district), Cole and Moniteau Counties, Mo.-work initiated on November 23, 1942, was completed on February 25, 1943. This work consisted of the place- ment of 77,190 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $25,564.03. Near Chamois, Osage County, Mo.-work initiated on November 5, 1942, was completed in December 1942. This work consisted of the placement of 1,840 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $1,770.04. The Labadie Bottoms River protection district, Franklin County, Mo.-work initiated on November 28, 1942, was completed on April 14, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 120,048 cubic yards of earth fillat a cost of $44,209.89. The Struttman levee unit, Montgomery County, Mo.-work ini- tiated on December 16, 1942, was completed on February 13, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 11,105 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $3,252.75. Drainage district No. 1, Howard County, Mo.-work initiated on January 16, 1943, was completed on March 24, 1943. This work con- sisted of the placement of 68,631 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $17,586.82. The Pinckney and Peers levee districts, Warren County, Mo. work initiated oh February 6, 1943, was completed on May 5, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 150,110 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $31,846.64. The Porterfield levee district, Chariton County, Mo.-work initiated on March 23, 1943, was completed on May 3, 1943. This work con- sisted of the placement of 70,269 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $21,410.45. The Berger bottoms, Franklin County, Mo.-work initiated on April 8, 1943, was completed on May 17, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 50,963 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $13,195.00. The Platte River in the vicinity of Platte City, Platte County, Mo.- work initiated on March 30, 1943, was completed on April 16, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 7,129 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $4,069.52. The Tebbetts drainage and protection district, Callaway County, Mo.-work initiated on April 16, 1943, was completed on April 20, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 1,900 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $452.99. Along the Missouri River near Waldron, Platte County, Mo.-work initiated on April 28, 1943, was completed on June 30, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 644 cubic yards of garth fill at a cost of $382.52. The Sunshine levee district, Henrietta, Ray County, Mo.-work initiated on April 8, 1943, was completed June 10, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 12,285.46 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $7,305.46. Left bank of the Missouri River between miles 194 and 196 near New Franklin, Howard County, Mo.-work initiated on April 13, RIVERS AND HARBORS KANSAS CITY, MO., DISTRICT 1007 1943, was completed on May 16, 1943. This work consisted of the placement of 15,700 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $1,876.45. Repair of levee by contract in the Wainright drainage district, Calla- way County, Mo., was initiated on April 14, 1943, and is 18 percent complete at the end of the fiscal year. This work consisted of the placing of approximately 4,568 cubic yards during the fiscal year out of an estimated total of 55,460 cubic yards of earth fill at a cost of $5,435.40. In addition to the above, emergency repairs were made to levees at three locations along the Missouri River consisting of the placement, by Government plant and hired labor, of 5,925 cubic yards of earth fill at a total cost of $7,778.19. Also flood fighting, emergency rescue work, and the evacuation of persons and property from inundated or threatened areas were per- formed by Government plant and hired labor as the need for these services arose during flood periods. The cost was $7,352.90. The total amount of earth fill placed during the fiscal year on emergency levee repair work involved 598,307 cubic yards at a total cost of $186,137.15. The total cost of all work was $193,490.05, and the total expenditures were $185,021.40. All of the levees referred to in the preceding paragraphs were over- toppedgby the high waters which occurred during the period covered by this report, but data relative to the damages sustained and addi- tional repair work that will be required were not available at the end of the fiscal year. The unexpended balance of $274,855.75, and accounts receivable of $60.30, will be applied to liquidation of accounts payable, the repair, restoration and strengthening of existing levees and for reimburse- ment of expenses incurred in connection with flood fighting and rescue work during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944. Because of the heavy demands for emergency repair work on flood- control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943, Congress in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, authorized the amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, and strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by the recent floods. The Second Deficiency Appropriation Act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 140, Seventy-eighth Congress, appropriated the amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the emergency flood-control work authorized in Public No. 138. The provisions of this act are additional and supplemental to, and not in lieu of, existing general legislation authorizing allocation of flood-con- trol funds for restoration of flood-control works threatened or de- stroyed by flood. The sum of $1,932,000 was allotted in July and August 1943 for emergency flood-control work in the Kansas City district. 1008 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943___ -- -------- $193, 490. 05 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 .. 193,490. 05 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943.- ------ --- 60. 30 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 193, 550. 35 Milus accounts payable June 30, 1943_- - ----- ----- 8, 528.95 Net total expenditures__ -------------------------------- 185, 021.40 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 274, 855. 75 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ----- 459, 877. 15 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 C ostofnew w ork... - - Cost of maintenance..- - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - ....--------------... -----------.... -- - - - - - -- - - - - - -. -. . ..--------------....... -------------- $193, 490.05 Total expended------........... -------------------------------------------------------- 185,021.40 A llotted-- - --- - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - --.- - --- - -.-- - -- - -- 459,877.15 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved May 23, 1941- - ------ $100, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 28, 1942__ 361, 877. 15 $461, 877. 15 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment- - ------ 2, 000. 00 Net amount to be accounted for---- 459,877. 15 Gross amount expended__ ------------------------- $190,734. 21 Less reimbursements collected- - -------- 5, 712. 81 185. 021.40 Balance unexpended June 30. 1943 ----- ----------------- 274, 855.75 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943- - ----- $18,788. 78 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts ------------ 13, 741.34 32, 530. 12 Balance available June 30, 1943- -------- --- 242, 325.63 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-_ --------- -60.30 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_- ----- 242, 385. 93 Amount revoked in August 1943_-- --------- --- 153,800. 69 Amount available in fiscal year 1943---------------- -- 88, 585. 24 12. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Expenditures to June Estimated full report 30, 1943 amount Name of project see Annual required to Report co for- New work Maintenance complete 1 -- - -- -- -- -- - 1. Kansas River at Lawrence, Kans. ....... 1938-------------- $163, 100 __--____- 2. Topeka, Kansas River, Kans- .... 1941 2$738,176. 75 -_-----_-- 316, 000 1Awaiting local cooperation. 2Exclusive of $7,659.31 contributed funds. SExclusive of available funds. RIVERS, AND HARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1009 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans-Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda- Congress Beaver and Sappa Creeks, Flood Control Act, ------------------ Kans. and Nebr. June 28, 1938. Chariton River, Iowa .... Flood Control Act, ------------------ Aug. 28, 1937. Chariton River, Mo_-- Flood Control Act, ------------------ June 28, 1938. Do - -_. -- - - - - Flood Control Com- ------------------ mittee resolution, Feb. 10, 1938. Chariton River,. Schuyler Flood Control Act, County, Mo. Aug. 28, 1937. Grand River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, Missouri. June 28, 1938. Kansas River and tribu- Flood Control Com- taries. mittee resolution, Apr. 2, 1936. Kansas River at Manhattan, Flood Control Act, Kans. June 22, 1936. Marais des Cygnes River, - d o --- - - - - - - Nov. 23, 1942 - Unfavorable. I Kans. Do- - .. - ..... Flood Control Act, - -do - - -- Do. May 6, 1936. Missouri and Kansas Rivers, Flood Control Act, ............... Mo. and Kans. at Kansas June 22, 1936. Citys. Missouri River, protection Commerce Committee of Kansas Citys, Mo. and resolution, Apr. 29, Kans., and adjacent areas 1941. 'from floods. Missouri River, flood con- Flood Control Com- trol along main stem from mittee resolution, Sioux City, Iowa, to its May 13, 1943. mouth. Osage River and tributaries, Flood Control Com- Missouri, and Kansas. mittee resolution, June 22, 1943. Republican River and tribu- Flood Control Com- taries west of Harlan mittee resolution, County dam site. June 20, 1940. Smoky Hill River, Kans .- - Flood Control Act, June 22, 1936. Smoky Hill River and minor Flood Control Act, tributaries of Kansas Apr. 10, 1936. River. Weldon River, Mo....... Flood Control June 22, 1936. Act, I -------- I--- --------------- IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT This district comprises a portion of southeastern North Dakota, southern and eastern South Dakota except a small northeastern por- tion, a small portion of southwestern Minnesota, western Iowa, a small portion of northwestern Missouri, northern Nebraska exclusive of the, northwestern corner, a portion of northern central Colorado, and southeastern Wyoming embraced in the drainage basin of the Missouri River and tributaries from the mouth of the Cheyenne River, exclusive, to Rulo, Nebr. The improvement of that section of the Missouri River from Rulo, Nebr., to Kansas City, Mo. (Quindaro Bend), is under the jurisdic- tion of the Kansas City, Mo., district. District engineers: Lt. Go]. E. W. Niles, Corps of Engineers, to February 24, 1943; Col. Ole G. Hoaas, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. Lewis A. Pick, Corps of Engineers. 1010 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 IMPROVEMENTS Page Page Navigation Flood cohtrol-Continued 1. Missouri River, Kansas City, 7. Platte River near Sclmuyler, to Sioux City_---- 1010 Nebr-------------------1023 2. Missouri River, Sioux City, 8. Council Bluffs, Missouri to Fort Benton ---------- 1017 River, and Indian Creek, 3. Examinations, surveys, and Iowa- -- ------ 1024 contingencies (general) ___1019 9. E m e r g e n c y flood-control 4. Plant allotment ------------ 1020 work-.... ------ 1025 Flood control 10. Preliminary examinations, surveys, and contingencies 5. Missouri River, Niobrara, for flood control ----------- 1027 Nebr ----------- 1021 11. Other flood-control projects 6. Missouri River, Sioux City, for which no estimates are Iowa, to Kansas City, Mo_ 1022 submitted --------------- 1028 1. MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY TO SIOUX CITY Location.-The Jefferson, Madison, and Gallatin Rivers conjoin at Three Forks, Mont., to form the Missouri River, which flows south- easterly 2,464.4 miles across or along seven States to the Mississippi River, 17 miles above St. Louis. The river is the boundary between the States of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa. For description, see page 1149, Annual Report for 1932. Previous projects.-Under the River and Harbor Act of August 14, 1876, the first regulation works were constructed at St. Joseph and Nebraska City, but a project for systematic river improvement was not adopted until August 2, 1882, modified by the River and Harbor Acts of July 5, 1884, September 19, 1890, and June 13, 1902. For further details see page 1893, Annual Report for 1915, and page 1175, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.--This provides for securing a permanent navi- gable channel 6 feet in depth and to conform to the character (mini- mum low-water depth of 6 feet and minimum width of 200 feet, with a reasonable additional width around the bends) and methods of im- provement of the section of river between the upper end of Quindaro Bend and the mouth-namely, by means of bank revetment, permeable dikes to contract and stabilize the waterway, removal of snags, and occasional dredging. Length of section under improvement (upper end of Quindaro Bend to Sioux City) is 375.3 miles. The ordinary fluctuation is about 14 feet and the extreme fluctuation about 38 feet. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1935, is $92,000,000, ex- clusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The estimated cost of annual maintenance is $2,500,000. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: RIVERS AND HARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1011 Acts Work authorized Documents 1 Jan. 21,1927 Appropriation of $12,000,000 authorized for the H. Doc. No. 1120, 60th Cong., 2d sess. existing project. July 3,1930 Appropriation of $15,000,000 additional authorized; additional allotments totaling $29,153,108 were made by the Public Works Administration under the provisions of the National Industrial Recovery Act of June 16, 1933, and $9,669,791.92 allotted under the provisions of the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of Apr. 8, 1935. Aug. 30,1935 For completion of the project from the mouth to HI. Doc. No. 238, 73d Cong., 2d sess. Sioux City, Iowa. 1 Contain the latest published maps of Missouri River. Recommended modifications of project.-Underdate of February 24, 1939, the Chief of Engineers recommended adoption of a project for Missouri River between Sioux City and the mouth to provide for a channel of 9-foot depth and width not less than 300 feet to be obtained by revetment of banks, construction of permeable dikes to contract and stabilize the waterway, cut-offs to eliminate long bends, closing of minor channels, removal of snags, and dredging as required, at an estimated construction cost of $6,000,000, in addition to the amounts previously authorized, and with no increase in the annual mainte- nance of $4,500,000 (H. Doc. No. 214, 76th Cong., 1st sess.). Terminal facilities.-At Leavenworth, Kans., approximately 3,000 feet above the railroad bridge, there is a grain elevator owned by private interests. The facilities for loading grain onto barges are not connected with the elevator but can be readily connected and put into operation when required. At Brownville, Nebr., plans are under preparation and site pur- chased by Hart-Bartlett-Sturtevant Grain Co., Kansas City, Mo., for a grain elevator. The terminal will have highway and railway connections. At Nebraska City, Nebr., at approximate mile 579.6, the Nebraska City Dock Board has completed a 50,000-cubic-yard-fill for river- front improvement protected by stone riprap. The Western Elevator Co. of Kansas City, Mo., has completed and in operation a million- bushel grain elevator. The terminal facilities are served by two rail- roads and paved highways and are open for general public use. At Plattsmouth, Nebr., approximately 1 mile above the railroad bridge, Cass County has completed construction of a concrete-floored dock (56 by 250 feet) and a warehouse of wood and corrugated-metal construction. Highway connections have been provided and railway connections and additional handling and storage facilities are to be provided. At Omaha, Nebr., definite plans have been made for an all-purpose terminal at an estimated cost of $1,000,000 at approximate mile 632.3. Terminal facilities will include a steel-piling sea wall, dock house, crane house, platforms and a 300,000-bushel grain elevator and head house. The facilities will be served by 14 railroads and paved high- ways and will be open for general public use. 1612 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 At Omaha, Nebr., at approximate mile 629.1, the Omaha Steel Works has completed and in operation ways for manufacturing and launching of floating equipment. The city of Omaha, Nebr., has completed a temporary loading platform at approximate mile 632.3, to serve until river traffic warrants additional facilities. The Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. has completed a temporary terminal, at approximate mile 640.6, with facilities for handling and storing petro- leum products. At Blair, Nebr., at approximate mile 670.3, Peterson & Haecker of Blair, Nebr., has completed and in operation ways for manufacturing and launching of floating equipment. At Blencoe, Iowa, a privately owned dock is being promoted by the Blencoe Farmers Elevator Co. It is planned to handle, chiefly, grain, lumber, and oil, and will be for use by cooperatives of western Iowa. At Sioux City, Iowa, tentative plans have been made to establish a dock area by means of a sheet-steel piling sea wall and a dredged fill at approximate mile 759.0. It is planned to construct a sheet-steel warehouse and appropriate platforms. The facilities will be served by both railway and highway. The Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. has constructed temporary unloading facilities for handling and storing petroleum products at approximate mile 755.9. Promotion of terminals has been indicated at the following towns: Blair, Tekamah, and Decatur, Nebr.; Onawa, Whiting, and Cali- fornia Junction, Iowa. The facilities are considered adequate for existing needs. OPERATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR New work completed during the year with Government funds con- sisted of 8 dikes and 3 dike extensions totaling 11,678 linear feet, and 27 lengths of revetment totaling 53,595 linear feet. Miscel- laneous new work accomplished with regular funds consisted of re- moval of 6,729 cubic yards of rock at one locality by the U. S. dredge Keolouk; placing 972 linear feet of bank protection mattress to pro- tect designed alinement; removal or salvage of 505 linear feet of revetment; clearing 9.8 acres to activate erosion along desired bank alinement; repair or replacement of 477 linear feet of-dikes, and 3,862 linear feet of revetment. In addition to completed works there are in process of construction by hired labor, three revetments totaling 603 linear feet; one rock- filled dike for 1,030 linear feet, and protection of accretion totaling 1,727 linear feet on one revetment. Maintenance consisted of: Repair and replacement of 73,934 linear feet of revetment; 9,054 linear feet of pile dikes; 1,060 linear feet of rock-filled dikes, and one earth dike; construction of 6,673 linear feet of pile structure to fair out bank lines formed by control struc- tures, and 9,956 linear feet of accreted bank lines on the permanent alinement were stabilized by placing cast paving; 1,560 linear feet of' outlet ditch excavated, and the removal from the channel of 267 snags. Dredging (regular funds) during the year by the U. S. dredge General Chittenden, and one leased dredge resulted in the removal of 1,546,132 cubic yards of material from eight localities at a cost RIVERS AND HARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1013 of $95,880.43 charged to new work, and 173,755 cubic yards of ma- terial from two localities by the U. S. dredge General Chittenden at a cost of $8,746.89 charged to maintenance. Surveys, appraisals, ac- quisition proceedings, and related work in connection with the acquisi- tion of rights-of-way for channel changes and prosecution of unallo- cated surveys for engineering and channel rectification studies amounted to $33,324.69; stream gaging amounted to $3,546.24; and bank clearing amounted to $1,880.68 all charged to new work. The cost of engineering design and surveys in connection with maintenance work was $39,431.18; stream gaging for special studies and working data at a cost of $2,078.18; snagging at a cost of $9,650.58; marking channel for navigation and navigation aids at a cost of $1,304.82, all charged to maintenance. The total costs and expenditures for the fiscal year were as follows: Costs Expenditures New work Maintenance Total - Regular funds .....------------- $1, 366, 664. 31 $1, 084, 031.16 $2,450, 695. 47 $1, 604,885. 62 Public Works funds- --------------------------.... -- 691.57 -691.57 122.59 All funds--...... ------------. -1, 366, 664. 31 1, 083, 339. 59 2,450, 003.90 1, 605, 008.21 CONDITION AT END OF FISCAL YEAR The work between Kansas City, Mo. (upper end of Quindaro Bend) and Rulo, Nebr., is approximately 95 percent completed; between Rulo and Omaha, Nebr., it is approximately 99 percent completed; and between Omaha, Nebr., and Sioux City, Iowa, it is approximately 78 percent completed. The entire project was approximately 91 per- cent completed at the end of the fiscal year. Kansas City, Mo. to Rulo, Nebr.-The majority of structures in this section that have not yet accomplished the purpose intended are in fairly good condition. New work construction is still in progress, on a very limited scale due to curtailment orders; however, at reason- ably high stages of the river during the navigation season, a channel with a minimum depth of 6 feet and a minimum width of 200 feet is available throughout this section. Due to a period of high water, the controlling depth at the end of the fiscal year was approximately 8 feet. The practical draft at ordinary stages of the river is 51/2 feet. This section of the river has been used for commercial navigation since May 1939. The work remaining to be done in order to complete the existing project consists chiefly of the construction of additional dikes and revetment. Rulo to Omaha, Nebr.-Continued improvement is noted in this section, which has been used for commercial navigation since May 1939. The channel is practically completed except for the construc- tion of several isolated revetments to permanently stabilize the designed alinement. At reasonably high stages of the river during the navigation season, a channel with a minimum depth of 6 feet and a minimum width of 200 feet is available throughout this section. The practical draft at ordinary stages of the river is 51/2 feet. Omaha, Nebr., to Sioux City, Iowa.-The high-water periods of 1014 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 1942 set up the channel to the desired shape with the majority of the concave alinement virtually coinciding with the designed curvature. No material progress of stabilizing the obtained alinement by placing control structures has been made during the past fiscal year because of the shortage of manpower and the curtailment of new work on the project by the War Production Board. The absence of stabilized control has resulted in erosion of obtained alinement and some loss of completed structures and systems along uncontrolled concave aline- ments by the flanking action of the river with a corresponding reduc- tion in navigable depths, there now exists depths to accommodate drafts up to 5 feet during periods of high water but the controlling practical draft of ordinary navigable discharge is limited to 41/2feet with certain uncontrolled sections at times limited to 3 feet. Under the existing project, beginning with the allotment from War Department Appropriation Act of March 23, 1928, for systematic work on the 6-foot channel, the work accomplished includes 900,762 linear feet of revetment for permanently fixing the banks, 1,927,669 linear feet of pile dikes, 9,407 linear feet of rock dikes, 143,884 linear feet of abatis, 2,287 linear feet of jetties, recrowning 700 linear feet of an existing levee, 19,218 linear feet of retards for stabilization of channel widths, construction of five impermeable structures to close off auxiliary channels, construction of 48,237 linear feet of asphalt revetment, effecting three channel cut-offs and removal of 69,548,173 cubic yards of material dredged from the channel to obtain project depth and width. The total cost and expenditure on work under the existing project to June 30, 1943, is: Cost Expenditures New work Maintenance Total Regular funds-- .... -------- ___- $44, 508,836. 65 $4, 715,965. 03 $49,224,801.68 $49, 234,028.03 __ Public Works funds ---------------- 29,038, 236.29 114,180. 14 29,152, 416.43 29,152, 416.43 Emergency Relief funds- _---------9, 613, 073.19 56, 644.65 9,669, 717.84 9, 669, 717.84 Total funds-......-..... ..... 83,160,146.13 4,886, 789. 82 88, 046, 935.95 88, 056,162.30 Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of $957,409.16 ($1,307,409.16 less $350,000 revoked), and accounts receivable $52,335.48, from regular funds at the end of the year will be expended as follows: RIVERS AND HARBORS--OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1015 Estimated Kansas City Rulo, Nebr., Kansas City date of to Rulo, to Sioux to Sioux completion Nebr. City City Accounts payable _ ------------------------------------- $11,255.76 $86,970.80 $98, 226. 56 New work (channel contraction and bank protection by dike and revetment construc- tion): By contract: Completion of existing contract: Rulo to Quindaro Bends dikes and revetment --------------- May 30,1944 5, 540.10 --------------- Total existing contracts --------------------- 5, 540. 10 . $5, 540. 10 By hired labor: Bartlett Bend, revetment construc- tion- . . .. . .... . .. . . .. . . Sept. 30,1943 13, 582.24 - Omadi Bend, revetment construction- Sept. 15,1943 - 497.83 -..... Do- - Oct. 31,1943 - -362.81 Civil Bend, revetment construction Sept. 30, 1943 -20,847.63 Browers Bend, revetment construc- tion_ _---------------------------_ ept. 15,1943 ---- , 007. 98 ----------- Do .. _-- -................ ---... Oct. 20,1943 11, 776. 85 Little Sioux Reach, revetment con- struction --- Nov. 15, 1943 - 29, 532. 24 -_--- Omadi Bend, revetment construction Aug. 30, 1943 - 28, 456.96 _ Emergency construction to protect existing structures and maintain desired alinements-------_ Land acquisition, St. Marys Bend.. -------- June 30, 1944 June 30,1944 8, 0 00 00 -6,000.00- - -- - Acquisition of rights-of-way, Rulo to Weavers Bends -- --- June 30,1944 3, 814. 99 - Engineering, design, and surveys --. June 30, 1944 3, 203.16 7, 172.86 -_.4 0 Total hired labor - - - 15, 018. 15 125, 237. 40 140, 255. 55 Grand total new work -------------- _ _--- -- 20, 558. 25 125, 237. 40 145, 795. 65 Kansas City Rulo, Nebr., Kansas City to Rulo, to Sioux to Sioux Nebr. City City Maintenance (July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944): By hired labor: Maintenance of structures -- ------ $152, 574. 89 $423,188.81 ....... Rock Bluff Bend, cast paving and compact layer - _8,871.81 - --- Calumet Bend, rock filled dike------- ------------------- 14,693.13- Sioux City to Rulo, chute closure structures_ -------------- 10,000.00- Accretion paving, Tobacco Bend, Frazers Bend, etc-- -------------- 59, 744.24----------- Minor realinements in connection with accretion pay- . in g- . . . . _ _... .... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . 8, 000. 00 . . . . . . . Dredging fills for accretions Dakota Bend, Frazers Bend, ete------------------------------------------------ 5,000.00 Protection of accretions-------------- ----- _--- 19, 798.64------......... Channel dredging - ---------- 25,000.00 - Maintenance dredging --------------------------.-------------- 6,000.00- Channel marking--------- - 29, 962.16 .................... Snagging --------------------------------------- 7,293.35 " 14,829.82..... Navigation aids ..-------------------------------.-------------- 2,967.82 Stream gaging ---------------------------------------------- 4,692.83........... Engineering, design, and surveys ------------------- 15, 909.73 12, 312.63..... Grand total for maintenance--_ ------------------- 250, 538. 77 570, 301.09 $820, 839.86 Total for all work...............................-----------------------------. 282, 352.78 782, 509.29 1,064, 862.07 The sum of $6,015,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, as follows: 1016 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Kansas City Rulo, Nebr., Kansas City to Rulo, .to Sioux to Sioux Nebr. City City New work (July 1, 1944, to June 30, 1945): Channel contraction and bank protection by dike and re- vetment construction: By contract ................................. $150, 000 $3, 625, 000 - By hired labor: Emergency construction to protect existing struc- tures and maintain designed alinements ---. 40, 000 290,000- Engineering, design and surveys __---- -- 25, 000 65,000---------- Point removal to obtain desired alinements -- 20,000- Total new work ....------------------- 215, 000 4, 000,000 $4, 215,000 Maintenance (July 1, 1944, to June 30, 1945) by contract:' Maintenance and repair of existing works ..-.. ---... ----- ----.... 495,000 - By hired labor: Maintenance and repair of existing works ----. .. 580, 000 400,000- Channel dredging.. . - -- - 130,000 30,000- Channel marking_ 30,000 10,000 ------- Navigation aids___-______ - -15,000- Snagging---------- 10,000 25,000 Engineering, design and surveys -- - - 50,000 25,000 ........ Total maintenance . --.....--....... ..-- 800, 000 1, 000, 000 1, 800, 000 Total for all work ------------------------ 1, 015, 000 5, 000, 000 6, 015, 000 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943- $85, 746, 762.69 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943-- ------ -_-5, 456, 993. 75 Total cost of permanent work tTo June 30, 1943_ ....... 91, 203, 756. 44 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943------------------------------- 55, 117. 43 Net total cost to June 30, 1943-------------------------- 91,258, 873.87 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ ---------- 52, 335.48 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943----------------------- 91, 311, 209.35 _-------98, Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_--- 226. 56 Net total expenditures---------------------------------91, 212, 982. 79 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943---------------------------- 1, 307, 409. 16 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_-..... -- 92, 520, 391.95 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work -- - $8, 287, 092. 67 $6, 103, 119. 15 $3, 440, 813. 88 $3, 204, 071. 23 $1, 366, 664. 31 Cost of maintenance ... . 647, 374. 81 445, 354. 53 576, 454. 69 702, 152. 71 11, 083, 339. 59 Total cost-------------- 8,934, 467. 48 6, 548, 473. 64 4, 017, 268. 57 3, 906, 223. 94 2, 450, 003.90 Total expended--------------9, 016, 695. 40 7. 108, 889. 73 4, 192, 749. 96 4, 604, 471.40 2 1, 605,008. 21 Allotted_-----. ------.-- _--10, 126, 604. 73 4, 180, 691. 34 3, 236, 525. 92 2, 310, 250.00 3219, 941.57 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_____________________________$3,132,358. 94 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942_ _______ -$659, 250.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap- propriation Act approved June 2, 1943____ ____ 440, 000.00 -219, 250.00 Amount to be accounted for______________ __ 2, 913,108.94 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment __-___ - __- - 691.57 Net amount to be accounted for-------------------------- 2, 912, 417. 37 RIVERS AND HARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1017 Gross amount expended------------------------ $2, 567, 229. 88 Less reimbursements collected ------------------- 962,221. 67 $1, 605, 008.21 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------------------------ 1,307,409.16 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ------------ $11,036.46 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------- 266, 194.84 277, 231.30 Balance available June 30, 1943------------------------ 1, 030,177.86 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943__ ------------------------------ 52, 335.48 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943-------------- 1, 082, 513.34 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project * _ _ _ -- _ -_-_-_ 8,694, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945: For new work 4 - - 4-- - -- -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- --- -- ---- -- - 4, 215, 000.00 -- --- -- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- --- -- -- For maintenance 1, 800, 000.00 Total 4--------------------------------------------- $6, 015,000.00 SIncludes -$691.57 P. W. funds. 2 Includes + $122.59 P. W. funds. Includes -$691.57 P. W. funds. 4Exclusive of available funds. 2. MISSOURI RIVER, SIOUX CITY TO FORT BENTON Location.-See page 1010. Through this section the river flows across the States of Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, form- ing the northeastern boundary of Nebraska. Previous projects.-Projects were adopted and modified by river and harbor acts as follows: August 14, 1876, above the mouth of the Yellowstone; June 18, 1878, Sioux City; March 3, 1879, Vermillion; and August 2, 1882, Sioux City to Fort Benton. Modifications of September 19, 1890, and August 18, 1894, extended the improvement to Great Falls, then to Stubbs Ferry, Mont. (For further details see p. 1108 of Annual Report for 1927, p. 1894 of Annual Report for 1915, and p. 1184 of Annual Report for 1938.) Existing project.-This provided for the expenditure of from $75,000 to $150,000 yearly during the first 5 years of the project in the removal of snags and rocks from the channel and in bank pro- tection at various locations between Sioux City, Iowa, and Fort Ben- ton, Mont. Since the expiration of the 5-year limit, funds have been expended for snagging and maintenance of structures. The length of section included in the project is 1,441.4 miles and consists of two parts: Sioux City, Iowa, to Fort Peck Dam, Mont. (mile 1,868.7), and Fort Peck Dam to Fort Benton, Mont. At Sioux City the ordinary fluctuation is about 10.4 feet, and the extreme fluctuation (freshet of 1892 from Floyd River) is about 25 feet. At Fort Ben- ton the ordinary fluctuation is about 7.3 feet, and the extreme fluctu- ation about 19 feet. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 25, 1912 (H. Doc. No. 91, 62d Cong., 1st sess.). The latest pub- lished map is in the project document. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Work accomplished during the year amounted to $1,529.69 charged to maintenance. Expenditures during the fiscal year were $1,514.69. 1018 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Condition at end of fiscal year.-As cutting of the bank is less marked above Sioux City and is of little moment above the mouth of the Yellowstone River, demand for bank protection work is not so urgent as on the lower Missouri River. In 1878, rock dams and dikes were built between Fort Benton and Carroll, Mont., to concen- trate the meager low-water flow, and the rapids were cleared of rocks and boulders; but, lacking maintenance, the river has reverted for the most part to the previous state. Limited appropriations hold Government expenditures to meritorious cooperative projects, and a small amount of repair to existing works. From April to October, inclusive, drafts of 30 inches are practica- ble to Pierre, 26 inches to the Yellowstone River, and 18 inches to the Fort Peck Dam. Depths which will accommodate large boats are available on the Fort Peck Reservoir and drafts of 22 inches are practicable from the reservoir to Fort Benton. The cost of new work under the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $516,484.77, and the cost of maintenance was $422,552.30, a total of $939,037.07. The expenditures were $939,022.07. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance of $5,919.51 at the end of the fiscal year will be applied to snagging and maintenance operations where required. The additional sum of $10,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance and snagging operations. Cost and flnancial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ _____________-----$3, 123, 140.64 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 --...... ,638, 958. 04 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943----------- 3, 762, 098.68 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-- ---------- 15.00 Net total expenditures---- ----------- 3, 762, 083.68 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- --------- -5, 919.51 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ------------- 3, 768, 003.19 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .. Cost of maintenance_ _............... ......... .....--------------- $5, 834. 60 $4, 731.20 $1, 529.69 Total expended-- .. --.... ----------------- _ - 6,155.35 4, 410.45 1, 514.69 Allotted...................-... _ _ -.... _..... $10, 000 5,000 3,000. Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ ------------------------------ $7, 434. 20 Gross amount expended_ - - - - - -- 1, 514. 69 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943--- ------- _-5, 919.51 .............-- Amount covered by uncompleted contracts--- 1,001.26 Balance available June 30, 1943___-------- - 4, 918.25 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance'--- ------------- 10, 000. 00 1Exclusive of available funds. RIVERS AND HARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1019 3. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $197,623.14 and the expendi- tures were $122,655.93. The balance unexpended and accounts re- ceivable at the end of the fiscal year, $142,704.34, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $120,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943__ $684, 383.00 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 - Undistributed costs June 30, 1943-------------------------------- - 684, 383.00 245.33 Net total cost to June 30, 1943--------------------------684, 628. 33 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943----------------------------- 18. 55 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943--- -------- 684, 646. 88 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943___-- -------- 76, 818.32 Net total expenditures 828. 56 6------------------------------- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943----------------------------142, 685. 79 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ----- 750, 514.35 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 C ost of new work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. Cost of maintenance- -.-------.. $42, 830. 93 $31, 821. 01 $130, 483. 06 $90, 826. 80 $197, 623.14 Total expended-----------------76, 187. 31 54, 885. 25 81, 632. 53 87, 556. 04 122, 655. 93 Allotted---------------------- 69, 800.00 56, 500.00 91, 900.00 37, 100.00 259, 225.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------------------------------ $6, 116.72 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 24, 1940- $144, 300. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved May 23, 1941 ---------- 63,600. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942- _------31, 325.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 2, 1943_- ----- 20, 000. 00 259,225.00 Amount to be accounted for--- ---------- 265,341.72 Gross amount expended_ ------------------------ $179,253.60 Less reimbursements collected_ -------- 56, 597.67 122, 655.93 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ---------------------- 142, 685.79 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943 -------------------------------- 18. 55 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_- ----- 142, 704.34 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945 for maintenance 120, 000.00 Exclusive of available funds. 1020 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 4. PLANT ALLOTMENT, OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT Cost and financial summary Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 ------------------------------- $320, 524.38 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 ------------------------------- 320, 524.38 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 85, 114.60 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943------------------------- 405, 638. 98 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 67,487. 21 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 338, 151. 77 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943- - --- --------- 412, 142.30 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943--------------- 750, 294. 07 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Total expended ... ---------- $77, 385. 56 -$82, 563. 50 $33, 313. 55 -$102, 532. 22 -$78, 990. 25 Allotted.....-------...---------...........------------------. 44, 570. 45 -150, 000. 00 75,000.00- Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------------------------------ $333, 152.05 Gross amount expended ------------------------ $2, 086, 635. 29 Less : Reimbursements collected -- -- $2, 162, 598. 81 Receipts from sales_- -__- - 3,026. 73 2, 165, 625.54 -78, 990. 25 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943- -- -------- 412, 142.30 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts -------------------- 153, 786. 50 Balance available June 30, 1943__-- --------- 258,355. 80 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943___ ---------- -- 85, 114.60 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 --------------- 343, 470.40 Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harboracts and committee resolutions Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda- Congress tion B ig S iou x R ive r , S . D ak . R ive rs and H arb o rs .. . . . . . .. . . ..- ..... (navigation and flood con- Committee resolu- trol). tion, Nov. 22,1939. B owm an irrigation project Com merce C om m it- . - --... . .. .. .. . on Grand River, N. Dak. tee resolution, June 22, 1937. Little Missouri River and Commerce Commit- . ---........... tributaries, including tee resolution, Oct. Beaver Creek, Mont., and 25, 1937. N. Dak., for flood control and irrigation. Missouri River diversion Commerce Commit--.. project (under special tee resolution, June board). 22, 1937. Missouri River at Gavins Rivers and Harbors Point, Yankton, S. Dak., Committee resolu- construction of lock and tion, Feb. 18,1938. dam for navigation, flood control, power, and irriga- tion. M;ouri River from Sioux Rivers ahd Harbors ity, Iowa, to Chamber- Committee resolu- lain, S. Dak., improve- tion, Mar. 7,1939. ment for navigation. Missouri River, improve- Rivers and Harbors ment in S. Dak. (power to Committee resolu- develop manganese de- tion, Jan. 19,1940. posits). RIVERS AND HARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1021 5. MISSOURI RIVER, NIOBRARA, NEBR. Location.---Near the town of Niobrara, Nebr., on the Missouri River. Existing project.-An allotment of $130,000 was provided in the War Department Appropriation Act approved May 15, 1936, to pro- vide maintenance, repairs, and revetment work as needed in the flood- control work prosecuted by the Works Progress Administration near the town of Niobrara, Nebr. Operationsand results duringfiscal year.-Repairswere made to 661 linear feet of revetment at a cost of $1,867.21. Expenditures during the fiscal year were $1,793.81. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work previously completed by the Works Progress Administration consisting of 7,240 linear feet of revetment has been augmented by construction of 8,052 linear feet of revetment under this project. Repairs have been made to 2,151 linear feet of the completed revetment. The project is substantially com- pleted except for such new construction, maintenance, and repair which may become necessary due to changing river conditions, ice floes, and high-water periods. The cost to date is $99,369.58 for new work and $4,973.86 for maintenance, a total of $104,343.44. Expend- itures are $104,270.04. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $25,729.96, will be applied to maintenance of the existing revetment and construction of additional revetment. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ $99, 369. 58 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 -------------------- 4, 973. 86 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943-------------- 104, 343.44 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- 73.40 Net total expenditures ------------------------------- 104, 270. 04 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ---------------------------- 25, 729.96 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943---------------- 130, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ----- $----------$86.39 $8.44 Cost of maintenance ---------.. $1, 768.74 933. 55 2.41-- ..------------.. $1,867.21 Total cost_- - - - 1, 768. 74 999.94 10.85 ........-------------- 1,867. 21 Total expended------------------ 1,753. 34 1,015.34 10.85- -- -- 1, 793.81 A llotted.. . . .. . . .. . .. . .... .. . . . . . Balance unexpended July 1, 1942--------------------------------$27, 523.77 Gross amount expended-- ----------------------------------- 1, 793.81 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943------------------------- 25, 729.96 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ------------------------- Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 25, 687.'It 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1- 65 1022 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,. U. S. ARMY, 1943 6. MISSOURI RIVER, SIOUX CITY, IOWA, TO KANSAS CITY, MO. (FLOOD CONTROL) Location.-This project is located along the Missouri River between Sioux City, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo., in both the Omaha and Kansas City districts. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, approved the comprehensive plan for flood protection in the vicinity of Sioux City, Iowa, and along both banks of the Missouri River between Sioux City and Kansas City for flood control, in accord- ance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 821, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, and author- ized $1,000,000 for the initiation and partial accomplishment of the project. The plan of improvement provides for the construction of dikes, revetments, and channel improvement along the Missouri River be- tween Kenslers Bend, Nebr,, and the Combination Bridge at Sioux City, Iowa, at an estimated cost of construction of $875,000, with annual maintenance of $30,000; and for the construction of levees and appurtenant flood-control works for the protection of agricultural lands and small communities on both banks of the Missouri River between Sioux City, Iowa, and Kansas City, Mo., against floods of the approximate magnitude of the flood of July 193.8 at an estimated cost of $5,050,000, for construction and of $160,000 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.--See page 6 for requirements. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preparation of detailed plans is in progress. The cost of work performed during the fiscal year was $13,749.12. Expenditures during the fiscal year were $12,698.29. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Preparation of detailed plans is 12 percent complete. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $162,301.71, will be applied to the initiation of a map- ping program of the Missouri River flood plane and to the continua- tion of the preparation of detailed plans and contract plans and specifications. The additional sum of $125,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for the continuation of the preparation of contract plans and specifications. Cost and financial summnary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-- $13, 749. 12 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943.--- --- - Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 --- 13, 749. 12 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 - ---- -604. 92 Net total cost to June 30, 1943---------- 13, 144. 20 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 445. 91 Net total expenditures -------- 12, 698. 29 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 162, 301. 71 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 175, 000. 00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1023 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of hew work .. . .. . . ... . . . . . .. . . .. . .... . . . $13, 749. 12 Cost of iaiiitlnance... Total expended ---- - ------ - --- --------- -- ----.-- ---- 2698.29 8-- Allotted 175,000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942--------- ------ -- $175, 000.00 Gross amount expended_ ------------------------------------- 12, 698.29 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 162, 80i. 71 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 7, 301.71 Balance available June 30, 1943 .-- -155, 000.00 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 -- _5, 750, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work 1--------------- 125, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 7. PLATTE RIVER NEAR SCHUYLER, NEBR. Location.-Schuyler, Nebr., is situated on the north side of the Platte River about 55 miles west of the city of Omaha; and a few miles down- stream from the confluence of the Loup River with the Platte. E isting project.-This project provides for the protection of the left bank of the Platte River about 31/n miles west of Schuyler at a threatened point of erosion to prevent the possible partial diversion of the flood flows of the Platte River into Lost Creek, a small tribu- tary which closely parallels the Platte River near Schilylet. The plan of improvement provides for the construction of approximately 3,600 linear feet of revetment, and additional work consisting of leveling spoil banks, planting of willows to protect overbank scour and for erosion control ih the swales between Lost Creek ahd the main channel. The estimated cost of the improvement is $63,000 for con- struction. The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, uthorized the general plaln of flood protection on the Platte River in the vicihity of Schuyler, Nebr., substantially in accordance with the redolnmendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 250, Sevehty-sixth Congtess, first session. Local dooperation. See page 6 for requirements. Assurances of local cooperation have not yet been furnished. Operationsand results during fo cal year.-None. Conditionat end of flsval jear.-No donstruiction work has been done on the project, and pirparation of detailed plahs has not been started. Propoed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting tO $9;000, Will be applied to the preparation of detailed plans, contract plans and specifications. 1024 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943----....----- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943__ - ------ Net total expenditures- Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ------------------------------- $2, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ---- - 2, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.... . . . . . . . . . -. . -.. . ... . .-- - - -. Cost of maintenance.......-. Total expended---- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Allotted...... . $2,000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942 ---------------------------------------- $2,000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- ........ ------- 2,000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of exist- ing project1 -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - - -- - -- - - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - 61,000 1 Exclusive of available funds. 8. COUNCIL BLUFFS, MISSOURI RIVER, AND INDIAN CREEK, IOWA Location.-Council Bluffs, Iowa, near confluence of Indian Creek with Missouri River, Iowa. Previous project.-Authorized by the Flood Control Act of June 22, 1936. For further details, see page 1313 of Annual Report for 1939. Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for construc- tion of a ditch of suitable dimensions from the lower end of the existing unlined Indian Creek diversion channel westward to a junction with the main channel of the Missouri River, a distance of approximately 7,600 feet, to permit the unobstructed discharge into the Missouri River of flood waters from the Indian Creek flood channel. The estimated cost of the improvement is $18,000. The Flood Control Act of August 18, 1941, authorized the general plan of flood protection on the Missouri River and Indian Creek substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 577, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session. Local cooperation.-See page 6 for requirements. Assurances of local cooperation have not yet been furnished. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been done on the project, and preparation of detailed plans has not been started. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943. amounting to $4,000, will be applied to the preparation of detailed plans and contract plans and specifications. RIVERS AND HARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1025 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943__ Net total expenditures-- - -- - -- - Unexpended balance June 30, 1943.... $4,000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ...........- 4,000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work----------------------------------- ------------------------------------ Cost of maintenance - -..... . ..--- - ---- - - .... Total expended--------------------------------------- 000-- 4,---- Allo tted--- -_---_-- -$ Alote------- ----------------- -------------- -------------- ------------- $4,000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 ---------------------------------------------- $4, 000 --------------------------- 4,000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943____ Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of exist- ing project _ ____ __ __------------------_---_14,000 SExclusive of available funds. 9. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year from flood-control appropriations to be expended in rescue work or the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or de- stroyed by flood. The sum of $235,000 was allotted for emergency repairs on levees along the Nishnabotna River, Walnut Creek and tributaries in Fre- mont County, Iowa, and for emergency repairs to levees damaged by floods in the Missouri River Basin in the Omaha district. Emergency repair work during the fiscal year on the Nishnabotna River consisted of restoring 10 levees to their original grade and cross section by placing 98,807 cubic yards of earth in the levee reconstruc- tion, at a cost of $11,156.16. Emergency repair work during the fiscal year on levees in the Mis- souri River Basin in the Omaha district consisted of restoring 52 levees to their original grade and cross section by placing 1,009,379 cubic yards of earth in the repairs, at a cost of $60,401.16. The total expenditures were $151,952.63. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $83,047.37, will be applied to accounts payable, amounting to $69,540.64, and to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading during the fiscal year 1944. Because of the heavy demands for emergency repair work on flood- control structures damaged or destroyed by the disastrous floods which occurred in the spring of 1943, Congress in the act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 138, Seventy-eighth Congress, authorized the amount of $10,000,000 to be appropriated as an emergency fund to be expended 1026 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ]ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 10 43 under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers for the repair, restoration, ,nd strengthening of levees and other flood-control works which had been threatened or destroyed by the recent floods. The Second Deficiency Appropriation Act approved July 12, 1943, Public No. 140, Seventy-eighth Congress, appropriated the amount of $10,000,000 for the purpose of carrying out the emergency flood-control work authorized in Public No. 138. The provisions of this act are additional and supplemental to, and not in lieu of, existing general legislation authorizing allocation of flood- control funds for restoration of flood-control works threatened or de- stroyed by flood. The sum of $600,000 was allotted in July 1943 for emergency flood- control work in the Omaha district. In addition to the above, funds were allotted under the provisions of section 9 of the Flood Control Act approved June 15, 1936, for emergency flood-control work in the Omaha district. For further information, see Mississippi River Commission report, emergency work on tributaries of Mississippi River. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ___ $71, 557. 32 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -------------- 71, 557. 32 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- 146, 174. 46 Net total cost to June 30, 1943_------------7_ 71. 1,7378 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_-- .....------ __ 3, 761. 49 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 221, 493.27 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- --------- 69, 540. 64 Net total expenditures -------------------------------- 151, 955. 63 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943------- ---------------------- 83, 047. 37 Total amount appropriated to June 30,1943_ - --- 235, 000.00 -___ Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost ofnew w ork .. . . - I. .. . I... . .. . . ..- . .-. . . . . ..-. . . .. .. Cost of maintenance . ------------- .$1.-------------, .--------- - - - - - $- 71,47.32 Total expended -- . . ---.- . -...- . 151, 92. 63 Allotted---------------- 235, 000. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropri- ation Act approved May 23, 1941----------------- $125, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropri- ation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942... 110, 000. 00 $235, 000ooo. oo00 Gross amount expended-------------- 151,952. 63 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 83, 047.37 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943------------------------ 8, 047. 37 Acounts receivable June 30, 1943 ------------------------------ 3, 761. 4 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943.-_ 3,761.49 RIVERS AND HIARBORS-OMAHA, NEBR., DISTRICT 1027 10. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work during the year was $133,825.70 and the expendi- tures were $129,952.24. The balance unexpended, $163,743.08, at the end of the fiscal year, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The addi- tional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financiatl summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943- -- - ___ $-89,308. 5-- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 -_ 689, 308. 58 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943__ 689,308. 58 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943___ -7, 876. 12 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 _ 681,432.46 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ 5.85 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 .. 681,438. 31 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 - - 7, 906. 39 Net total expenditures - - -- _ 673, 531.92 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943__ - _ 163, 743.08 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943___ -- 837, 275. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 C ost of n ew w ork -- - - - - - -. - - - - - - . -- -. - - -. - - - - - - . -- - - - - . .. . . . . . Cost of maintenance....... $137, 415. 20 $255,924.67 $78, 854. 69 $83, 288. 32 $133, 825. 70 Total expended -102, 636. 60 239, 297. 50 126, 363. 36 75, 282. 22 129, 952. 24 Allotted -207, 500.00 150, 425. 00 29,000. 00 95, 050. 00 257,300.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ ______- - -. ___-- $36, 395. 32 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved June 24, 1940. - - $82, 500. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appro- priation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 800.00 1---------------174, 257, 300. 00 Amount to be accounted for ___ 293, 695. 32 Gross amount expended__-- ___-----$130, 933. 34 - Less reimbursements collected-____---------981.10 129, 962. 24 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 163, 743. 08 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 17,784. 74 Balance available June 30, 1943_ ------ -- -145,958.34 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943--------. 5 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943--------------145, 964. 19 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 1- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 30, 1945, for maintenance 50, 000. 00 Exclusive of available funds. 1028 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 11. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to Estimated full report June 30, 1943 amount Name of project see Annual requiredto Report for- New work Maintenance complete Wibaux, Mont. _...----------------------------- 1938 .........--------------....--------------. $42,300 Marmarth, N. Dak.1.- Iowa (act---.---.-------- Council Bluffs, 1938 .. 18, 970 of 1936)8 ---- ------ 1939 $325.00- - - (4) Forsyth, Yellowstone River, Mont.- _- ___ _ -- 1939 2, 209.39--- ----------- 97,000 Belle Fourche, Cheyenne River, S. Dak --------- Snagging and clearing under authority of sec. 2 of 1940 37, 409.97-------- - (4) the Flood Control Act approved Aug. 28, 1937, as amended. ------------------------------- 1941 1,000.00-- --- () 1Awaiting local cooperation. SThe levee system at the town of Marmarth, N. Dak., has been improved by Work Projects Adminis- tration projects so that at an additional cost of $3,230 the existing levees can be completed to protect the prin- cipal portion of the town against all floods of past magnitude. 5Completed as a Public Works Administration project. 4 All of the work desired by local interests at the present time has been completed. Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and com- mittee resolutions Date trans- Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. tion Congress Bad River, from Philip to Flood Control Act, Fort Pierre, S. Dak. Aug. 28, 1937. Bear Creek, Colo .......... Flood Control Com- mittee resolution, June 16, 1938. Big Horn Canyon Reser- Sec. 7 of Flood Con- voir, Mont. (supplemen- trol Act, June 22, tal 308 report). 1936. Big Horn River and tribu- Flood Control Act, taries, Wyoming. June 22, 1936. Big Sioux River, S. Dak. Rivers and Harbors (navigation and flood con- Committee resolu- trol). tion, Nov. 22, 1939. Bowman irrigation project Commerce Commit- on Grand River, N. Dak. tee resolution, June 22, 1937. Boyer River, Iowa...... Flood Control Act, July 28, 1943 H. 254, 78th Favorable. Aug. 28, 1937. Cong., 1st sess. Knife River and tributaries, Flood Control Act, July 16, 1943 H. 252, 78th Do. North Dakota. Aug. 11, 1939. Cong., 1st sess. Little Missouri River and Commerce Commit- ............... tributaries, including tee resolution, Oct. Beaver Creek, Mont. and 25, 1937. N. Dak., for flood control and irrigation. Little Sioux River, Iowa. - Flood Control Act, Aug. 28, 1937. Missouri River diversion Commerce Commit- project (under special tee resolution, June board). 22, 1937. Missouri River, flood con- Flood Control Com- trol at Bismarck, N. Dak. mittee resolution, May 2, 1939. Missouri River at Gavins Rivers and Harbors Point, Yankton, S. Dak., Committee resolu- construction of lock and tion, Feb. 18, 1938. dam for navigation, flood control, power, and irri- gation. Missouri River from Sioux Flood Control Com- City, Iowa, to the Ne- mittee resolution, braska-South Dakota Aug. 2, 1939. State line. Missouri River, Knox and Commerce Commit- ----------------------------- Dixon Counties, Nebr., tee resolution, July flood protection and bank 18,1939. erosion. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FORT PECK, MONT., DISTRICT 1029 Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control committee resolutions-Continued acts and Date trans-Recommend- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda- Congresstion Missouri River, improve- Rivers and Harbors---------------........... ment in South Dakota Committee resolu- (power to develop man- tion, Jan. 19, 1940. ganese deposits). Missouri River, flood con- Flood Control Com-_---------...------------------ trol along main stem from mittee resolution, Sioux City, Iowa, to its May 13, 1943. mouth. Nishnabotna River, Iowa_. Flood Control Act, July 28, 1943 H. 253, 78th Favorable Aug. 28, 1937. Cong., 1st sess. Powder River and tribu- Flood Control Act,...._............ taries, Wyoming. June 22, 1936. Rapid Creek, S. Dak .... Flood Control Corn- Feb. 24, 1943 ... .. .. Unfavorable. mittee resolution, June 13, 1938. Soldier River, Iowa . -......Flood Control Act, Aug. 10, 1943 -------------------- Do. June 28, 1938. White River, S. Dak ..... Flood Control Act,................. Aug. 28, 1937. White and Bad Rivers, S. Flood Control Comrn_- ................ - Dak. mittee resolution, Aug. 18, 1937. Yellowstone River, Mont_._ Flood Control Act, ................. Aug. 28, 1937. Yellowstone River, Wyo., Flood Control Corn-_................. Mont., and N. Dak. mittee resolution, Aug. 18, 1937. IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE FORT PECK, MONT., DISTRICT This district comprises all of Montana, except the northwestern portion, southwestern North Dakota, northwestern South Dakota, a small portion of northwestern Nebraska, and northern Wyoming em- braced in the drainage basin of the Missouri River and tributaries above the mouth of the Cheyenne River, inclusive. District engineer: Col. R. Selee, Corps of Engineers, to September 15, 1942, and Lt. Col. H. H. Roberts, Corps of Engineers, since that date. Division engineer: Col. Lewis A. Pick, Corps of Engineers. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Flood control-Continued Page Page 1. Missouri River at Fort Peck, 5. Cottonwood Springs Reservoir Mont_- - - - - - - - 1029 Fall River Basin, S. Dak_ _ 1040 2. Examinations, surveys, and 6. Emergency flood-control wprk 1041 contingencies (general) 1037 7. Preliminary examinations, sur- veys, and contingencies for Flood control flood control _ 1042 8. Other flood-control projects 3. Hot Springs, Fall River Basin, for which no estimates are S. Dak---------------- 1038 submitted 1043 4. Cold Brook Reservoir, Fall River Basin, S. Dak ... 1039 1. MISSOURI RIVER AT FORT PECK, MONT. Location.-The site of the Fort Peck Reservoir is in the Missouri River Valley in McCone, Valley, Garfield, Phillips, Petroleum, and Fergus Counties, Mont. The dam site is approximately 11 miles above the mouth of the Milk River in sections 14, 15, 16, 21, and 22, T. 26 N., R. 41 E. The west (left) abutment is in Valley County and the east 1030 B-ORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 (right) abutment is in McCone County. Nearest towns are Glasgow, 17 miles northwest, and Nashua, 9 miles north. E'xisting project.-The project provides for construction of an earth dam for impouditg water for the improXvexnent of navigation on the Missouri IRiver, Sioux City to the mouth, and a power plant. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1942, is $124,200,000. De- tailed data regarding the project are as follows: Description Location, miles above mouth of Missouri River ...-------------------- 1, 88 7 Concrete spillway in right abutment, discharge capacity (second- feet) ---------------------------------------------------- 250, 000 Height of main dam above stream bed (feet) ... .. 2-0. 5 Height of crest stone above stream bed (feet)- -- - 252.0 Elevation of crest stone (feet, mean sea level) ... ------ 2,280.0 Tunnels for releasing water from reseryoir (4), diapeter (feet) 24'8" Power plant--initial installation, aue 35,00-kilowatt unit and one 15,000-kilowatt unit (kilowatts) .... __ 50,000 Maximum pool level (feet, mean sea level)- ..- -. - _2,250 Normal pool level (feet, mean sea level)- __ - - - - - --- , 246 Crest length of dam (feet)_ ---------------------------- 21,026 Maximum storage capacity (acre-feet) 41, 000 1-----------------19, Maximum surface area of reservoir (acres)- -245, 000 Maximum length of reservoir (miles)-- -- ________189 Clear width of reservoir (miles)- - --- Normal operating storage capacity (acre-feet)- - ------ - - -_16 18, 400, 000 Total construction cost of project (estimated) ----------------- $124, 200, 000 4nlug op ratio. and aintenance cest (estinlated) -------------- $810, 000 Date construction started, Oct. 20 1983. Estimated date of completion, December 1944. Datum--Iean sea level (1929 adjustmept, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey). The existing project was aufhori~ed by the following acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Aug. 30,1935 1 Construction of earth dam . ..... . Doc. No. 238, 73d Cong., 2d sees. H..... May 18,1938 2 Completion, maintenance, and operation of a (Specified in act.) laydroelectrio powep plant, subject to qertgig provisions contained in the act respecting the transmission and sale of electric energy. This act also quthorizes the installation qf additional power generating facilities by the pecretiry of War wlcn deexme4 necesary in tIe judgment of the Bur8u of] eclamation. I Included in Public Works Administration program in 1933. 2 Public, No. 529, 75th Cong., l3dsess. (Maps showiang transportation facilities, power-market area, power plants, etc., are contained in Senate committee print, 75th Cong., 2d seas.) Terminal facilities.-None. OtJRATIONS AND RESULTS DURING FISCAL YEAR The work accomplished during the fiscal year was as folows: Dam.---Hi red-labor and contri~ct operations were continied until November 1~,42. The following costs were incurred during the fiscal year: RIVERS AND HARBORS-FORT PECK; MONT., DISTRICT 1031 Well iltstallation for pressure rlief under dbwfistream toe .. $47, 690. 96 Road from power plant to shaft area _ _ .__.... . 13.67 otal ---------------------------------------------- 47, 4. DIeJeraon al .-- Expense in the amount of £2,48.7 was in- curfed prior to N vemiber 1942 in connection with reminoval of the stop logs. Spillway.-No construction work was accomplished this fiscal year. As the result of an adjustment, the cost previously reported was in- crewsed by $1.46.' Ais llaoks eo tction.-1-ifed-iabor op etatnt th tendetiOh with the relocation of power lins Were deontiinued huntil tNovember 1949, the co'st of whih Was $09,i94.8. In addition hiseellAfieais cst adIhsti1nietit wre nad, the total 6 which Was $14i . Lahnth.--Work itt coniinection with th aequi itiort o latids was con- tinned until November 1942, the cost of which was $2,8100. P radtnt buildings and utilities.-No construction work was ac- compfished. Miscellaneous adjustments resulted in a totl ii rkse of $1T,9 in the cost previously reported. %'Aerplant.-Contractand hired-labor operations were continued. The following costs were incurred during the fiscal year: Designs, plans, tests, etc. (contract) --------------- $4, 0 Turbines (contract) ---------------------------------------- 1, 1. Generators (contract) -------------------------------- 44, 7O Cubicles and switchboards (contract) ------------------------- 215,40. t0 Butterfly vlves (contract) ....------ -------. . .---.------ 45, 881 : 57 Superstructure, pipe line, penstock, and substation (minimum con- struction for one 35,000-kilowatt unit) (contract) . .... 1,4 , .0 Pi~r lide eitenIori (hired 1 bor)----------,----_. 06 Sti 1io irefnotl (lired lhlor) ------------------------------ 21, .05 M1iscellaneous (hired lab6r) . 4T 51 8-------------------------, Total-------------------------------------------- , 2i, 8. 7 Rese'voi, (eelusive of lands) .-- From the beginning of the fiscal year until November 6, the reservoir was operated in conjunction with maintenance dredging to maintain a, 6-foot channel on the Mis- souri River from Omaha to the mouth. Releases during thjs period averaged approximately 10,400 cubic feet a second: Frot November 7, to Decemhber 9, the reservoir was operated solely in the interest of navigation on the Mississippi River. Releases during the period averaged approkimately 3j390 Cubit feet a second, From.December 10j 1942 to the end of the fiscal .year] all ififlow except about 14000 cubic feet a second was storefl. From about March 26, the beginning of the ice break:up, until June 80, 1943, the storage of about 97.5 pereent of the inflow, or approimately 5,440000 acre-feet ;sulted in substantial reductions in flood heights di the Missouri River during the spring high water period. Miseellaneos opertion~s.--Hirbd4labor operations in connection with the camp railroad, electrical system, ete., were Continued until Noyember 1942, the cost of which was $192876.01; Deimobilization-,-N0 work was aedomplished; A eredit in the amount of $1464144.392 tesulted froh the disposal of surplus property. Ope ati. and care-The Cost of operatitig and care of the dainA tunnels, spillWay, reservoir, carhp; ete., was $853,201.~56 during the fiscal year. 1032 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 The total cost of new work during the fiscal year was $2,129,678.27 Power Plant funds; -$59.90 Public Works funds; and - $71,393.48 regular funds; a total of $2,058,224.89. The cost of operating and care was $353,201.56 regular funds. The total expenditures were $2,132,700.64 Power Plant funds and -$223,882.12 regular funds, a total of $1,908,818.52. CONDITION AT END OF FISCAL YEAR Permanent work on the project was approximately 95 percent com- pleted. All preparatory work in the nature of temporary camp, roads, power lines, plant, shops, etc., was completed. Dam.-Clearing and grubbing, stripping base of dam, construction of steel-sheet piling cut-off .wall, the rock and gravel toes, the hy- draulic fill and the rolled fill are completed. The following quantities have been placed: Cubic yards Hydraulic fill ------------------------------------------- 122, 178,000 Rolled fill ----------------------------------------------- 3,337,067 Gravel at toe of dam --------------------------------------- 3,112, 904 Rock at toe of dam ----------------------------------------- 289, 297 Gravel on upstream face of dam -------------------------------- 791, 368 f'ield stone on upstream face of dam ---------------------------- 209, 070 Salvage field stone on the upstream face of dam------------ 129, 887 Quarry stone on upstream face of dam --------------------------- 442, 939 Salvage quarry stone on upstream face of dam----------- ----- 89, 427 The dam proper has cost $50,452,336.46 to date and is 98 percent completed. Diversion tunnels.-The four diversion tunnels, having an aggre- gate length of 24,386 linear feet, are practically complete, except the transition section in No. 1 main control shaft, which is not completed. The tunnels and appurtenant works have cost $31,698,492.04 and are 99 percent completed. Spillway.--The channel has been excavated, a total of 13,847,387 cubic yards having been removed, and 268,625 cubic yards of concrete have been placed in the channel lining; 291,826 cubic yards of con- crete have been placed in the bridge, columns, piers, foundation, floor slab, and training walls of the gate structure. Sixteen gates have been erected and the operating equipment installed. The spillway has cost $18,192,886.04, and is 99 percent completed. Reservoir (exclusive of lands).-Eight thousand five hundred acres have been cleared, the cost of which is $280,941, and the clearing operations are 89 percent completed. Useful storage at the end of the fiscal year amounted to 11,917,500 acre-feet, a gain of approxi- mately 5,720,000 acre-feet during the fiscal year. The pool elevation on June 30, 1943, was 2,217.8 feet above mean sea level, an increase of 37.1 feet during the fiscal year. Power plant.---Construction of the power plant and appurtenant works has cost $4,482,150.97 and is 63 percent completed. Lands.-Appraisal of lands required for the project is complete. A total of 169,338 acres for the dam site and reservoir areas have been acquired or are in process of condemnation, the cost of which is $2,413,000.41. In addition thereto, 119,671 acres of public domain are contained within the dam site and reservoir areas. Land acquisi- tion is 98 percent completed. RIVERS AND HARBORS--FORT PECK, MONT., DISTRICT 1033 Permanent buildings and utilities.-Twelve permanent dwellings, administration building, water filtration plant, and utilities therefor are complete. Permanent buildings and utilities have cost $663,- 542.63 and are 42 percent completed. Miscellaneous construction and operation.-Temporary quarters have been constructed and operated, the net cost of which was $3,- 679.,083.24. Railroad facilities have been constructed and operated, the net cost of which was $2,930,169.08. Electrical transmission and distribution lines and appurtenant works have been constructed and operated, the net cost of which was $2,542,537.63. Construction of shops and miscellaneous items has cost $175,256.04. Miscellaneous operation during construction has cost $267,593.09. The total of credits resulting from the disposal of surplus property has exceeded the cost of demobilization by $52,516.85. The work remaining to complete the project consists of constructing permanent dwellings, streets, sidewalks and utilities; maintenance of crest of dam to elevation 2,275.5 mean sea level; miscellaneous addi- tional construction in connection with the dam, tunnels and spillway; and constructing additional facilities for the power plant. The cost of new work under the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $118,407,995.89, of which $45,924,677.50 were regular funds; $4,482,150.97 were Power Plant funds; $49,530,940.10 were Public Works funds; and $18,470,227.32 were Emergency Relief funds. The cost of operating and care was $653,927.64 regular funds.. Expendi- tures were $46,828,709.46 regular funds; $4,345,522.69 Power Plant funds; $49,530,940.10 Public Works funds; and $18,470,227.32 Emer- gency Relief funds; a total of $119,175,399.57. Proposed operation-(a) Regular funds.-The amount unex- pended, $1,116,623.16, and accounts receivable, $148,410.64, less $525,000 revoked (a balance of $740,033.80) will be applied to opera- tions during the fiscal year 1944 as follows: Acconts payable June 30, 1943 ------------------------------ $46, 322.76 New work (July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944) : Advanced planning for proposed future construction: Dam ---------------------------------------------- 6,750.00 Diversion tunnels - ---------------- 1, 000. 00 Spillway -------------------------------------------- 500.00 Permanent buildings and utilities ----------------------- 5,000.00 Road to spillway ------------------------------------ 2, 500:00 Miscellaneous--------------------------------------2, 465.00 Total proposed new work ---- ----------------------- 18, 215. 00 Operating and care (Fort Peck Dam, power plant and appurtenances) (July 1, 1943, to June 30, 1944) : Operation ----------------------------------- --- 357, 762.00 Ordinary maintenance and repairs- ------------------------ 45, 711. 00 Total operating and care----------------------------- 403, 473. 00 Reserve for leave accrued prior to July 1, 1943------------------182, 126.86 Balance remaining ------------- --------------------------- 89,896. 18 Grand total--- _------------------ 740,033. 80 10 4 REDOR' OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. 8. ARMY, 1 43 (b) Power plant fwnd.-The balance unexpended, $1,499,4T.31, at the end of the year will he applied as follows: Accounts payable June 30, 1943-- ---------.-.- ---------- ~179,66., 99 New work: Gonatruotion of power plant, Fart Peck, Mont.: Sup6structur , pipe line, pe stock, and substation (mini- runu constrp4etion for one 35,00Qkiuowatt rit) (contr et) (Jly , 1P43, to J y31, 1940) .... 00 035,00. Balance remaiping ---------- ---- _ 1, 284, 814. 32 Total---...---..-------------.------------------ ,499, 477. 1 The sum of $410,00 regular funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, as follows . Operating and care (Fort Peck Daly, power plant and4 ppirtencas) : Operation - $860, 000 -$........... Ordinary maintenance andrepirs---------------- -- -50, 000 Total-----_ .. --- -- ------- ----..--------- 410, 00 qop and flynano L ~'nmary MAINTENANClp AND II PROVLENT FUNp~ Cost of new work to June 3Q, 1943------------- $45, 924, 677. 50 Cost of maintpqage to June 30, 1094- .---- -------....----- Total ct of prmaigent word to June 40, 1943 46, 578, 605.4 Undistributed costs upe 30, 1943--------------------- ---- 148,9016.44 Net total cost to June 3(0, 1943----------- '-- --- 46, 726, 61. l Plus accoqnts regeivgple June 30, 1943 ...... 1148, 41Q. 64 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943 . 46, 8T5, 02. 22 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 46,322. 76 Net total expenditures____ 46, 828,709. 46 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 1, 116, 028.16 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ....... 47, 945, 832. 62 Fiscal year ending June 80 1989 ,1940 1941 1942 1943 Costf new work-.. ----------- ... $10,987,833.93 $6, 081,238. 42 $2 024,698. 14 $170, 20. 71 -$71,393.48 Ost ofmaintenance-....------------------- -------------- ------------ 300, 76. 0 353, 201. 56 ---------- Total cost_. -10, 987, 833.93 6,081,238,42 2,024,698. 14 474, 146. 79 281, 808. 08 Total expended.... ------------- 11, 193, 325. 49 6, 739, 827. 65 1,623, 029. 49 759, 109. 77 -223, 882. 12 Allotted-----------------................... 9, 38, 304. 08 1,279,128.54 200,000. 00 367, 000. 00 300, 000. 00 Ba ce nexpended July 1, 1942 ----------------------- $1, 649,841. 04 Apmoeut allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act apiDroved June 2, 1943 ---------------------------------- 300,000.00 A~ount to be accounted for. - - ----- 1, 9046, 41, 04 Deductipns on account of revocation of allotment_ - - _--. -- 1, Q54, 10 .00 Net amount to be accounted for- ....-----. -$9, 741.04 Gross amount expended -------------$1, 441, 578. 72 RIVERS AND HARBORS-FORT PECK, MONT., DISTRICT 1036 Less: Reimbursements collected .$1, 325, 605. 54 Iteceipt4 from sales_--------- 339,855. 0 $1, 66, 480. 84 -$223, 882.12 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 1, 116, 623. 16 Outstanding liabilities June 80, 1943------------ Amount covered by uncompleted contracts-------- $17. 0(9i. 247, 08. 74 tO 264, 133.44 iBalance available June 0, 1943__-- *82, 489. 72 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943..---------------------------- 1148, 410. 64 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943_----- 1, 000,900. 6 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ---- ------------------------------- *2, 800, 000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 410,000. 00 1Includes $35,142.07 due from Power Plant funds. SIt *ludes $525,000 reported for revocation. 8 Exclusive of available funds. POWER PLANT FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 ------------------------ $4, 482,150.97 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943... TOtal cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943------ - 4, 482,150.97 Undistribited costs June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- 48 43034.71 Net total cost to June 80, 1943 ------------------------ 4, 525,185. 68 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_--.....----- 179, 662, 99 Net total expenditures___ ..----------------------------- 4, 345, 522. 69 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_-- 1, 499, 477. 81 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- --- - 5, 945, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new workL- ------------- 162.70 $1, 277, 764.94 $-0$660, $414, 844. 07 $2,129,678.27 Cost of maintenance .----------------------------------------------------------------- Total expended__ .___...--------.------------........ 557,201.64 1,291,710.858 363,90. 6 0132, 70.64 Allotted .... . . _ .. $2,000,000 2, 000, 000.00 1, 845, 000.00 -------- ----... Balance unexpended July 1, 1942- -- --------- $3, 632,177.95 Gtoks abheutit, expended ---------------------- $2, 185 769. 54 Less r'eifibursements collected -------------- 3, 068.90 2, 132, 700.64 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- --------------- 1, 499, 477. 31 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ------------ 1 $60, 851.50 Amntint c6veidd by uncompleted contracts -------- 697,516. 52 7$8, 308 02 Balande available June 30, 1943- 741, 109.29 1 Includes $35,142.07 due to maintenance and improvement funds, 1036 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 PUBIC WORKS FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-- ---- _-------$49, 530, 940.10 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 .... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943.---------- 49, 530,940.10 Net total expenditures- --- ------------- 49, 530, 940. 10 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943- - ------ 49, 530,940. 10 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ....-------------- $22, 963.25 $7,428.33 -$7.16 $9.60 -$59.90 Cost ofmaintenance....----------- --..... . . .. . . .. .... .. .. .. . . ... Total expended ---------------- 15, 929.11 1,027.21 3.36 9.60 ..----- Allotted........................ . . ........ . - ...... . -.............. .................. Balance unexpended July 1, 1942___ ------------- $59. 90 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment ------------ 59.90 EMERGENCY RELIEF FUNDS Cost of new work to June 30, 1943-.....------ -- $18, 470,227.32 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ..... Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -------- 18, 470, 227.32 Net total expenditures- .-------.--... ---- 18,470, 227. 32 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 ------------------ 18, 470, 227.32 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work------------- $260,863.10 $8, 466.95 -$114.64 ..- - - - - - -- _ _ _ Cost of maintenance---- ----------------------------------------------------------- Total expended.....----------.... ------ 1,976.12 -132.92 -114.64 ..- ..-.__-- Allotted. ..--------------------- -2,989.82 -26,668.22 -114.64- - - CONSOLIDATED COST AND FINANCIAL SUMMARY-FORT PECK PROJECT Cost of new work to June 30, 1943- -- -------- $118, 407, 995. 89 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 653,927.64 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_....... 119, 061, 923. 53 Undistributed costs June 30, 1943- -- ---------- 191, 051. 15 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 --------------------- 119, 252, 974. 68 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ - -- -- - -- 113,268.57 Gross total costs to June 30, 1943-....----- - -119, 366, 243.25 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943------------------------ -190,843.68 Net total expenditures_.......... --------- 119,175, 399. 57 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943- -- --------- 2, 616, 100. 47 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943 121, 791, 500. 04 RIVERS AND HARBORS-FORT PECK, MONT., DISTRICT 1037 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.... $11, 271,660.28 $6, 757,296.49 $3,302,341.28 ...------------ $584,975.28 $2, 058, 224.89 Cost of maintenance....--------- ------------------ -------------- 300, 726.08 353,201.56 Total cost -------------- 11, 271,660.28 6,757, 296.49 3,302, 341.28 885, 701.36 2,411,426.45 Total expended---------------11, 211,230.72 7, 297, 923.58 2,914,629.06 1,123, 028.93 1,908, 818.52 Allotted- -------------------- 11, 335, 314.26 3, 252, 460.32 2, 044, 885. 36 367,000.00 300, 000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942_ ___ $5, 279, 078. 89 Amount alloted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved June 2, 1943-... - _---- ----- - - 300, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for-..... - ------ 5, 579, 078.89 Deductions on account of revocation of allotment- ----- 1, 054, 159.90 Net amount to be accounted for__ -- ----- - 4, 524, 918.99 Gross amount expended - - __--- ---- $3, 577,348. 26 Less: Reimbursements collected___ $1, 328, 674.44 Receipts from sales--------- 339, 855. 30 1, 668, 529. 74 .a, - - , 818. 1. 908. . . 52 . Balance unexpended June 30, 1943_ _ 2, 616, 100.47 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_ 42,807.13 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts .. S 944, 552.26 987, 359. 39 Balance available June 30, 1943_ -11, 628, 741. 08 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943__-_ __--- 113, 268. 57 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943------------- 1, 742, 009. 65 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project___ _ ___ 2 2, 601, 200. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 2 _....._.. 410, 000. 00 SIncludes $525,000 reported for revocation. 2 Exclusive of available funds. 2. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $31,541.38, and the expendi- tures were $30,075.81. The balance unexpended, $33,472, at the end of the year will be applied as needed to the payment of expenses incurred under this heading during the fiscal year 1944. The addi- tional sum of $32,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 - Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943- -------------------- $57, 418. 57 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 ------------- 57, 418.57 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_- ---- ------ - 1, 465.57 Net total expenditures- _-- ------------ 55, 953.00 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943_--- --------- ___33, 472.00 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ---- -89, 425. 00 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1-66 1038 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 Fistal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1948 Cost of 1ew Work ... - - Cost of ntaintenance - ------... $4,925.00 $5, 000.00 $15, 9521,9 $31, 541, 38 Total expended .______ 4, 925.00 5,000.0 15 95219 $ 0;)75.81 Allotted 9 9,25. 00 16, 000. 00 ..-- - 63, 500, 00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ------------------- $47. 81 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tioti Act approved May 23, 1941 - - - -$27, 400. 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 28, 1942___- ------ 4, 100.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 2, 1943___- ------ 32, 000. 00 63, 500. 00 AmoUht to be accounted for_--------- --- 63, 547. 81 Gross amount expended_ 0, 075 81 3----------------------------- Balance unexpended June 30, 1948 ----------------------- 3, 472. 00 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ------------------------ 1, 468. 89 Balance available June 30, 1943 -------------------------- 32, 003. 11 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance __ - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 32 , 000 0 0 . Exclusive of available funds. Status of all investigations for navigation canled for by riterald harbor acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommenda Congtess tion Heart River, N. Dak., Commerce Commit- Heart-Butte irrigation tee resolution, June project. 22, 1937. 3. HOT SPRINGS, FALL RIVER BASIN, S. DAK. Location.--Hot Springs, in Fall River County, S. Dak., is situated on both sides of F'all River, immediately south of the junction of Cold Brook and Hot Brook, which combine to form Fall River. Existing project.-The project was authorized by the Flood Con- trol Act approved August 18, 1941, as a unit of the general plan of flood protection on the Fall River and tributaries South Dakota, sub- stantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 655, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session. The general plan of improvement provides for the protection from flood damage of the people and property of the town of Hot Springs, S. Dak. The plan of improvement at Hot Springs pro- vides for the widening, deepening, and straightening of the present channel of Fall River from a point near the confluence of Hot Brook and Cold Brook to a point 400 feet below Eighth Street bridge or a total distance of approximately 6,000 feet. Clearing of trees, boulders, concrete slabs, and all obstructions to flow is provided for. RIVERS AND HARBORS-FORT PECK, MONT., DISTRICT 1039 The estimated Federal cost is $190,000 for construction. The esti- mated local cost is $960 for bridge modifications. Local cooperation.---See page 6 for requirements. In addition to the usual requirements for local cooperation as provided by law, local interests are required to bear the expense of bridge modifications and give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of War that they will take such measures as may be necessary to prevent any encroachments upon the flood-channel capacities to be provided by the improvements. Local interests have indicated their willingness to comply with the requirements of local cooperation. Operations and results during the fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been done qn the project. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $20,000, will be applied to the preparation of detailed plans and specifications during the fiscal year 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 - Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 ----------------------------- $20, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943--- -------- 20, 000 Final year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work- --- ------- -------------- - - Cost of maintenance -------------- - Total expended-- --------------------------------------------------------------- Allotted------------- -------------- ------------------------------------------ 20, 000 Amiount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved April 28, 1942-- ------------------------------- $20, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ------------------------------ 20, 000 AItmnt (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of e.isting project --------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . 170,900 1 Exclusiye of available funds. 4. COLD BROOK RESERVOIR, FALL RIVER BASIN, S. DAK. Lpation,,-The Cold Brook site is on Cold Brook in Custer Couty, S. Eaisting Dak., approximately 41/ miles north of the town of Hot Springs. project.-The project was authorized by the Flood Con- trol Act approved August 18, 1941, as a unit of the general plan of flood protection for the Fall River and tributaries, South Dakota, substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 655, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, The general plan of improvement provides for the protection from flood damage of the people and property of the town of Hot Springs, S. Dak, The Cold Brook Reservior is designed to control an area of 6.0.5 square miles, and have a capacity of 3,100 acre-feet at spillway crest, 1040 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 with surcharge at maximum pool of 1,000 acre-feet. The following features are included: Construction of an automatically operated rock and earth fill dam with uncontrolled outlet; a 7-foot diameter uncontrolled reinforced concrete conduit under the dam through firm rock, designed to empty the reservoir from spillway crest elevation in approximately 24 hours; construction of two dikes totaling approx- imately 855 linear feet, having a maximum height of 30 feet and a top width of 6 feet; and an emergency spillway with a discharge capacity of 68,300 cubic feet per second at maximum pool elevation through solid rock adjacent to the reservoir. The estimated cost of Cold Brook Reservoir is $393,000 for construction and $2,000 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operationsand results during the fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been done on the project. Proposed operations.---The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $40,000, will be applied to the preparation of detailed plans and specifications during the fiscal year 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943------------ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943______ -- Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1943- -- ----------- $40, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ------ 40, 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work.-4..... ......- . ... Cost ofmaintenance.........-- - Total expended...... .-- ---- -------- ------------------------------------------ Allotted---------------................ . .... $40,000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942 - ------------ $40, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-.................. --.. 40,000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project ------ --------------------------------- 355, 000 SExclusive of available funds. 5. COTTONWOOD SPRINGS RESERVOIR, FALL RIVER BASIN, S. DAK. Location.-The Cottonwood Springs Creek site is on Cottonwood Springs Creek orie-half mile above its confluence with Hot Brook, and approximately 51/ miles west of the town of Hot Springs, in Fall River County, S. Dak. Existing project.-The project was authorized by the Flood Con- trol Act approved August 18, 1941, as a unit of the general plan for flood protection in the Fall River Basin, substantially in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Docu- ment No. 655, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session. The general plan of improvement provides for the protection from flood damage of the people and property of the town of Hot Springs, S. Dak. RIVERS AND HARBORS--FORT PECK, MONT., DISTRICT 1041 The Cottonwood Springs Reservoir will control an area of 26 square miles and have a capacity of 4,080 acre-feet at spillway crest with surcharge at maximum pool of 1,820 acre-feet. The following features are included: Construction of an automatically operated rock and earth-fill dam faced upstream and downstream by dump rock; a 6-foot diameter uncontrolled reinforced concrete conduit under the dam; and an emergency spillway of 13,000 cubic feet per second capacity at maximum pool elevation through the solid rock right abutment. The estimated cost of the Cottonwood Springs Reservoir is $462,000 for construction and $3,000 for lands and damages. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been done on the project. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1943, amounting to $35,000 will be applied to the preparation of detailed plans and specifications during the fiscal year 1944. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1943---- ------------ $35, 000 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943------- -35,3-- 000 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work .----------- -------. ----- .. .. . .. . . . . ..--------------.. . . . Cost of maintenance. .--------------------.. . . . . . . ..-------------- -- ----- Total expended ---------. ---------...... .......- _-------------- ------ Allotted - - -- - - - - - -- - - - - - - -....- $35, 000 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 ------------------------------------ $35, 000 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 111111111 -1135, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of -- - - -- -- - -- - - -- -- - -- - -- - -- -- - - -- -- - -- - -- - existing project 1 . 430, 000 Exclusive of available funds. "6. EMERGENCY FLOOD CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year from flood- control appropriations to be expended in rescue work or the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. The sum of $30,000 was allotted on April 16,1943, from flood-control appropriations contained in the War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved April 28, 1942, for the emergency repairs of levees at Mandan, N. Dak., on the Heart River, approximately 10 miles above its confluence with the Missouri River. The State of North Dakota has agreed to contribute funds in the amount of $5,990 for the repair of levees at the State training school. 1042 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1948 A contract for the repair of the levees at Mandah, N. Dak., was iiitiated and coimpleted during the fiscal year. The contract provided for plainrig approximately 37,000 cubic yards of rolled earth fill. The total cost during the fiscal year was $4,250,76. The total expenditures were $4,153:61. The project is physically comrpleted. Payment of the outstanding obligations for eontratt work in the estimated amount of $25,7409.24 remains to byt made. The balance unexpended on June 80, 1943, amounting to $25,846.39, will be applied to payment of obligatibns in- cirred under this heading. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_____________..-.. Cost of maintenance to June 30,__1943 _ ------- $4, 250. 76 Total ee~t of permanent woik to June 30, 1943,--- 4, 250 76 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943_-..... ------ 97. 16 et total expenditures_4,________________________153. 61 Unexperinded b ilance June 30, 1943---------------- 25, 84. 39 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943__- -- - 30, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work - -1939.1940. - - - Cost of maintenance -4, 250.76 Total expended- 4; 3.1 Allotted - - - - -- - - --- - .- . -- -. -- . . . . ... -30,00. -- - . ... 00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr. 28, 1942_ - - -- - --- $30, 000. 00 Gross amount expended -.--------- - --------- 4, 153.61 Balahce unexpended June 30, 1943- ------ _____ 25, 846. 39 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943_- ------- $97. 15 Amount covered by uncompleted contracts----------- 22, 438. 04 22, 535. 19 Balance available June 30, 1943_ _-----_-___.-38, 31il. 20 7. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOO) DONTROL The cost of work during the year was $2,502.36. and the expendi- tures were $2,645.21. The balance unexpended at the end of the year, $23,636.40, will be applied as heeded tb the paytiient of expenses in- cutred under this heading during the fiscal year 1944. The additional stim of $21,700 can be profitably etptnded during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and finahcial sutmmary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943 - ----- Cost o inaihtnnance to June 30, 1943 ----- ---- $28, 463. 60 Total cost of permanent Work to June 30, 1i43- - - -- 28, 463. 60 Net total expenditures ---------- , 46). 60 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 23, .6: 40 .-------------------- Total amount abbropriate to Jtltle 30, i948 .. _---------._2. , 10.I RIVERS AND HARBORS-FORT PECK, MONT., DISTRICT 1043 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 4941 1942 1943 Cost of new work- Cost of maintenance - - _51. i9-$s, 203.27 $5, 86.555 $1,120.23 $2, 502.36 Total expended-- - --- 944.62 17, 936.03 5,960.36 977.38 2,645.21 Allotted ----------------------- .. 26,000.00 --- 3,000.00 23,00.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942------------------ -$3,181.61 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act ap- proved Apr, 28, 1942 -- 23, 100. 00 Amount to be accounted for ---------------------------- 26, 281.61 Gross amount expended--------- 2, 645. 21 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 23,636.40 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 ------------------------------ 59. 50 Balance available June 30, 1943 ------------------------- 23, 576. 90 Amount that can be profitably expended ii fscal year end g June 30, 1945, for maintenance -- ___- ---- -- 21, 700. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 8. OTIHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO ESTIMATES ARE SUBMITTED For last Cost and expenditures to full report June 30, 1943 Estimated Name of project see Annual amount Report required to for- New work Maintenace complete 2 ...... Glasgow, Mqnt.1 1939 $16, 831.61 harlem, ont. -....... ....... 1938 Saco, Mont.s 1938 654.67 26, 800 1 Project completed. 2 Awaiting local cooperation. Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans- Locality Authorization act mitted to Dacument No. Recommenda- Congress tion Ieart River, 1iiart-Butte N. Dak., irrigation Commerce Commit- tee resolution, June - ----- ..... - --. project. 22, 1937. Milk River, Mont -- --- Commerce Commit- July 23, 1943 S. 103, 78th Cong., Favorable. tee resolution, Apr. sess. 1st 11, 1939. Missouri River, flood con- Floiod Control Com-_................. trol at Mandan, N. Dak. mittee resolution, May 2, 1943. Rock Creek, Mont----- Con3sIerce Commit- July 23, 1943 S. 103, 78th Cong., Do. - tee resolution, Dec. 1st sess. 15, 1938. Shoshone River, North Flood* Control Act, Fork and South Fork, Aug. 18, 1941. and tributaries, Wyoming. 1044 R PORT OF CHIEF OF E fNEEmaS, U. S. ARMY, 194 IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE DENVER, COLO., DISTRICT The Denver district comprises the portion of central Colorado embraced in the drainage basin of the South Platte River and tribu- taries above the mouth of the Cache la Poudre River, exclusive of the latter stream. Prior to January 6, 1943, the portion of the Arkansas River basin upstream from La Junta, Colo., was included in the Denver district. District engineer: Col. Carl H. Jabelonsky, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Col. Edward M. George, Corps of Engineers, Mountain Division, to November 30, 1942; and Col. Lewis A. Pick, Corps of Engineers, Missouri River Division from December 1, 1942, to date. IMPROVEMENTS Navigation Page 1. Examinations, surveys, and contingencies (general)-- ------ 1044 Flood control 2. Cherry Creek and tributaries, Colorado--- ..--------- 1045 3. Emergency flood-control work ---------------------------------1046 4. Preliminary examinations, surveys, and contingencies for flood control- 1048 1. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year was $4,395.19. The expenditures were $4,011.08. The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, $4,988.92, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $9,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943___ Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943- -------- $4, 395. 19 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943_- --- -4, 395. 19 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943---------------------------- 384. 11 Net total expenditures---- - ------------ 4, 011. 08 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943--- --------- -4, 988.92 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-- ----- 9, 000. 00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work ------ . ... ...---------------------------------------------------- ----------- Cost of maintenance . .--------------.-------------------------...... 395.19 $4, Total expended------- -------------------------------------------------------- 4,011.08 Allotted ------------------------------------------------------- -------------- 9,000.00 RIVERS AND HARBORS-DENVER, COLO., DISTRICT 1045 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act, ap- proved June 11, 1938 -------------------------------------.. $9, 000. 00 Gross amount expended. --------------------------- -- 4, 011.08 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 4, 988.92 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 19431 1 11111111111384.11 Balance available June 30, 1943 -------------------------- 4, 604.81 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance 1 - - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -- - 9, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 2. CHERRY CREEK AND TRIBUTARIES, COLORADO Location.-Cherry Creek is a small tributary of the South Platte River. It has its source 11 miles south and east of Monument, Cola., in El Paso County, flows generally north, and joins the South Platte River within the city limits of Denver. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, approved the comprehensive plan for the improvement of Cherry Creek and tributaries, Colorado, for flood control and other purposes in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 426, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, and authorized $3,000,000 for the initiation and partial accom- plishment of the project. The plan of improvement provides for the construction of a reser- voir on Cherry Creek at the site of the old Castlewood Dam and a second reservoir on the lower river at the Cherry Creek Reservoir site, No. 1, 6.75 miles above the city limits of Denver, to protect that city against any flood reasonably to be expected and to eliminate prac- tically all further damages from Cherry Creek floods in the agricul- tural valley above Denver. The Castlewood Reservoir, near the town of Franktown, Colo., will have a storage capacity of 42,500 acre-feet. The dam will be a rolled earth-fill structure having a crest length of 1,240 feet and a height of 212 feet above the stream bed. The esti- mated cost of construction is $2,445,000, and of lands and damages is $55,000, a total of $2,500,000. The Cherry Creek Reservoir No. 1, near the city of Denver, Colo., will have a storage capacity of 69,000 acre-feet. The dam will be a rolled earth-fill structure having a crest length of 8,550 feet and a height of 104 feet above the stream bed, with the spillway located on the left abutment. The estimated cost of con- struction is $7,805,000, and of lands and damages is $195,000, a total of $8,000,000. Local cooperation.-Section 2 of the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, applies. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preparation of detailed plans was prosecuted at a total cost during the fiscal year of $116,- 194.50. Expenditures were $115,860.63. Alternate dam sites were investigated. The reconstruction and enlargement of the existing Kenwood Reservoir, located on Cherry Creek immediately above Den- ver, was considered as an alternate to the Cherry Creek No. 1 unit, and was considered for flood control alone, and for flood control in combination with irrigation. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Detailed plans are about 50 per- cent complete. Construction of the project has not been started. The 1046 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 total cost to June 30, 1943, was $116,194.50, all for new work; ex- pniiditires were $115,860.63. P"oposed operations.-The unexpended balance $69,139.37, plus ac- counts receivable of $785.98, less accounts payable of $4,508.89, will be applied to new work to complete detailed plans and to initiate contract plans and specifications during the fiscal year 1944. Th" additional sum of $150,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1945 for completion of contract plans and specifications. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943_ .. _.-$116,194. 50 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 194311111111111111 TIotal cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943- ----- 116 194. 50 T idistributed costs Juie 30, 1943--- ..... ..-------- 3,389.04 Net total cost to June 30, 1943 119, 583, 54 Plus accounts receivable June 30, 1943------- ------------------ 185. 98 Gross total costs to Juine 30, 1943 ----------------------- 120, 309. 52 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943---------- ---------------- 4, 508.89 Net total expenditures ---------------------- 115, 860.63 .... Unexpended balaice June 30, 1943-111 1111111 1 9, 139. 37 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ---- -185, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work - - - -- $116,194. 50 Cost bofnlaintenhnce .- ... . Total expended - - 115, 860.63 Allotted .. ---. . . . . . . . . . ------- . . . . .. . . . . . . . . ..- - 185,000. 00 Amount allotted from War )epartment Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942------ ---------------------------- $185, 000.00 (Gross amount expended-_ _ . ... ......---- $120, 273.34 Less reimbursements collected-- -------- 4, 412.71 115, 860.63 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ..... .. . 69, 189 37 Outstanding liabilities June 80, 1943 -- ------ 4, 508. 89 Balance available June 30, 1943---------------------------- 64, 630.48 Accounts receivable June 30, 1943_ 785. 98 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1943 --------------- 65, 416.46 Arotint (etimated) tequired to be appropriated for completion Of eisting project --------------------- 10, 315, 000. 00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for new work __'-------_------__---150, 000. 00 2 Exclusive of available funds. 3. EMER(1ENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,t000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work RIVERS AND HARBORS--=DENVER, COLO., DISTRICT 1047 or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. Field investigations regarding the advisability of repairing flood- control works which were damaged by the floods of April and May 1949 along the South Platte River were made at a cost and expenditure of $2,000. Levees along both banks of the South Platte River between Sand Creek and Clear Creek, Adams County, Colo., were repaired and restored to their original effectiveness. The work consisted of restoration of 134,150 cubic yards of compacted levee embankment, construction of 766.5 squares of lumber mattress toe protection, the placement of 575 tons of ballast rock, and installation of drainage structures. Construction with Government plant and hired labor was started on February 24, 1943, and completed March 25, 1943. The cost of the drainage structures, $510,84, was contributed by local interests. A sum of $50,000 was allotted for this repair work. Total incurred costs amounted to $45,431.04; expenditures were $45,178.48. Total costs for the fiscal year under this heading were $47,431.04; expenditures were $47,178.48. All work initiated in fiscal year 1943 under this heading was completed. The total cost (all maintenance) of the existing project to June 30, 1943, was $47,431.04. The unexpended balance on June 30, 1943, amounting to $4,821.52, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943--------------------- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943 ------------------------- $47, 431.04 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943-- ...... ------- -147, 431. 04 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 252. 56 Net total expenditures___------------------------------- 147, 178. 48 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 -------------------- 4821.52 4, Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943-------------- 52, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of n ew w ork -- - - . -- - . - - - - - - . -- - - - - ..-- - - - . .. -- . . . ..- ----- Cost of maintenance---....------- ---------- ---------- -------------- --------- $47,431.04 Total expended-----...--------- ----- - - -- ...- _- --- _ 47,178.48 Allotted .----------------------------------- -------------- - $2,000 50,000.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1942 ----------- $2, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 ---------------------------------- 50,000 00 Amount to be accounted for --------------------- 52, 000.00 Gross amount expended----- ------------------------------- 47,178.48 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943 ----------------------- 4821.52 4, Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943 252. 56 Balance available June 30, 1943 4, 568.96 2 Exclusive of $510.84 contributed by local interests at the end of the year. 1048 REPORT OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, U. S. ARMY, 1943 4. PRELIMINARY EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS AND CONTINGENCIES FOR FLOOD CONTROL The cost of work during the year was $5,109.55 and the expenditures were $3,650.61. The balance unexpended was $30,349.39, which will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1944 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $16,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1945. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1943__- Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1943--- --------- $5,109.55 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1943 -------------- 5, 109.55 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1943--- --------- 1,458.94 Net total expenditures -------------------------------- 3, 650. 61 Unexpended balance June 30, 1943 --------------------------- 30, 349.39 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1943_- ----- 34, 000.00 Fiscal year ending June 30 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 Cost of new work --------. -- - - - - - - - - - --- - - - Cost of maintenance - ..... ..------ --..... $5,109.55 Total expended---------------------- ------------------- ..... ...-------- -------------- 3,650.61 Allotted.... ---------------- ............ ...---------------------------------------. .-------------. 34,000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved June 24, 1940 ------------------- $21, 000.00 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropria- tion Act approved Apr. 28, 1942 -------------------- 13, 000. CO $34, 000.00 Gross amount expended---- -------------- 3,650.61 Balance unexpended June 30, 1943-- .... ------- 30,349.39 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1943---- ----------------------- 1, 458.94 Balance available June 30, 1943--------- ---------------- 28, 890. 45 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1945, for maintenance - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 16, 000. 00 Exclusive of available funds. Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood-control acts and committee resolutions Date trans-Recommenda- Locality Authorization act mitted to Document No. Recommend- Congress tion Huerfano River, Colo., trib- Flood Control Act, - utary of Arkansas River. June 22, 1936. Missouri River, flood con- Flood Control Com-- - trol along main stem from mittee resolution, Sioux City, Iowa, to its May 13, 1943. mouth. Platte (South) River and Flood Control Act,------------------------------ tributaries, Colorado, Aug. 11, 1939. Wyoming, and Nebraska. FINDING LIST SHOWING THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THIS REPORT BY DIVISIONS, DISTRICTS, BOARDS, AND COMMISSIONS Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors ------------ 20 NEW ENGLAND DIVISION: Boston, Mass., district_----------_ - 22 Providence, R. I., district ------------------------- 57 NORTH ATLANTIC DIVISION: New York, N. Y., district 150 Syracuse, N. Y., district -252 Philadelphia, Pa., district__- ------ 293 MIDDLE ATLANTIC DIVIsION: Baltimore, Md., district_ -------- --- 338 ---- Washington, D. C., district 361 Norfolk, Va., district-_. - 384 ---- SOUTH ATLANTIC DIVISION: Wilmington, N. C., district_ - - - ---- _ - 425 C h arle s to n, S . C ., dis t ric t __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ 4 53 Savannah, Ga., district_ _-484 Jacksonville, Fla., district----------------------- -- 509 Mobile, Ala., district --------------- -- 567--------- LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION: New Orleans, La., district ------------------------ 640 Vicksburg, Miss., district _707 Memphis, Tenn., district------------------------ 743 - SOUTHWESTERN DIVISION: Galveston, Tex., district_------------- 765 Denison, Tex., district__ _- -- 839- - -- Albuquerque, N. Mex., district_ 847 Little Rock, Ark., district__.--- - - _ 855_--------- Tulsa, Okla., district_ _-880 UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY DIVISION: St. Louis, Mo., district -------------------- 904 Rock Island, Ill., district 949 St. Paul, Minn., district 964 MIssouRI RIVER DIVISION: Kansas City, Mo., district_------ --- 983 Omaha, Nebr., district -------------------------- 1009 Fort Peck, Mont., district----------------------- 1029 Denver, Colo., district --------------------------- 1044 OHIO RIVER DIVISION: Nashville, Tenn., district_---------- ----------- 1062 Louisville, Ky., district_--- -------------- 1094 Cincinnati, Ohio, district_ ---------------------------------- 1138 Huntington, W. Va., district -------------------------------- 1162 Pittsburgh, Pa., district_ ----------------------------------- 1206 GREAT LAKES DIVISION: Duluth, Minn., district_.-- -------- ----------- 1255 Milwaukee, Wis., district ---------------------------------- 1278 Chicago, Ii., district_- ------- - ------------ 1361 Detroit, Mich., district ------------------------------------ 1414 Buffalo, N. Y., district_------ --- ----------- 1453 II INDEXa Page Volume 1 Volume 2 PACIFIC DIVISION: Salt Lake City, Utah, district - -------- --- 1518 Los Angeles, Calif., district---------------------------- 1522 Sail Frai6isd6, Cllf., distrit- ---------------------------- 1560 Sacramento, Calif., district- Portland, Oreg., district_- -- --- ----------- --- --- - - --- --- 1584 1613 Seattle, Wash., district_-- ---- ------ ----- 1714 Honolulu, T. H., district___ --- ---------- -- 1758 Puerto Rico district_------------ ----- -_ 1758 Califfhi Debris Cotmission ------------------------- -- 1759 Mississippi River Commission------------------------ ---------- 1776 Beach Erosion and Shore Protection Boards------------- 1887 Permahent Initernational Association of the Congresses of Navigation---------------------------------------------- 1889 MiMsellaneobs Civil Works__ - ________--- - -- -1893 _ Investigations ------------------------------------------------- 1759 INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 A Abandonment and curtailment of river and harbor proj- ects, review of reports_ 1892 Aberdeen, Ohio, flood control_ 1158 Absecon Creek, N. J., navigation_---- 333--- Absecon Inlet, N. J.: Investigation- - -----. 335 Navigation - -. 328 Academy Creek, Brunswick Harbor, Ga., improvement 498 Accotink Creek, Va., navigation__--------_ 378 Acushnet River, New Bedford Harbor, Mass., improve- ment- - - 66 Adams, Hoosic River Basin, Mass., flood control 251 -ii Adams levee unit, Ind., flood control--.........- Addicks Reservoir, Texas, flood control------------- 824 Addison, N. Y., flood control_ 267 Advanced funds for river and harbor improvements and for flood-control works_- 15 1------- Agate Bay Harbor, Minn.: Investigation- 1277 Navigation - 1276 Alabama-Coosa branch of Mobile River system, investi- gation 632, 639 Alabama River, Ala__ 604 Alabama, State of, removal of water hyacinths from -- 601 Alafia River, Fla., navigation 549 Alameda Creek, Calif., investigation_ 1584 Alamitos Bay, Calif., investigation .. 855 1534 Alamogordo Dam, N. Mex., investigation------ Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal, N. C. and Va., im- provement- 414 Albemarle Sound, N. C., improvement of waterway to Norfolk, Va., via Pasquotank River--_ 410 Albuquerque, N. Mex., engineering district- 847 Alexandria, Va., improvement of Potomac River at .. 368 Algomo Harbor, Wis., navigation_ 1303 Alhambra Creek, Calif., investigation---- . 1584 Alhambra Wash, Los Angeles, Calif, flood control_ 1536 Aliso Creek Dam, Calif., flood control------------ 1548 Allatoona Reservoir, Coosa River Basin, Ga., flood con- trol - --------------- 633 Allegheny River Reservoir, Pa., flood control- 1088 Allegheny River, Pa. and N. Y.: Construction of locks and dams 1212 Flood-cotrol reservoirs_. 1250 Improvement by open-channel work_ -------- 1222 Investigation...------ 1223, 1254 Allens Creek, Tex., investigation_ 3, 8 838 Alligator River, N. C., improvement of waterway via- 415 III IV IDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Aloha-Rigolette area, La., flood control-- - 735 Alloway Creek, N. J_______________ 333 Almond, N. Y., flood control___---_ -____ 269 Almond Reservoir, N. Y., flood control------- -- 264 Alpena Harbor, Mich., navigation_ 1449 Altamaha River and Sound, Ga.: Investigation .-- 509 Navigation_. 496 Altus Project, Okla., investigation_ 846 Alviso Harbor and Creek, Calif., investigation 1581 Ambrose Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improve- ment------------------------------------------- 174 ---- American River, Calif., investigation_ 1613 American River, Calif. (North Fork and Middle Fork), construction of reservoirs--------- 1766 Amherstburg Channel, Detroit River, Mich., improve- ment----------- 1430 Amite River, La., navigation_-__---- 696 Anacortes Harbor, Wash., navigation- _ 1744 Anacostia Park, D. C..- _ _ 1893, 1898 Anacostia River, D. C. and Md.: Investigation--------------------------- 379, 384 Navigation----------------------- 362 Reclamation and development of the flats 1898 Anahuac Channel, Tex., navigation_ 797 Anchorage grounds, rules for establishment of_ 1893 Anclote River, Fla.: Investigation___- - - - - - - - - 563 Navigation_ .- 562 Anderson, Ind., flood control__--- _-- 1137 Andover Reservoir, Conn., flood control .. li.* 116 Androscoggin River, Maine and N. H., investigation . 57 Animas River, Colo., investigation--- 1558 Annapolis Harbor, Md., navigation_--_---_-_- 356 Annisquam River, Mass., navigation 46 Apalachee Bay, Fla., to Mexican Border, improvement of waterway _ - - - - - - - - 568, 772 Apalachee Bay, Fla., to New Orleans, La., navigation-- 569 Apalachicola Bay, Harbor, and River, Fla., Ga., and Ala.: Improvement of channel to St. Andrews Bay...... 569 Improvement of harbor and bay 577 Improvement of river, including the cut-off, Lee Slough, and lower Chipola River 579 Improvement of waterway to St. Marks River .. 569 Investigation- 632, 639 Appomattox River, Va., navigation_ 399 Appoquinimink River, Del., navigation__ 333 Appropriations: Rivers and harbors and flood control. 1, 14 Aqueduct, Washington, D. C., maintenance and repair of... . . .. . 1894, 1901 Aquia Creek, Va., navigation_ 378 Aransas Bay and Pass, Tex.: Channel to Pass Cavallo . 772 Improvement at Port Aransas. 810 Improvement of channel to Corpus Christi 810 Arcadia Harbor, Mich., navigation- 1358 Arcadia Wash system, Los Angeles, Calif., flood con- trol. _ _ _ . .. 1536 Arkabutla Reservoir, Miss_ 1849 INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 -- I---- ---- -------- Arkansas River, Ark. and Okla.: Flood control__ 870, 897, 902 Investigation-- 855, 864, 879, 882, 903 Navigation.. 744, 864, 881 Arkport Reservoir, N. Y., flood control- 264 Arlington Reservoir, Mo., flood control- 1003 Arroyo Grande Creek, Calif., investigation Arthur Kill, N. Y. and N. J.: Navigation . 219 Navigation of channel to Raritan River_ 224 Ashepoo River, S. C., improvement of waterway via- -. 478 1260 Ashland Harbor, Wis., improvement- Ashland, Ky., flood control 1158 Ashley River, S. C., navigation 473 Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio, navigation 1472 Association of Congresses of Navigation, Permanent International .....- 1889 Atchafalaya River, La.: Investigation__ 697 Navigation_ _ 642, 677, 678 Removing snags and wrecks_ 717, 752 Atlantic-Gulf Ship Canal, Fla., navigation 562 Atlantic Ocean to Gulf of Mexico, waterway across Florida, investigation 563 Atwood Reservoir, Ohio, flood control- 1181 Auburn, N. Y., flood control_ 254 Augusta, Ga., flood control_ 509 Augusta, Kans., flood control_ 902 Augusta, Ky., flood control_ 1158 Augusta to Clarendon, White River, Ark., flood control - 759 Aurora, Ind., flood control_ 1158 Au Sable Harbor, Mich., navigation- 1449 Au Sable River, Mich., investigation--------------- 1450 Avoca, N. Y., flood control_ 268 B Babylon Creek (Sumpawanus Inlet), N. Y., navigation 244 Back Cove, Portland Harbor, Maine, improvement_ 25 Back Creek, Md., navigation___ 309, 356 Back Creek, Va., improvement of channel to York River- 422 Back River, Brunswick Harbor, Ga., improvement- - 498 Back Sound, N. C., navigation__ _ -- _ _ 450 Bad River, S. Dak., investigation___ 1028, 1029 B'agaduce River, Maine, navigation------------ 45 Bagnell Dam, Mo-- ... .--------- ------ 990 Bakers Bay, Columbia River, Wash., navigation________ 1680 Ballona Creek, Calif.: Flood control, channel and jetties- - 1536 Investigation _ -- - -- - ---- 1559 Baltimore, Md.: Engineering district_ _. 338 Harbor and channels: Investigation_._ 357 Navigation-- 338 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1-- 67 VI INDEX VI INDE X___ Page Volume 1 Volume 2 f t--------- Banner, Ill., special drainage and levee district, flood control_ -- -- 1401 Banning Canyon, Calif., investigation_ 1558 Barataria Bay and Bayou, La., navigation- 642 667, 678 Barcelona Harbor, N. Y., investigation- 1 15 Bar Harbor, Maine, navigation- - - 45 Barker Reservoir, Tex., flood control_ 824 Barnegat Inlet, N. J.: Investigation --- -- 335 Navigation ----------- 330 Barre Falls Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Mass., flood control- --- 118 Barren Island Gaps, Md., navigation- 356 Barren River, Ky. and Tenn.: Investigation .. -- 1138 Navigation- 1094 Bartholomew Bayou, La. and Ark.: Improvement of Louisiana-Texas Intracoastal Waterway via_ 642 Investigation ....- 742 Navigation- 721 Bass Harbor Bar, Maine, navigation- 45 Bastrop Bayou, Tex., navigation- 822 Bath, Kennebec River, Maine, navigation 22 Bath, N. Y., flood control_- 267 Baton Rouge to New Orleans, La., navigation ..... 657 Battery, The, New York Harbor, N. Y., removal of shoal in Hudson River-- _-- - -- - - - - - - - 193 Battle Creek, Calif., investigation_.._ 1612 Baudette Harbor and River, Minn., navigation .... 1276 Bautiste Creek, Calif., investigation------ 1559 Bay Creek, Ill., investigation_---- --..--- 963 Bayou Bodcau, Red Chute, and Loggy Bayou, La., flood control_ . .__ . . . __ 731 Bayou Galion, La., snagging, flood control- Bayou La Batre, Ala., navigation- --- 739 619 Bayou Pierre, La.: Flood control- 728 Navigation------------- 721 Bayou Pierre, Miss., navigation_ 696 Bayou Teche and Vermilion River, La., flood control - 702 Bay Ridge Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., naviga- tion------ - - - - - "178 Bay River, N. C., navigation___--- ___ 450 Bay Shore Harbor, N. Y., investigation_ 246 Bayside Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improve- ment- 174 Beach City Reservoir, Ohio, flood control. 1181 Beach Erosion Board------------------ 1887 Bear Creek and River, Calif., investigation 1612 Bear Creek, Colo., investigation_ Bear Creek, Ky., navigation_ 1094 Bear Creek, Miss. and Ala.: -- - - - _ _ Investigation--------------- 1093 Navigation . Snagging, flood control_ __ 739 Bear River, Calif., construction of reservoir 1766 Beaufort Harbor and River, N. C.: Improvement of harbor- - _ 431 Improvement of waterways to Cape Fear River including waterway to Jacksonville, N. C ... 435 INDEX VII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Beaufort Harbor and River, N. C.-Continued. Improvement of waterway to Pamlico Sound via Core Sound_ --- 433 Improvement of waterway to New River.. - 436 Investigations__ ____ .. _ ._. .- 451 Beaufort Inlet, N. C.: Improvement of Morehead City Harbor, N. .. 441 Improvement of waterway to Norfolk, Va.. 413 Beaufort, S. C.: Improvement of waterway to Charleston 478 Improvement of waterway to St. Johns River, Fla Improvement of waterway to Savannah, Ga - 492, 510 492 Beaver Creek, Kans., and Nebr., investigation-_-- 1009 Beaver Creek, Mont., and N. Dak., investigation ... 1020, 1028 Beaver Dam Wash, Aris., Utah, and Nev., investigation- 1558 Beaver drainage district, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control--------------- ---------------------- 1712 Beaver River, Okla., investigation------------ 903--------- Beaver River, Pa. and Ohio: Flood-control reservoirs_----------- . 1250 Investigation---------- 1223, 1254 Navigation 1222 Belfast Harbor, Maine: Investigation___ 48 Navigation-- 45 Belhaven Harbor, N. C., navigation.- 450 Belknap, Ill., flood control_--- ------- _ 1133 Bellaire, Ohio, flood control___--- - - 1250 Bellamy River, N. H., navigation___ __ 46 Bell Drainage District, Sangamon River, Ill., flood con- trol -------------------------------------- 1403 Belle Fourche, Cheyenne River, S. Dak., flood control-- 1028 Belle River, Marine City, Mich., navigation- 1449 Bellevue, Ky., flood control___ 1158 Bell Foley Reservoir, Ark., flood control _ - _ 875 Bellingham Bay and Harbor, Wash., navigation 1740 Belpre, Ohio, flood control--------- 1202 Benbrook Reservoir, Tex. See Trinity River 800 ----- 0 Benedict Canyon, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control 1536 Bennetts Creek, Va., investigation_ 423 Bennington, Hoosic River Basin, Vt., flood control 251 Benton Harbor Canal, St. Joseph Harbor, Mich., im- provement_-- -_ - _ _ _ _ _ -_ - 1327 Benwood, W. Va., flood control_._-- - -- - 1250 Berlin Reservoir, Ohio, flood control_.-- ---- ------ 642 41240, 1250 Berwick Bay, La., navigation-_ Betsie Lake, Frankfort Harbor, Mich., improvement-_-_ 1352 Beverly Harbor, Mass., navigation.......----- 46 Big Bend Reservoir, W. Va., flood control---------- 1202 Big Black River, Miss.: Flood control------------------------------ 737 Navigation-------------------------------- 721 Big Bottom, Ark., flood control__ 878 Big Creek, Ark., flood control-----..__ . ___ 764 Big Creek, La., snagging, flood control___--- -- 739 Big (Cunningham) Creek, Ohio, navigation---------- 1514 Big Darby Creek Reservoir, Ohio, flood controL . 1158 Big Deadmans Creek, Calif., investigation----------- 1612 Big Dry Creek Reservoir and Diversion, Calif., flood control --------------------------- 1607 Big Horn Canyon Reservoir, Mont., investigation.... 1028------- VIII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Big Horn- River, Wyo., investigation_ ------------ 1028 Big Lagoon, Fla., improvement of intracoastal waterway via---- ---------------------------------- -- 568 -- Big Lake, Ill., flood control-.......-- ------ ____ 1396, 1411 Big Marco Pass, Fla., to Naples, Fla., channel improve- ment------------------------------------------562 Big Pigeon Bayou, La., navigation-------------------696 Big River Reservoir, Mo., flood control---- ------- 930 .. .... Big Sandy River, Ariz., investigation- -- - __ _- -1558 Big Sandy River, W. Va. and Ky.: Flood control reservoirs_--- _---- ---------------- 1179, 12021205 Investigation .... Invstgaio -------------------------------- --------- 1179, 1205 Navigation---------------------------------------- --- 1174 Big Sioux River, S. Dak., investigation__ ----- 1020, 1028 Big Slough to Belle Plaine, Kans., flood control-------- -- 902--- Big Suamico River, Wis., navigation----------------------------- 1287 Big Sunflower River, Miss., improvement_ ----- - -721--- Big Sur River, Calif., investigation_------- _ ---- _1584 Big Thoroughfare River, Md., navigation -------------- 345 Big Creek, N. J., navigation_ -- 333 Bill Timber Williams River, Ariz., investigation_ --------- --- 1558 Biloxi Harbor and Bay, Miss.: Investigation ----------------------------------- 632 Navigation ------------------------------------ 623 Binghamton, N. Y., flood control- 265 Birch Hill Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Mass., flood control-----------------------------------118, 125 Birch Reservoir, W. Va., flood control_ - - -------------- 1202 Biscayne Bay, Fla., navigation_----------- -- 534. Bisteneau Lake, La., navigation_- -- ---- --- 721 Black Bayou Reservoir, La., flood control-------------- 723 Black Bayou, La.: Navigation ---------------------------------- 642, 678 Snagging, flood control- 739 Blackfish Bayou, Ark., navigation_ - -- -- - -- 748 Black Lake, Mich., navigation-------- - - ---------- 1384 Blick Rascal Creek, Calif., investigation---------... ----------- 1612 Black River, Ark., Mo., and La.: Flood control ---------------------------------- 875 Investigation_ ...... ------------------------------ 742, 880 - Navigation ------------ ------------- 712, 858 Black River Harbor, N. Y., navigation---------------------------_ 1514 Black River, Lorain Harbor, Ohio, improvement ------------------ . 1460 Black River, Mich.: Investigation_ _ - ----- --------------------- _1450 Navigation ------------------------------------------ 1329, 1436 Black River, Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Knobel, Ark., flood control------------------------------------------ 878 .- Black River, N. C., navigation_- ------- --- 450- Black River Reservoir, Wis., flood control_ Black River, Wis., navigation-_ Black Rock Channel, N. Y., navigation --------- ---- - -981_ 972 - 1-----------------491 Black Rock Harbor, Conn., navigation_ ----- -- 100- Blackstone River, R. I. and Mass., investigation 1--150.. Black Warrior River, Ala., navigation__ -------- 612_. Blackwater Reservoir, Merrimack River Basin, N. H., flood control------------------------------------.___49, 53 Blackwater River, Fla., navigation.... 594 Blackwater River, Va., navigation-- 419 Blackwell, Okla., flood control_. - ---- .. - ----- 902 . Blaine Harbor, Wash., investigation- --- 1745 INDEX IX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Blakely Mountain Reservoir, Ark.: Flood control_ __------ --- ----- 741 _ Investigation ----------------------------------- 742 Blanchard Channel, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control_ - - .-- - 1536 Blind Brook, N. Y., investigation_ - -- -- - --- 251 Blind Slough Diking District, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control ----------------------------------------------- 1712 Block Island, R. I.: Construction of harbor of refuge___ - - -- -- 77 Improvement of Great Salt Pond_ ----------- 79 Blood River, La., navigation,_ ....- - 696 Bloomsburg, Pa., flood control-- _-..._ - ---. 292 --- Blue Gum Canyon, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control-------------- 1536 Blue Mountain Reservoir, Ark., flood control----------- 866, 870 --- Bluestone Reservoir, New River, W. Va., flood control ------------ 1184, 1202 Bluff Creek, Miss., navigation-_- -- -- --- - 631- . Boards: See also Commissions. Beach erosion-------------------------------------------- 1887 Engineers for Rivers and Harbors__ -_ ____20 _ International: Lake Champlain Board of Control ------------ 1914 Lake of the Woods Board of Control-------------------- 1916 Lake Superior Board of ControL -------------------------- 1916 Massena Board of Control ----------------------------- 1916 Niagara River, Special-__ -- --- -1914, 1915 St. Croix River, Maine, and New Brunswick, Board of Control---_- ------ - --- - 1913 Shore protection board_ ---- ------- -- -- 1887 Boca Ciega Bay, Fla., navigation --------------------- 562 Bodcau Bayou Reservoir, La., flood control-_----- -- 730-- Bodega Bay, Calif., navigation_---------------- 1573 Boeuf Bayou, La.: Investigation----- ---------------------------- 698, 706 Navigation ---------------------------------- 642, 678_--- Boeuf River, La.: Investigation --------------------------------- 742, 743 Navigation-------------------------------------- 721 Bogue Falia, La., navigation_- - --------- 664 Bogue Phalia, Miss., investigation -------------------- 742 Bogues Bay, Va., navigation- 350 Bois de Sioux River, S. Dak., flood control. 975 Bolivar Reservoir, Ohio, flood control_ ---------------------------- 1181 Bonfouca Bayou, La., navigation- -- 663-........6 Bonnet Carre spillway ----------- ---------- 1------------------- 1796 Bonneville, Oreg., construction of dam at.------------------------ 1654 Bon Secour Bay and River, Ala., improvement of Intra- coastal Waterway via_ --. . --------------- 568- - Booneville Reservoir, Ky., flood control ...- 1158 Boothbay Harbor, Maine, navigation ----------------- 46- Boston, Mass.: Engineering district_----------------------------- 22 Improvement of harbor --------------------------- 31- Investigation_----------------------------------- 48 Boundary waters: Between Lake of the Woods and Lake Superior, surveys and charting_--- --------- ---- 1909 Investigations and surveys: Lake Champlain .. 1909 Lake of the Woods_ -1909 Rainy Lake, Minn. and Ontario- -1909 X sIDEx Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Bowie River, Miss., investigation------------------ 639 Bowman irrigation project, North Dakota, investigation 1020, 1028 Boyer River, Iowa, investigation 1028 1250 Brackenridge, Pa., flood control- Brady, Tex., flood control 831 Brandywine River, Wilmington Harbor, Del., improve- ment__- 306 Branford Harbor, Conn., navigation--------------- 90 Brazos Island Harbor, Tex.: Investigation - 823 Navigation - 817 Brazos River, Tex.: Channel between river and Matagorda Bay, Tex .- 772 Improvement from Velasco to Old Washington 822 Investigations_ 823, 838 Brea Dam, Calif., flood control__ 1548, 1550 Breton Bay, Md., navigation_ 378 Brevoort levees, Indiana, flood control-------------- 1107 Brewton, Ala., flood control__ 639 Bridgeport Harbor, Conn., navigation- 99 Bridges: Construction across navigable waters- 1893 Rules governing opening of draws_ 1893 Brilliant, Ohio, flood control........... 1250 Broad Creek, Md., navigation_ Broad Creek River, Del., navigation__ • 356 Broadkill River Del., navigation------------------- 318, 333 Broad Sound, Boston Harbor, Mass., improvement .. 31 Brockway Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flood control_ 118 Bromley, Ky., flood control 1158 Brookport, Ill., flood control_ 1128, 1133 Brookville Reservoir, Ind., flood control .. 1158 Bronx River, N. Y.: Investigation__ 251 Navigation-- 158 Broward County, Fla., waterway through, investigation 567 Browns Creek, N. Y., navigation _........._.__ 244 Brule, Plaquemine Bayou, La., improvement-_-- 696 Brunswick Harbor, Ga., navigation_ 498 Buckhannon River, W. Va.: Flood control.... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . 1250 Navigation_ - -- 1222 Buckhorn Reservoir, Ky., flood control__ 1158 Bucksport Harbor, Maine, navigation--------------- 45 Buena Vista, Ohio, flood control_-------- -1158 Buffalo Bayou, Tex.: Flood control__ 823 Improvement of waterway to Houston Buffalo, N. Y.: --- 792 Engineer district_ 1453 Improvement of Black Rock Channel and Tona- wanda Harbor_ 1491 Improvement of harbor___ 1485 Investigation of harbor and river_ 1515 Buffalo River, Miss, flood control_ 706 Buffumville Reservoir, Mass., flood control 116 Buggs Island Reservoir, Va., investigation- 424 Bull Shoals Reservoir, Ark., flood control- Burbank eastern system, Los Angeles, Calif., flood con- - 875 trol --- 1536 INDEX XI Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Burbank western system (lower), Los Angeles, Calif., flood control ----------------------------------------------- 1536 Burbank westerh system (upper), Los Angeles, Calif., flood control_----------------------------------------------- _ 1536 Bureau Creek, Ill., investigation_- ----------- 963 Burlington Harbor, Vt., navigation-_ - ------ 213 Burlington, Kans., flood control------------------- 902---- Burns Creek, Calif., investigation__ ------------------------------- 1612 Burnsville Reservoir, W. Va., flood control_ 1202 Burr Creek, Conn., navigation ------------------------ 100 Buttahatchee River, Miss., and Ala., investigation 639_ Buttermilk Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., naviga- --------------------------------------------- tion... 181- Buzzards Bay, Mass., improvement of Cape Cod Canal, Mass--------------------------------------------- 40 - Byram River, Conn., investigation -------------------- 251 Byram River, Port Chester Harbor, N. Y., improvement 151 _ _ Caballero Creek, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control-------- 1536 Cache River, Ill., diversion for flood control------------ 1129, 1133 Caddo Lake, Tex., and La., improvement by construc- tion of dam at foot of_-- ------ - ------ 709- Caddo Lake Dam, La.: Investigation..----------------------------------- 742- Navigation ------------------------------- 710- Caddoa (John Martin) Reservoir, Colo., flood control_ - 849 ---- Caesar Creek Reservoir, Ohio, flood control ----------------------- 1158 Cagles Mill Reservoir, Ind., flood control ------------------------ 1133 Cahaba River, Ala., navigation_ - --------- 631 Caillou Bayou, La. (Little)--- ---------- 696_ Calaveras River, Calif.: Investigation ---------------------------------------------- 1613 Navigation ------------------------------------------- 1589 Calcasieu Pass and River, La.: Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway via-------- -- 642 Investigation ------------------------------ 697, 706---------- Navigation- ------------------------------ 687 California Debris Commission_- - ___ -- - -- -- 1759 California, Ohio, flood control_ -- --- -- --- 1158 Calion, Ouachita River, Ark., flood control__ ----- 723 Caloosahatchee River, Fla.: Investigation_-- -------------- 563,564, 567 Navigation ------------------------------- 537 Calumet Harbor and River, Ill., and Ind.: Improvement of harbor (South Chicago Harbor) 1369 Improvement of river ---------------------------------- 1369, 1381 Investigation----------------- -------------------------- 1394 Calumet Lake Ill., navigation ----------------------------------- 1393 Calumet-Sag Channel, Ill.: Investigation --------------------------------------------- 1394 Navigation -------------------------------------------- 1381 Cambridge Harbor, Md., navigation -- ...---- 356 Cambridgeport Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flood control ------------------------------ 118 Camden Harbor, Maine: Investigation ----------------------------------- 48 Navigation ------------------------------------ 45 - Canadian (South) River, N. Mex., Conchas Dam and Reservoir.. 847 Canal Creek, Calif., investigation- 1612 XII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Canals: See also Waterways. Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal, N. C., improvement- 414 Atlantic-Gulf Ship Canal, Fla., improvement...... 562 Benton Harbor Canal, St. Joseph Harbor, Mich., improvement..-- --------- -- 1327 Cape Cod Canal, Mass., navigation- _ -- Cascades Canal, Columbia River, Oreg ....... 40 1684 Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Del., and Md., navi- gation_-- ---- ----- 309 Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Ill., improvement_ .. 1381 Company Canal, La., improvement of Louisiana and Texas Intracoastal Waterway via. 642 Cross-Florida Barge Canal, navigation-, _ 517 Dalles-Celilo Canal, Oreg. and Wash., improvement Dismal Swamp Canal, Va. and N. C., improvement of waterway via_. 410 Dora Canal, Fla., navigation...... ... 520 Drummond Lake Canal, Va. and N. C., improve- ment of waterway via__ 411 Estherville-Minim Creek Canal, S. C., improvement- 462 ---------- Florida East Coast Canal, Fla., improvement ... 522 ---------- Florida Ship Canal, improvement-__ 562 ---------- Gulf County Canal, Fla., navigation- Hanson, La., improvement of waterway to Mermen- 568 ---------- tau River- 679 Harvey Canals, La., improvenidnt of Intracoastal Waterway via- 642 Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Ill., navigation ... 949 Industrial Canal, Ala., improvement of Mobile Har- bor, Ala_ 598 Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, New Orleans, La __ 641 J. D. Young Canal, improvement of Oklawaha River, Fla_. .- 519 Kyle and Young Canal, improvement of Oklawaha River, Fla........_....... 519 Lake Borgne (Violet) Canal, La., navigation 662 Lake Washington Ship Canal, Wash Lobdell Canal, Del., improvement of Wilmington Harbor, Del__- 306 I Louisville and Portland Canal, Ohio River, Ky., en- largement .. 1050 New York State Barge Canal, N. Y., enlargement 207 Nicaraguan Canal, investigation- 1890 Port Arthur, Tex., Sabine-Neches Waterway, navi- gation- 691, 765 Ruth Canal (diversion canal), La__ 702 St. Lucie Canal, Fla., improvement_ 537 St. Marys Falls Canal, Mich., improvement --- Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis.: 1414 Investigation________ 1360 Navigation _------------ 1300 Violet (Lake Borgne) Canal, La., improvement of Dupre Bayou --_ -__-_-_ -- 662 Washington Canal, N. J., navigation------------ 244 West Galveston Bay and Brazos River Canal, Tex__ 772 Canandaigua Lake, Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood control-_----------------------------------- 256 - - - - - - - - - - Canapitsit Channel, Mass., navigation_ 112 - - - - - - - - - - Cane River, La., navigation---------------------- 721 - - - - - - - - - - Caney Bayou, La., snagging, flood control_ 739 - - - - - - - - - - INDEX XIII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Caney Creek, Okla. and Kans., flood control_90-- -- 902 Caney Fork River, Tenn., navigation--- ----------- 1077 Caney River, Okla., flood control_------ --- 890 Canisteo, N. Y., flood control_ _-------_- - 268 Cannelton, Ind., flood control_ ---------------------------------- 1133 Canton Reservoir, Okla., flood control---------------- 884, 898 Cape Charles City Harbor, Va.: Investigation--___ -------------- 423 Navigation------------------------------------ 408 Cape Cod Canal, Mass., navigation- - ------- 40 Cape Cod, Mass., investigation ------------------------ 48 Cape Fear, N. C.: Improvement above Wilmington___- ----- 446 Improvement.at and below Wilmington ----------- 444 Improvement of Northeast Branch_ ------- 450 Improvement of waterways to Beaufort, N. C., in- cluding waterway to Jacksonville, N. C_--- -- 435 Improvement of waterway to Winyah Bay, S. C_-_ 438 Investigation ----------------------------------- 483 Cape Lookout, N. C., improvement of harbor of refuge_ 450 Cape May, N. J., improvement of Cold Spring Inlet, N. J .-------------------------------------------- 326 Cape Porpoise Harbor, Maine: Investigation --------------------------------- 48 Navigation ------------------------------------ 46 Cape Vincent Harbor, N. Y., navigation___----------- 1514 Carbon Canyon Dam and Channel, Santa Ana River Basin, Calif., flood control -------- --- - _1548, 1555 Carlin Bayou, La.: Investigation___--- ------------ 698 Navigation ------------------------------------ 683 Carlyle Reservoir, Ill., flood control------------------- 930 Carmel River, Calif., investigation ------------------------------ 1584 Carp River, Mich., improvement ------------------------------- Carrabele Bar, Harbor, and River, Fla., navigation Carroll County, Ill., flood control_------ -. --- 575- 963 1354 Carrell Lake, La., snagging, flood control_ --- -- 739_-- _ Carrollton, Ky., flood control ---------------------------------- 1158 Carson River, Calif. and Nev., investigation-- - ------ 1612 Carters Creek, Va., navigation_-- -------- 378- Carvers Harbor, Maine, navigation ------------------- 45 Cascade Locks, Columbia River, Oreg., bridges__--- ----- 1662 Cascades Canal, Columbia River, Oreg-------------------------- 1684 Caseys Pass, Fla., navigation_ _----------- 562 Cashie River, N. C., navigation_-- -------- 450 Castle Rock, Cowlitz River, Wash., flood control ----------------- 1713 Castlewood Reseryoir, Colo., flood control-_---- -- 1045_ Cathance River, Maine, navigation ----------------- 46 Cat River, Va., navigation__---------- - 350 Cattaraugus Creek, N. Y., navigation ------------------------ 1514 Cavallo Pass, Tex., improvement of channel to Port Lavaca ------------------------------------------ 808 Cave Run Reservoir, Ky., flood control--- -- ------- 1158 Cazenovia Creek, N. Y., investigation --------------------------- 1518 Cedar Bayou, Tex., improvement_------ --- 801 Cedar Bay to Thoroughfare Bay, N. C., improvement-- 450 Cedar Creek Conn., improvement_------ -- 100 Cedar Keys EIarbor, Fla., navigation------------------ 562 Cedar River, Mich., navigation-. 1358 Cedar River, Wash., investigation 1757 Center Hill Reservoir, Tenn., flood control-- _ - 1086, 1089 XIV INDEkX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Centinela Creek, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control_ 1536 Central City Reservoir, Iowa, flood control Ceredo, W. Va., flood control __ _ _. 1192, 1202 Chagrin River, Ohio, investigation- - - - 962fi~ 1518 Chambers Creek, Miss, and Tenn., investigation Champlain Lake, N. Y. and Vt.: --- 1003 Burlington Harbor, Vt., improvement- 213 ---------- Channel between North and South Hero Islands, navigation------------------------------ 244 Gordons Landing, Vt., navigation- 244 International Board of Control__ 1914 Narrows of, navigation_ 211i Rouses Point, navigation__ 244 St. Albans Harbor, Vt., navigation- 244 6 Surveys and charting 1909 Chandlerville, Ill., east of, flood control__ 1404 Chandlerville No. 2 Reservoir, Ill., flood control 1411 Channels. See Canals and waterways. Chariton River, Iowa and Mo., investigation- Charles Mill Reservoir, Ohio, flood control- - '1009 1181 Charles River, Boston, Mass., improvement- Charleston, S. C.: - 32 Engineering district__ 453 Improvement of harbor__ 469 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort.. 478 Improvement of waterway to Winyah Bay 461 Charlevoix Harbor, Mich., navigation 1355 Charlotte Harbor, Fla., navigation__ 546 Charlotte (Rochester) Harbor, N. Y., navigation ... 1500 Charts and maps, northern and northwestern lakes__ 1894, 1908 Chatham (Stage) Harbor, Mass., navigation- 112 Chattahoochee River, Ga. and Ala.: Investigation__ - _ _ _ 632 Navigation- 580, 584 1089 Chattanooga, Tenn., and Rossville, Ga., flood control Cheat River, W. Va.: Flood control 1251 Investigation--- - 1254 Navigation-------- 1222 Cheboygan Harbor and River, Mich., improvement of harbor_- 1449 Cheesequake Creek, N. J., navigation__ 244 Chefuncte River, La., navigation-- 664 Chehalis River, Wash.: Investigation ... 1757 Navigation 1718 Chelsea River or Creek, Mass., improvement ..... 32 Chemung River, N. Y., flood control_ 263 Chena Slough, Alaska, flood control__ 1754 Chene Bayou, La., navigation_ S642, 678 Chequamegon Bay, Ashland Harbor, Wis., improve- ment 1260 Cherokee Canal, Calif., investigation_ 1613 Cherokee County, Kans., flood control- 902 Cherokee, Salt Fork of Arkansas River, Okla., flood control---- 886 Cherry Creek, Colo., flood control- 1045 Cherry Creek Reservoir No. 1, Colo., flood control ... 1045 Cherrystone Inlet, Va., navigation 408 Chesapeake and Albemarle Canal, N. C. and Va., im- provement -.--.- 414 INDEX XV Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, Del. and Mivid.: Investigation- 335 Navigation- 309 Chesapeake Bay, Md. and Va.: Investigation-......... 357 Thimble Shoal, improvement___ 391 Chester River, Md., navigation__ 343 Chester River, Pa., navigation__ 333 Chestnut Creek, Va., investigation__ 1205 Chetco River, Oreg., investigation_ 1685 Chetopa, Kans., flood control- 902 Chicago Harbor and River: Improvement of harbor_-_-_ 1364 Improvement of river_. 1367 Improvement of South Chicago Harbor ---------- 1369 Investigation - - ----- - ------ -- -------- 1394 Chicago, Ill., engineering district --------------- 1361 Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, Ill., navigation---- 1381 Chickasaw Creek, Ala., navigation - 603 __- Chickasawhay River, Miss., investigation------ _ Chicopee, Connecticut River Basin, Mass., flood control _ - 632, 639 119, 143 Chicopee River, Mass., investigation .. 150 Chillicothe Reservoir, Mo., flood control_ 1003 Chilo, Ohio, flood control_ 1158 Chincoteague Inlet and Bay, Va.: Navigation- -- 356 Waterway to Delaware Bay, navigation_ 333 Chipola River, Fla.: Investigation __..--- _ 632, 639 Lower river, navigation- -- 579 Upper river, navigation- 631 Chippewa River, Wis., investigation_ 983 Chitto Bogue, La., navigation__ 631 Chocolate Bayou, Tex., navigation___ 822 Choctawhatchee Bay and River, Fla. and Ala.: Improvement of East Pass Channel. 591 Improvement of river___ 631 Improvement of waterway to Pensacola Bay, Fla- - 569 Improvement of waterway to West Bay, Fla ... 569 Investigation__ 632 Choptank River, Md., navigation_ 356 Choptank River to Little Choptank River, Md., water- way, navigation-_1_ 356 Chouteau, Nameoki, and Venice drainage and levee district, Illinois, flood control_... 934 Chowchilla River, Calif., investigation ------- 1613 Christina River, Del., improvement of Wilmington Har- bor .................... ............- 306 Chunky Creek, Miss., investigation. ------------- 632, 639 Cimarron River, N. Mex., Okla., and Kans., investiga- tion...----------------------- --------------- 903 Cimarron River, Okla., flood control..... .. 898 Cincinnati, Ohio: Engineering district___--_-_ - 1138 Flood control_ - _- -T .__. . -. 1152,1158 Investigation ----- ----------- 1162 Clackamas River, Clackamas County, Oreg., flood con- trol_ . - ---- -1712 Claiborne Harbor, Md., navigation_ 356 .........- Claremont Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, N. H., flood control....._........... . 118,120 XVI INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Clarendon to Laconia Circle, Ark., flood control ------ 764 Clarendon, White River, Ark., flood control 759 Clarion River, Pa., investigation-___------ 1254 Clark Creek, S. C., navigation- -.... 482 Clark Hill Reservoir, Ga. and S. C__ _ _ 490, 509 Clarksville, Ark., flood control 878 Clarksville, Ind., flood control__-- _ __ 1114, 1133 Clatskanie River, Oreg., navigation ------ 1642 Clear Creek, Ill., flood control__... 915 Clear Creek and Lake, Tex., navigation Clear Lake area, California, investigation------------ -- - 802 1613 Clear Lake, Ill., flood control_---- _-_-- _ 1413 Clearwater Harbor, Fla., improvement of channel to Tampa Bay----------------------- 562 Clearwater Reservoir, Mo., flood control 870, 875 Clearwater River, Minn., investigation------- 983 Clearwater River, Oreg. and Idaho, investigation 1685, 1714 Clendening Reservoir, Ohio, flood control-_ - 1181 Clendenin Reservoir, W. Va., flood control---- 1202 Cleveland Harbor, Ohio: Investigation_ 1515 Navigation--------------------- 1464 Cleves, Ohio, flood control_- 1158 Clinch River, Tenn. and Va., navigation- 1077 Clinton Harbor, Conn., navigation_.. 112 Clinton, Ind., flood control-------------.... . 1133 Clinton River, Mich.: Investigation------ 1453 Navigation---------------------- 1449 Clintwood Reservoir, Va., flood control_- 1202 Cloverport, Ky., flood control_----- 1133 Clyde, Pawtuxet River Basin, R. I., flood control ... 113 Coal Creek, Ill., flood control ------ 1411, 1413 Coal Grove, Ohio, flood control--- -- 1158 * Coan River, Va., navigation_- __--_---_ 370, 378 Coasters Harbor Island, R. I., navigation__ 112 Cobscook Bay, Maine, navigation.. 45 Cocheco River, N. H., navigation.... 46 Cockrells Creek, Va., navigation----- 378 Cocodrie Bayou, La.: Investigation____ __ _ 698, 706 Navigation --------------------- 642 Coden Bayou, Ala., investigation_ 633 Codorus Creek, Pa., flood control_- _-_- 358 Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, flood control_- 1757 Cohansey River, N. J., navigation----- 325 Cohasset Harbor, Mass., navigation__.. 46 Cold Brook Reservoir, S. Dak., flood control- 1039 Cold Spring Inlet, N. J., navigation--- .... 326 Coldwater Canyon, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control -- 1536 Coldwater River, Miss., navigation_. 721 Colewa Creek, La., snagging, flood control_ 739 Colfax, La., flood control_ 741 Collinsville, Ala., flood control. 639 Colorado River, Tex., improvement of waterway to Corpus Christi_ 772 Colorado River, Tex. and Ariz., investigation_ 823, 838 1521, 1558 Columbia drainage and levee district No. 3, Illincis, *flood control__- 921 Columbia, La., flood control_ -- 741 INDEX XVII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Columbia River, Oreg. and Wash.: At Bakers Bay, Wash., navigation__ 1680 Bonneville, Oreg., construction of dam at-------- 1654 Bridges at Cascade Locks_ 1662 Cascades Canal_ _ .__ _ 1684 Celilo Falls to Snake River, including tributaries, improvement from---____ 1667 Celilo Falls to The Dalles Rapids, navigation- 1663 Chinook, Wash., to head of Sand Island, navigation- 1681 Investigation__ 1685, 1713 1745, 1757 Mouth, improvement _ _ 1631 Mouth to Vancouver, Wash., improvement .... 1636 Vancouver to Bonneville, improvement_ 1651 Wenatchee to Kettle Falls, Wash., navigation .. 1744 Columbus, Colorado River, Tex., flood control .... 830 Commerce for calendar year 1942- 4 Commissions: See also Boards. California Debris Commission_ 1759 Mississippi River Commission__ 1776 Permanent International Association of Congresses of Navigation- 1889 Company Canal, La., improvement of Louisiana and Texas Intracoastal Waterways via 642, 678 Compton Creek, N. J., navigation__ 244 Compton Creek, Los Angeles, Calif., flood-control: Alameda St. to Hooper Ave., storm drain- Hooper Ave. storm drain to Main St_ - 1536 1536 Conchas Dam and Reservoir, N. Mex------ 847 Conecuh River, Ala., navigation__-------- 595 Conemaugh River, Pa., investigation _..... 1223,1254 Conemaugh River Reservoir, Pa., flood control_ 1250 Conewango Creek, N. Y., investigation------------- 1254 Coney Island Channel, N. Y., navigation------------ 244 Coney Island Creek, N. Y., navigation- 244 Congaree River, S. C.: Investigation------------------------------ 483 Navigation- 466 Congresses of Navigation, Permanent International As- sociation of 1889 Conneaut Harbor, Ohio, navigation---------------- 1476 Connecticut River Basin, Vt., N. H., Mass., and Conn., flood control: Local protection projects__ 119 Reservoirs 118 Connecticut River, Mass. and Conn.: Investigation__ 150 Navigation above Hartford, Conn_ 112 Navigation below Hartford, Conn 86 Consolidated cost and financial summary_ 18 Consolidated diking and improvement district No. 1, Cowlitz County, Wash., flood control_------- 1712 Contentnea Creek, N. C.: Navigation -------------------------------- 450 Snagging, flood control_ _..._______ --__ 452 Cooper River, N. J., navigation_--------- 333 Cooper River, S. C., improvement of Charleston Harbor- 469 Coosa River, Ga. and Ala.: At Rome, Ga., flood control------------------ 639 Investigation------------- ------------------ 633, 639 Navigation-------------------------------- 607 XVIII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Coosawatte River, Ga., navigation_ ___-------- 631 Coosaw River, S. C., improvement of waterway via 478 Coos Bay, Harbor, and River, Oreg.: Improvement of entrance to bay and harbor--- ---- - 1617 Improvement of river_------------ ---- 1620 Copes Corner Reservoir, N. Y., flood control ------------ 264 Coquille River, Oreg.: Investigation_ -- ---------------------------------- 1685 Navigation ---------------------------------------------- 1615 Coralville Reservoir, Iowa, flood control---------- ---- 960, 962- Coraopolis, Pa., flood control ------ ----------- 1250 Cordova Harbor, Alaska, investigation -------------------------- 1745 Corea Harbor, Maine, navigation--_ -- ------- 45 Core Sound, N. C., improvement of waterway to Beau- fort Harbor------------- --------------------- 433 Investigation----------------------- ------ 451 Corkscrew River, Fla., investigation ------------------ 567 Corney Bayou, La., navigation ------------------------- 721 Corning, N. Y., flood control----------------- Cornucopia Harbor, Wis., improvement_----- ---- 266 - -1276 Corpus Christi, Tex.: Channel to Encinal Peninsula Naval Seaplane Base 815 Improvement of channel to Aransas Pass_ - --- 810 Improvement of intracoastal waterway to the Mis- sissippi River-------------- -- --.. 773-- Corsica River, Md., navigation ----------------------- 356 Cortableau Bayou, La., investigation_------------- 698, 706 Cossatot River, Ark., investigation--------------------- 846 Cotaco Creek, Ala., investigation-- ----- •------ 1093 Cottage Grove Reservoir, Oreg., flood control_------ -- 1700, 1701 Cottonwood Creek, Calif., investigation -------------------------- 1612 Cottonwood Falls, Kans., flood control_------ -- 902 Cottonwood Springs Reservoir, S. Dak., flood control- 1040 Council Bluffs, Iowa, flood control-_ --------- 1028 Council Bluffs, Missouri River, and Indian Creek, Iowa, flood control------------------------------------ 1024 Courtenay, Fla., channel improvement_ -------- 562 Covington, Ky., flood control- -- ------------- _1158 Cowan Creek, Ohio, investigation_- - ------------- 1162 Cow Creek, Calif., investigation_----------- ---- 1612 Cowlitz County drainage improvement district No. 1, Washington, flood control -------------------------------------- 1712 Cowlitz River, Wash., navigation---- --------------- 1674 Cowpasture River, Va., improvement of James River, Va ----------------------------------- 393 ---- Coyote Creek, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control_------ --- 1536 Coyote River, Calif., investigation_--- ------------ 1584 Craft, sunken, removal of_-- ------------------- 1893 Crane Creek, Ill., flood control_--------- ---- 1411, 1413 Crawford County levee district, Arkansas River, Ark., flood control ------------------------------------ 878 Crescent City Harbor, Calif., navigation___----- -- -1580 - Crescent Lake and Dunns Creek, Fla., improvement --- 562---------- Crescent Lake, Fla., investigation-_ --- ____ --- 564..... Criehaven Harbor, Maine, navigation_- ------ 45---------- Crisfield Harbor, Md., navigation__ - ------- 356----- Croatan Sound, N. C., improvement of waterway via- 410- Crooked Creek Reservoir, Pa., ood control-- 1226, 1250 Cross Bayou, La., snagging, flood control- 739 Cross-Florida Barge Canal, navigation 517-- Cross Rip Shoals, Mass., naviggion- 62 INDEX XIX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Crow Creeks, Ill., investigation-_--..----- -- _--__-- 1414 Crystal River, Fla., navigation_ ------------------------ 562 --- Cucamonga Creek, Calif., investigation_- ------- _ 1558 Cuivre River, Mo., navigation_-----0---_ 912 Cumnberland, Md., flood control_ -- 1-----__-- 381- Cumberland River, Ky., and Tenn.: Flood control_ -------------------------------------------- 1080 Investigation_-------- -_---------- _1078, -- 1093 Navigation ----------------------------------------------- 1063 Cumberland Sound, Ga., and Fla. Improvement of waterway between Savannah and Fernandina -------------------------------- 492 Improvement of waterway to St. Johns River, Fla-- Cunningham Creek, Ohio, navigation --------------------------- - 493, 510 _ 1514 Current River, Ark., and Mo., navigation-------------- 864 Curtailment and abandonment of river and harbor proj- ects, review of reports-- 1892 Curtis Bay, Baltimore, Md., navigation 1338 Curtis Creek, Md., investigation___ - ------- 357 Cutler Bayou, La., improvement_------ --- 667 Cuttyhunk Harbor, Mass., navigation__- ----- 112 Cuyahoga RTiver, Ohio: Investigation___--- -------------- 1515, 1518 Navigation--------------------------- ---------------- 1464 Cypress Bayou, Tex. and La.: Construction of dam at foot of Caddo Lake ---------- 710 Improvement of, including connecting lakes between Shreveport, La., and Jefferson, Tex-------------- 709 Cypress Creek, Md., navigation_-__- --------- 356 D Dalecarlia Reservoir, Washington, D. C_----- - -- --- 1902 Dale Hollow Reservoir, Tenn. and Ky., flood control-------------- 1083, 1089 Dalles-Celilo Canal, Oreg. and Wash., improvement----- 1663 Damariscotta River, Maine, navigation ----------------- 46 Dams, water power. See Water power. Danvers River, Mass., investigation__ -------- 48. D'Arbonne Bayou, La., navigation------------------- 721 Dardanelle, Ark., flood control_------- --- 878 Darien Harbor, Ga., navigation- - -------- 507---- Dark Head Creek, Md., navigation_------ -- 356 Davenport Center Reservoir, N. Y., flood control .... 263 Davis Creek, N. C., improvement of waterway via 438 Dawho iver, S. C., improvement of waterway via 478 Dayton, Ky., flood control__--------_ ------ 1158 Dayton, Touchet River, Wash., flood control_---- ------- 1713 Dead Horse Canyon and Royal Boulevard Channel, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control ----------------------------------- 1536 Deals Island, Md.: Lower Thoroughfare, improvement--------------- 356 Upper Thoroughfare, improvement --------------- 356---- Debris control, Sacramento, Calif_-1---------- ------- -1763 Debs Inlet, N. Y., navigation_-- - ----- _-- 169 Decorah, Iowa, flood control -------------------------- 974 Deep Bay, N. C., to Swan Quarter Bay, N. C., water- way, navigation ----------------------------------- 450 Deep Creek, Va.: Investigation__ ------------------------------ 423 Navigation- 410, 422 Deep Hole Creek, Va., investigation- 379 XX INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Deep River area, Wahkiakum County, Wash., flood con- trol ------------------------------------------------------- 1712 Deep River, Wash., navigation -------------------------------- 1679 Deer Creek, Calif., investigation 1------------------------------ 1612 Deer Creek Prairie levee unit, Ind., flood control ----------------- 1133 Deer Creek Reservoir, Ohio, flood control--_ -------- -- 1158 Deer Island area, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control----------- 1694 Deer Island Thoroughfare, Maine, navigation_--- _ - 45 Degognia and Fountain Bluff, Ill., flood control -... 934 Delaware & Chesapeake Canal, Del. and Md.: Investigation__- ----- ____----------335 Navigation ---------------------------------- 309 Delaware Bay and River, Pa., N. J., and Del.: At Camden, navigation---- - __ ___ ----- 301 At or near mouth of Neversink River, navigation 333 Breakwater and harbor of refuge in bay, navigation 333 Flood-control investigations_ _---------- 337 Navigation and power investigation- - 335.........3 Philadelphia to sea, navigation------------------- 296 Philadelphia to Trenton, improvement_ - - 293 Waterway to Chesapeake Bay, Del., and Md.: Improvement--------------------- ----- 309 Investigation ---------------------- . -------- 335 Waterway to Chincoteague Bay, navigation-------- .333 3 Waterway to Rehoboth Bay, improvement-- ---- 318 Delaware Reservoir, Ohio__--- ------------------- 1158 DeLeon Springs, Fla., investigation_------ -- 564 Denison, Tex., engineering district- - -------- 839 Denison Reservoir, Tex., flood control----------------- 840 Dennis Creek, N. J., navigation-_ 333 Denver, Colo., engineering district----------------------- 1044-- - _ De Poe Bay, Oreg., navigation ----------------- 1627 Derelicts. See Wrecks. Des Cannes Bayou, La., navigation ------------------- 685 Des Glaises Bayou, La., flood control_- ------ 700 Des Moines River, Iowa, investigation- Des Plaines 957, 963 River, Ill., navigation, Illinois waterway----. 1--------381 Detroit Harbor, Wis------------------------------------------- 1298 Detroit, Mich., engineering district---- ----------- 1414 Detroit Reservoir, Oreg., flood control_------- --- 1700, 1707 Detroit River, Mich.: Investigation --------------------------------------------- 1450 Navigation ---------------------------------------------- 1429 De Valls Bluff, White River, Ark., flood control-- --------- 760 ---- Dewey Reservoir, Ky., flood control_ 1--------------------- Dickinson Bayou, Tex., navigation_------ -- 804- _- Diking and improvement district No. 4, Wahkiakum County, Wash., flood control-- __ ------------- 1689 Diking and improvement district No. 5, Cowlitz County, Wash., flood control-------------------------- -------------- 1712 Diking district No. 2, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood con- trol----------------------------------------------------- 1712 Diking district No. 3, Clktsop County, Oreg., flood con- trol ----------------------------------------------------- 1712 Diking district No. 5, Clatsop County reg,O flood con- trol ------------------------------------------------- .1712 Diking districts Nos. 1 and 3 (Puget Island) and Little Island, Wahkiakum County, Wash., flood control-- ..... ----- 1712 Diking improvement district No. 2, Cowlitz County, Wash., flood control-_-_ -1712 INDEX XXI Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Diking improvement district No. 13, Cowlitz County, Wash., flood control_ - - - - 1712 Diking improvement district No. 1, Pacific County, Wash., flood control-_- - - 1712 Diking improvement district No. 11, Cowlitz County, Wash., flood control_ 1698 Dillon Reservoir, Ohio, flood control_ - 1202 Dirty Creek, Okla., investigation 903IIoH Dismal Swamp Canal, Va. and N. C., improvement of waterway via-- 410 1 ------ District of Columbia: Anacostia Park__ .. __ 1898 Anacostia River, reclamation of flats_ 1898 Aqueduct, increasing water supply- 1901 Aqueduct, maintenance and repair- 1901 Government buildings, consumption of water in__ 1901 Improvement of Potomac 'River 362 Water supply, increase in .. 1901 Dog Creek, Calif., flood control___ 1607 Dog Island Harbor, St. George Sound, Fla., improvement_ 575 Dog River, Miss., navigation___ 620 Dogy and Clear Creeks, Okla., investigation 903 Donovan Levee, Ill. flood control .. 1410 Dora Canal, Fla. See Oklawaha River. Dorcheat Bayou, La., navigation___ 721 Dorchester Bay and Neponset River, Mass., navigation__ 46 Dorena Reservoir, Oreg., flood control_.- 1700, 1703 Double Bayou, Tex., improvement-- 796 Double Creek, N. J., navigation_ 333 Dover, Ky., flood control_ 1158 Dover Reservoir, Ohio, flood control- 1181 Drainage district No. 1, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control------------------------------------- 1712 Drawings, northern and northwestern lakes 1908 Drift removal from New York Harbor_ 195 Drum Inlet, N. C., navigation_. 450 Drummond Lake Canal, Va. and N. C., improvement of waterways via-----------------------------_ 411 Dry Run, Iowa, flood control-_. S 974 Duck Creek, Calif., investigation_ 1612 Duck Creek (Smyrna River), Del., navigation .... 314 Duck Island Harbor, Conn., navigation- 89 Duck River, Tenn., navigation_ 1077 Dulac Bayou, La., improvement of waterway via Grand SCaillou and Le Carpe Bayous, La., to_ 671 Duluth, Minn.: Engineering district-_ _--- 1255 Improvement of Duluth-Superior Harbor_ 1255 Dunkirk Harbor, 1N. Y., navigation 1483 Dunlap Creek, Pa., investigation:. 1254 Dunns Creek and Crescent Lake, Fla., navigation -- 562 Dupont Bayou, La., improvement------------------ 667 Dupre Bayou, La., navigation..... 662 Duwamish River, Wash.: Improvement of east and west waterways, Seattle Harbor _..----------- ---------------------- 1731 Investigation_......------------------------------- 1757 Duxbury Harbor, Mass., navigation .. 46 Dymers Creek, Va., navigation__-------- 378 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1-- 68 XXII INDER Page Volume 1 Volume 2 E Eagle Creek Reservoir, Ohio, flood control-_-- --------------- 1250 Eagle Harbor, Mich.: Investigation-------------------------------------- --- 1277 Navigation--------------------------------------....... 1276 Eagle Lake to Matagorda, Colorado River, Tex., flood control-------------------------------------- 828 Eagletown Reservoir, Okla., investigation --------------- 846 East Bay Bayou (Hanna Reef), Tex., navigation East Boothbay Harbor, Maine, navigation-.... ------ 822- 46 - _ East Brimfield Reservoir, Mass., flood control---- - 116 East Cape Girardeau and Clear Creek, Ill., flood control 914 East Chester Creek, N. Y., navigation_----------------- _ 155 _-- East Fork Reservoir, Ohio, flood control------------------------ 1158 East Hartford, Conn., flood control--------_----- 119, 134 .--- East Liverpool, Ill., flood control----------_- ----- _-----.--- -- 1413 East Lynn Reservoir, W. Va., flood control'- ---------- 1202 East Pass Channel, Fla., from Gulf of Mexico into Choc- tawhatchee Bay, navigation--------------------------591 - East Pass, Fla., improvement of Carrabelle Harbor .... 576 East Pearl River, Miss., navigation------------------- 631 - East Peoria, Ill., flood control--------------------------------- 1402 East Poplar Bhluff and Poplar Bluff, Mo., flood' control- East River, Brunswick Harbor, Ga., improvement-_ - - 878- 498 East River, N. Y.: Improvement, including Coenties Reef ------------ 183 Investigation_------------------------------ 246_ East Rockaway (Debs) Inlet, N. Y., navigation-- .......- 169...... East St. Louis, Ill., flood control-... .- - - 924 _ East Sidney Reservoir, N. Y., flood control- -- Eaton Wash Los Angeles, Calif., flood control------- _-_- - 263 -__- ---- 1536 Eau Gallie, Fla., navigation__ 562---.......--_562 Eau Gallie Inlet, Fla., investigation-_ -.---- -- 564__ Echo Bay Harbor N. Y., navigation -- _--. 244_____-.. Edenton Harbor, N. C., navigation .------------------ - 450 _ --- Edgartown arbor, Mass., navigation -------------------- 63 Edisto River, S. C.: Investigation ... -- - - -- 483, 484 Navigation- ... - - - -482 Edwardeville, Pa., flood control- - - - - 286 Eel River, Calif.: Flood control--------------------------------_ ---- 1583 Investigation ------------. .. -------------------.--------- 1584 Eel River, Mass., improvement---------------_ _ 46 _ ___ Eighteen Mile Creek, N. Y., navigation..---- -------------- . 1499 Eightmile River, Conn., navigation-------------112 _ Elizabeth River, N. C., improvement of waterway to Winyah Bay, S. C- -- 438 Elizabeth River, N. J., navigation_----------- _ 244 Elizabeth River, Va.: Improvement of Norfolk Harbor, including Eastern, Southern, and Western Branches 385 Improvement of waterway to sounds of North Carolina----------------- -------------- 414 Elk City (Table Mound) Reservoir, Kans., flood controL - 898 - .. Elkins, W. Va., flood control- --------- -- --- ---- 1250 Elk River, Ala. and Tenn., navigation- ... ------ ----- - 1077 Elk River, Kans., flood control -898. . Elk River, Md., navigation- 309, 356 Elk River, W. Va., navigation. 1178 INDEX XXIII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Elliot Bay, Wash., improvement of Duwamish River and east and west waterways___ 1731 Elmira, N. Y., flood control__ 266 Eloi Bay, La., improvement.- 660 Elokomin Slough, Wash., navigation 1676 Efnbarrass River, Ill., investigation. ----------------- 1138 Emerald Wash, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control-- 1536 Emergency flood-control work. See districts. Emergency relief program_ ._. 12 Emery River, tenn., investigation- 1093 Emporia, Kans., flood control_ 902 Encinal Peninsula, Corpus Christi Bay, Tex---------- 815 Engineers, the Board of, for Rivers and Harbors --- 20 Enid Dam and Reservoir, Miss___ 1849 Erie Basin, N. Y., improvement of channel in Lake Erie_ 1491 Erie Canal, N. Y., enlargement_ 207 Erie Harbor, Pa.: Investigation_._ 1515 Navigation_ . 1479 Erie, Lake: Black Rock Harbor, improvement of entrance to--- 1491 Surveys, charts, etc_ 1910 Water levels 1911 Escambia River, Fla., navigation 595 Essex River, Mass., navigation 46 Estero River, Fla., investigation_ 567 Estherville-Minim Creek Canal, S. C., improvement - 462 Estimates of appropriations required: Miscellaneous civil works 1895 Rivers and harbors and flood control- 20 Eufaula Reservoir, Okla., investigation- 903 Evansville, Ind., flood control- 1119, 1133 Everett Harbor, Wash.: Investigation _ 1745 Navigation - 1736 Exeter River, N. H., navigation_ 46 Expenditures: 16--------- Miscellaneous civil works---------- 1, 16..... Rivers and harbors and flood control F Fabius River, Mo., flood control__ 963 Fahrens Creek, Calif., investigation 1612 Fairbanks, Alaska, flood control-- 1754 Fairhaven Harbor, Mass., navigation .. 65 Fairport Harbor, Ohio: Investigation ......------------------------------ 1515 Navigation.... __ ...-------------------------------- 1469 Pall River Harbor, Mass., navigation___ 68 Fall River Reservoir, Kans., flood control- 898 Fall River, S. Dak., flood control_ 1038 Falmouth Reservoir, Ky., flood control.. 1158 Fancher Creek, Calif., flood control_. 1607 Faincy Bluff Creek, Ga., navigation_ 507 Far Creek, N. C., navigation- -. 450 1414 Farm Creek, Ill., investigation- Farmers levee and drainage district, illinois, flood control------------------------------_------- 1413 Faulkner County, Ark., flood control- ----- 878 - . XXIV INDEX Page Volume I Volume,2 Feather River, Calif.: Investigation.... ----------- . -- .- ..- 1613 Navigation_ . . . . .. . . . . --- ---- 1596 Federalsburg, Md., flood control_.... .. 361....... Federal Water Power Act, investigation and supervision of projects---------------------------------- . -- -1891 - Fenwicks Island Cut, S. C., improvement of waterway via___---------------------------------------- 478..... Fernandina Harbor, Fla.: Improvement of waterways to Savannah, Ga . 492 Navigation -- - - - - - - - - - -- - 504 Fern Ridge Reservoir, Oreg., flood control- Fighting Island Channel, Detroit River, Mich., improve- - 1700, 1705 m ent _ _- - - - - - - - - -- - - - 1430 Filtration plant, Washington Aqueduct, D. C_---- 18 1904 Financial summary as of June 30, 1943----.-.. Fire Island Inlet, N. Y., navigation-------------- 168 Fishing Bay, Md., navigation____ 356 Fishing Creek, Md., navigation___ . 353 Fishing Creek, N. C.: Investigation__ ...... 451, 453 Navigation- - - --- 450 Fishtrap Reservoir, Ky., flood control_ 1202 Fivemile River Harbor, Conn., navigation 112 Flathead Lake, Mont., improvement of Polson Bay-- 1744 Flathead River, Mont.: Investigation .... --- 1757 Navigation- --- -- -- -- 1744 Flint River and Creek, Ala. and Tenn., investigation __- 1093 Flint River, Ga., navigation_--. ------- 580, 582 Flomaton, Ala., flood control at_. 639 Flood control: Appropriations_ . . . 14 Authorizations_._ 6 Emergency repairs and rescue work- Funds, -_- -.- - -- - - 8 6 General -- - - -__. . . . . . . . 5 Surveysfor._ _. .___ - - -_.- . - - 1759 Florence, Kans., flood control 902 Florida Bay, Fla., Intracoastal Waterway to Miami Bay, Fla., improvement- -------------- 562 Florida East Coast Canal, improvement of Intracoastal Waterway, Jacksonville to Miami, Fla., via--- .. 522 Florida, removal of water hyacinths from waters of State. 559 Florida River, Fla., navigation_..... .__ 579 Florida Ship Canal, improvement -- - - 562 Flushing Bay and Creek, N. Y.: Investigation .. - 246 Navigation- - - - - - - - - - - 160 Follansbee, W. Va., flood control- 1250 Fond du Lac Harbor and River, Wis., investigation 1361 Fore (Weymouth) River, Mass., improvement .. 36 Forest River, N. Dak., investigation_. 983 Forked Deer River, Tenn.: Navigation_ . - - - - - - 1077 Snagging, flood control._............ 761 Forsyth, Mont., flood control__ 1028 Fort Chartres and Ivy Landing, Ill., flood control Fort Gibson Reservoir, Okla., flood control --- 934 895, 898 _ Fort Peck, Mont.: Construction of reservoir___ 1029 -..-----.- Engineering district_______ 1029 L---- INDEX XXV Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Fort Piere Harbor, Fla., navigation --- ----- - - Fort Point Channel, Boston Harbor, Mass., improvement_ 529 32 Fort Supply Reservoir, Okla., flood control_ 882 Forty Fort, Pa. flood control.................. 292 Foster Creek, Wash., investigation_...........--_-_ 1745 Fountaine Que Bouille River, Colo., investigation....... 855 Fountaine Qui Vouille River, Colo., investigation__... 855 Fourche Bayou, Ark., investigation--..-.---- 880 Fox River, Ill. and Wis.: Improvement of Green Bay Harbor......... 1289 Investigation__. . . . . . .. . . . . 1359, 1361 Navigation. -- - - - - - - - - -. - - - 1291 Frankfort Harbor, Mich., navigation_. . .. _ 1352 Frankfort, Ky., flood control ------.....--. 1158 Franklin Falls Reservoir, N. H., flood control_.... 49, 50 Franklin to Mermentau, La., improvement of waterway from----------- -------------------- 679 Frazeysburg Reservoir, Ohio, flood control---- -- 1202 Frederica River, Ga., navigation__.._.... _. 494 Freeport Harbor, Tex., navigation------------------- 805 Freeport on Pecatonica River, Ill., flood control ....... 963 Freeport Pa, flood control------------------------- 1250 French Broad and Little Pigeon Rivers, Tenn., naviga- tion ..__. . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . 1077 French Creek Reservoir, Pa., flood control.-- . 1250 Fresno County Stream Group, Calif., flood control___. 1607 Fresno River, Calif., investigation.... .. 1613 Fullerton Dam, Calif., flood control,__.. Fullerton, Ky., flood control._ - - .-. -. - . 1548, 1551 1158 Funds advanced for river and harbor improvements and for flood control works_ ___ .... 151-------- G Gaging northern and northwestern lakes, level- 1909 Galveston Bay and Harbor, Tex.: Improvement of Galveston Channel_ Improvement of Galveston-Texas City Channel ... -. 784 787 Improvement of harbor entrance__ _.. 781 Improvement of Port Bolivar Channel.. 790 Improvement of waterway to Houston_ 792 Galveston, Tex., engineering district_ __ 765 Garden Creek, Va., investigation- 384 Garza Dam, Tex. See Trinity River_ - - 800 Gasconade River, Mo., navigation. 994 Gauley River, W. Va., navigation_ ..... _--_- 1178 Gaysville River, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flobd control -- - - - - -. - . - .- - - 118 Gedney Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improve- ment. --------------------------------------- 174 Genesee River, Charlotte Harbor, N. Y.: Investigation....------------------------------ 1518 Navigation. .-------------------------------- 1500 Georges River (Thomaston Harbor), Maine, navigation. 45 Georgetown Harbor, S. C., improvement of Winyah Bay._ 454 Georgetown, White River, Ark., flood control...._.... 759 Gila River, Ariz. and N. Mex., investigation ......- 1558 Gill Township Levee unit, Indiana, flood control. 1105 Gimlet Creek, Ill., investigation._................ 1414 Girtys Run, Pa., investigation__--.....-------..---- 1254 Gladstone Harbor, Mich., navigation_..._ . .....- 1358 XXVI INDE~X Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Glasgow, Mont., flood control_________ 1043 Glencove Creek, N. Y., navigation.........- -_ 162 Glencove Harbor, N. Y., navigation ..... 244 Gloucester Harbor, Mass., navigation- - - 46 Golconda, Ill., flood control_.- Goldsboro, Neuse River, N. C., flood control----------- 453 Goose Creek, N. C., improvement of waterway from Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet, N. C_______-. 415 Goose River, N. Dak., investigation- . - 983 Gordon River, Fla., investigation___ .... .. 567 Gordons Landing, Lake Champlain, Vt., navigation-_ __ 244 Goshen Creek, N. J., navigation- 333 Government buildings, District of Columbia, consump- tion of water in_- _- -- _- -- 1902 Gowanus Creek Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y,, navigation__ . .......... _..- 244 Grand Bayou Pass, La., navigation _ 666 Grand Caillou Bayou, La.: Investigation_ - -- - - 697 Navigation -- - - - -- - - - 671 .... Grande Ronde River, Oreg., investigation 1713 Grand Haven Harbor, Mich., navigation-------------- 1336 Grand Marais, Mich., improvement of harbor of refuge - 1271 Grand Marais Harbor, Minn.: Investigation----------------- 1277 Navigation ------------------------------- 1276 Grand River Basin, Ohio, investigation_--__._-.__ 1223, 1254 Grand River, Fairport Harbor, Ohio, improvement__ 1469 Grand (Neosho) River, Kans., Okla., Mo., and Ark.: F lo o d c o nt ro l - - .. . - - . - -.. . 898, 902 Investigation 903 Grand River, La., navigation__ 642 Grand River, Mich., navigation- 1336 Grand River, Mo., investigation_ 1009 Grand Tower, Ill., flood control- --------- 930 Grand Traverse 'Bay, Mich., investigation----------- 135.9 Grandview, Ind., flood control _--- -------- 1133 Grant Parish below Colfax, La., flood control... . 741 Grapevine Reservoir, Tex. See Trinity River 800 Grasse River (Massena), N. Y., navigation __-__-- 1514 Grays Harbor, Wash., navigation--------------------- 1718 Grays Reef Passage, Mich., navigation--------------- -- -- 1358 Grays River, Wash., navigation--------------------- 1678 Great Chazy River, N. Y., navigation--------. 244 Great Kills, Staten Island, N. Y., navigation--- .. 225 Great Lakes: Control and regulation of waters of Niagara River and preservation of Niagara Falls_ 1914, 1915 {1277, 1359 Investigation of coast_ 1394, 1450 Investigation of deeper waterways to Atlantic tide- water-- ------------- --------- 246 1515 Surveys, charts, etc., of northern and northwestern lakes-- -- ----- .... . 1908 Water levels_ ..... 1911 Waterway to Hudson River: Improvement- 207 ---------- Investigation_ 246 1514 Great Miami River, Ohio, flood-control reservoirs ___ -, 1158 Great Pee Dee River, S. C.: Investigation. 483 ---------- Navigation . 469 ---------- iNDAiY XXVII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Great Salt Lake, Utah, investigation_ 1521 Great Salt Plains Reservoir, Okla_-------- 888 Great Salt Pond, Block Island, R. I., navigation .- - 79 Great Sodus Bay Harbor, N. Y., navigation- 1503 Great South Bay, N. Y., navigation .. 244 Green Bay Harbor, Wis., navigation_ 1288 Green Bay, Iowa, flood control_ 957 Green Island, Iowa, flood control 963 Greenport Harbor, N. Y., navigation .. 244 Green River, Ky.: Flood control_ 1133 Navigation 1094 Green River, Mass., investigation .. 150 Green River, Wash., investigation 1757 Greenup, Ky., flood control__ 1158 Greenwich Bay, R. I., navigation__ 112 Greenwich Harbor, Conn., navigation_ 109 Greers Ferry Reservoir, Ark.: Flood control . 875 Investigation-- 880 Gregory drainage district, Missouri, flood control ... 963 Grenada Dam and Reservoir, Miss__ 1850 Grosse Tete Bayou, La., navigation 672 Guadalupe River, Calif., investigation_ 1584 Guadalupe River, Tex.: Improvement to Victoria _ 822 Investigation ..... 823, 838 Gulf County Canal, Fla., improvement of Gulf Intra- coastal Waterway via_ 568 568, 641 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, navigation----------.. 772 Gulfport Harbor, Miss.: Investigation_ 633 Navigation_--- 625 Gull Lake Reservoir, Minn_ 964 Guyandot River, W. Va., flood-control reservoir_ 1202 Guyandot River, W. Va., navigation_ 1178 H Iackensack River, N. J., navigation--------------- 215 Hadley Creek, Ill., investigation__ 963 Haines Canyon, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control__ 1536 Hammersley Inlet, Wash., navigation_ 1744 Hammondsport, Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood con- trol_--------------------------------------- 258 Hampton Creek, Va., navigation- - - - - 398 Hampton Roads, Va.: Improvement of approaches to Norfolk Harbor--- 386 Improvement of channel to Phoebus, Va .... 422 Hancock County, Miss., beach erosion study_ 633 Hanging Rock, Ohio, flood control__ 1158ii~ Hanna Reef, Tex., navigation .... 822 Hanover Township, Pa., flood control 284 Hansen flood control basin__ . Hanson, La., improvement of waterway to Mermentau *River-----_ --------------------------------- 679 Harbor Beach, Mich., harbor of refuge_ 1449 Harbor lines, establishment. 1893 Harbors and rivers. See Rivers and harbors. Hardee Creek, N. C., improvement of Tar River ... 427 Harlan County Reservoir, Nebr., flood control 1003 XxVIII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Harlem, Mont., flood control... ----- _-_ ._ 1043 Harlem River, N. Y., navigation-_...__ 190 Harpers Ferry, W. Va., flood control_---- --- 384 Harraseeket River, Maine, navigation_------- 46 Harrisburg, Ill., flood control_____-------- 1122, 1133 Harrisburg, Pa., flood control---------- 361 Harrisonville and Ivy Landing drainage and levee dis- trict No. 2, Illinois, flood control... 920 Hartford, Conn., flood control_ ------- 119,,131 Hartford, Kans., flood control ------- 902 Harvey Canals, La., improvement of Intracoastal Water- way via- ----------------------------------- 642, 678 Harvey Lock, La., improvement--____ 643 Hassayampa River, Ariz., investigation__--__--__- 1558 Hatchie River, Miss. and Tenn., snagging, flood control- 761 Havre de Grace, Md., improvement of Susquehanna River near-------------------------------- 356 Hawaii, engineering district at Honolulu---------- 1758 Hay Creek, Minn., investigation.._----------- 983 Haysi Reservoir, Va., flood control .-------------- 1202 Hay (West) Harbor, N. Y., navigation... .. 112 Heart River, N. Dak., investigation-__ 1038, 1043 Hell Gate, East River, N. Y., navigation----- 246 Hempstead County levee district No. 1, Atkansas, flood control ----------------------- 741 Hempstead Harbor, N. Y., navigation- - - 162, 244 Henderson County, Ill., flood control-------- 963 Henderson River, Ill., investigation_. _ _. 963 Hendricks Lake, S. Dak. and Minn., investigation ... 983 Hendry Creek, Fla., investigation___.... 567 Hennepin, Ill., flood control------- .. 1413 Herberts Creek, Va., navigation_------ _ 398 Herring Bay, Md., navigation___- _- _ 356 Herring Creek, Md., navigation_____- _____ 370 Higgins Canyon, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control 1536 Higginsport, Ohio, flood control.--_ 1158 Hillsboro Bay, River, and Inlet, Fla.: Investigation--------------------- 565, 567 Navigation - -- 548 Hingham Harbor, Mass., navigation_. 46 Hiwassee River, Tenn., navigation--------- 1077 Hocking River, Ohio, flood control---- 1202 Hodges Village Reservoir, Mass., flood control Holland Harbor, Mich., navigation_ - 116 1333 Hollywood Harbor, Fla.: Investigation __ 564 Navigation- 562 Holmes River, Fla., navigation-- 631 Holston River, Tenn., navigation__ 1077 Holyoke, Mass., flood control 119, 145 Homochitto River, Miss., flood control_ 698 Homosassa River, Fla., navigation-- 562 Honey Creek levee unit, Ind., flood control 1133 Honey Hill Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, N. H., flood control--.... __ 118 Honga River, Md., navigation .. 356 _ Honolulu, Hawaii: Engineering district__ 1758 Hood River, Oreg., bridges___ 1662 Hoosick Falls, Hoosic River Basin, N. Y., flood controL- 249 Hoosic River, N. Y., Vt., and Mass., flood control - -- 247 INDEX XXIX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Hokinton-Everett Reservoir, Merrimack River Basin, N. H., flood control . ... ..... .. 49 Hoquiam River, Wash., navigation .... 1744 Hords Creek Reservoir, Texas, flood control- Hornell, N. Y., flood control_ - 833 268 Horn Harbor, Va., navigation_ 422 Horn Island Pass, Miss., investigation_ 633 Horse Creek, Fla., investigation 567 Hoskins Creek, Va., navigation-- 378, 379 Hot Springs Fall River Basin, S. Dak., flood control - 1038 Housatonic River, Conn., navigation_ 97 Houston to Galveston Ship Channel, Tex.: Flood control_ 823 Investigation_ 823 Navigation 792 Howell Reservoir, Iowa, flood control 962 Hubly Bridge, Sangamon River, Ill., flood control ... 1409 Hudson River, N. Y.: Improvement above New York_ 201 Improvement at New York_ 192 Investigation- -_- 246 Peekskill Harbor, improvement_ 197 Rondout Harbor, improvement___ 199 Tarrytown Harbor, improvement 244 Waterway to Great Lakes-enlargement of New York State Barge Canal_ 207, 246 Huerfano River, Colo., investigation- 1048 Hulah Reservoir, Okla___ 890 Humboldt Bay, River, and Harbor, Calif., navigation_ - 1577 Humboldt, Kans., flood control .. 902 Humboldt River, Nev., investigation -------- 1612 Hungary Horse Dam, Mont., investigation_ 1757 Huntington Harbor, N. Y., navigation_ 244 Huntington, W. Va.: Engineering district__ 1162 Flood control__ 1186, 1202 Huron Harbor, Ohio: Investigation._ 1515 Navigation_ 1456 Huron Lake: Surveys, charts, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1910 , Water levels Hutchinson, Kans.,. flood control_ 902 Hutchinson River (East Chester Creek), N. Y.: Investigation- 251 Navigation_ . 155 Hyacinths, water, removal, from Alabama, Florida, Mis- sissippi, Louisiana, and Texas waters_ 559, 601, 693. H[yannisHarbor, Mass., navigation-- 112 Hydraulic mining in California, regulation and prepara- tion of plans- . .-.- - 1760 Hydraulics. See Water levels. Hydrology. See Water levels. I Ice Harbor at Marcus Hook, Pa., navigation- 333 Ice Harbor at New Castle, Del., navigation- 333 Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Ill.: Investigation .... - - - - - 957 Navigation---------------------- 949 XXX INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Illinois River, Ill.: Flood control- 930 1411 Investigation - 913, 934 1394, 1414 Navigation 1381 Illinois River, Okla.: Flood control - 898 Investigation------------------- 903 Illinois waterway, Illinois: Investigation 913 1394 Navigation_--- 1381 Imperial River, Fla., investigation- 567 Indiana Harbor, Ind.: Improvement - -- 1374 Investigation. --------- 1394 Indianapolis, Fall Creek levee, Indiana, flood control- 1111 Indianapolis, Warfleigh levee, Indiana, flood control___ 1137 Indian Ford Dam, Wis., flood control- Indian River Inlet and Bay, Del., navigation - - 963 320 Indian River, Fla.: Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway, Jackson- ville to Miami, Fla., via 522 Investigation -. _ __-__ 567- Indian Rock Dam, Pa., flood control - . 358 Inland waterways. See Canals and Waterways. Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, New Orleans, La 641 Inside routes. Sea Canals and Waterways. Insular possessions: Honolulu, Hawaii, engineering district_ 1758 Puerto Rico engineering district- 1758 International Association of Congresses of Navigation__ 1889 Interoceanic Canal surveys___ -- - 1890 Intracoastal waterways. See Canals and Waterways. Investigations outstanding for navigation, flood control, etc_ 1759 Iola, Kans., flood control 902 Ipswich River, Mass., navigation_ 46 Jronton, Ohio, flood control 1145, 1158 Irrigation, surveys fqr_ 1759 Irvington Harbor, N. Y., navigation 244 Island Creek, Md., navigation- 356 Isles of Shoals Harbor, Maine and N. H., navigation Ithaca, Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood control - --- 46 259 J Jackson Creek, Va., navigation_ 378 Jackson Harbor, Wis ..... 1298 Jackson River, Va., improvement of James River, Va . 393 Jacksonville, Fla.: Engineering district ---- -- 509 Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway to Miami, Fla 522 Improvement of St. Johns River opposite- 513 Investigation of waterway to Miami 564 Jacksonville, N. C., improvement of waterway to Beau- fort- 435 Jamaica Bay, N. Y., navigation 171 James River, Va.: Investigation---__ 424 Navigation_ 393 Janesville Dam, Wis., flood control 963 INDE)X XXXI Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Jefferson Island, Md., investigation- --- -__4- 357----- Jefferson-Shreveport Waterway, La. and Tex.: Improvement ----------------------------------- 709.... Investigation --------------------------------- 722, 742_ Jeffersonville-Clarksville, Ind., flood control_------ -- 1114, 1133 Jekyll Sound, Ga., improvement of waterway via- ......- 493---------- Jersey Shore, Pa., flood control ----------------------- 292 Jessamine Creek Reservoir, Ky., flood control-------------------- 1158 Joanna Reservoir, Mo., flood control_----- -- 930 John Day River Area, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control--------------------------------------------1713 John Day River, Oreg., investigation_--------- ---- 1713 John Martin Reservoir, Arkansas River, Colo., flood control ------------------------------------------ 849 Johnsons Bayou, La., navigation- - --------- 822_ Johnstown Channel, Pa., flood control-__ --------- 1228, 1250 Jonesville, La., flood control------------------------- 741---------- Jordan River, Miss., navigation_------ --- 627 Jordan River, Utah, investigation_---------- ---- 1521 Joynes Branch, Va., navigation_------- --- 422 K Kaiser Creek, Ill., investigation ----------------------- 963 Kalamazoo River, Mich., navigation 332 1--------------------- Kanab Creek, Utah and Ariz., investigation_------- --- 1558 Kaiawha River, W. Va.: Flood-control reservoirs----------------------------------- 1202 Navigation -------------------------------------------- 1170 Kankakee River Basin, Ill. and Ind.: Flood control ----------------------------------- ----- 1413 Investigation ---------------------------------------------- 1414 Kanopolis Reservoir, Missouri River, Kans Kansas City, Mo., engineering district----------------- ----------- 1000, 1003 983---------- Kansas Citys, Mo. and Kans., flood control ------------ 995-- Kansas River, Mo. and Kans., investigation 1009 Karlson Island, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control. 1712 Karnak, Ill., flood control_- - ------------ 1133 Kaskaskia Island, Ill., flood control_----- -- 919, 930 Kaskaskia River, Ill.: Flood control ----------------------------------- 930 Investigation ----------------------------------- 934_ Navigation----------------------------------- - 912 Kaweah River, Calif., investigation_--------- ---- 1613 Kaw, Okla., flood control_--------- --- 902 Keithsburg, Ill., flood control_-- --------- 963 Kelly Lake Ill., flood control---- ------ _---_ -- 1395 Kennebec River, Maine: Investigation. ----------------------------------- 57 Navigation--_ -------------------------------- 22 Kennebunk River, Maine, navigation-- ------ 46---- Kenosha Harbor, Wis., navigation_----------------- 1324 Kenova, W. Va., flood control -- ----------------------------- 1192, 1202 Kenton Reservoir, Okla., investigation ----------------- 903 Kentucky River, Ky.: Flood-control reservoirs ----------------------------------- _ 1158 Investigation.--------------------------------------------- 1162 Navigation---------------------------------------------- 1139 Kenwood Reservoir, Cherry Creek, Co-l - 1045 Kern River, Calif., investigation-_ ------ --- -.--- 1613 Keuka Lake, Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood controlW 257 XXXII INDEX Volume 1 Volume 2 Kewaunee Harbor, Wis., navigation__-------- 1305 Keweenaw Waterway, Mich., navigation_------ 1264 Keyport Harbor, N. J.: Investigation....- ------------ 246 Navigation-- -- - -- - - - 244 Keystone Lock, La., improvement----------- 674, 702 Key West, Fla., imnprovement of harbor at.- __ 562 Kiamichi River, Okla., investigation_____. 846 Kickapoo River, Wis., investigation__..... _ 983 Kill Van Kull, N. Y. and N. J., improvement of Staten Island-New Jersey Channels_. .. .. 219 Kimball Bayou, La., snagging, flood control-__ .. 739 Kinderhook Creek, N. Y. and Mass., investigation ... 251 Kingman Lake, D. C., reclamation and development of Anacostia River and flats--__-.- .-- .. 1898 Kingsley Creek, Fla., navigation---- --- 510 Kingston Harbor, Mass., navigation_ 46 Kingston, Pa., flood control__ 286 Kinnickinnic River, Wis., navigation__ 318 Kiskiminetas River, Pa., investigation- 1223, 1254 Kissimmee River, Fla.: Invbstigation___ . . __ _ _. . 567 Navigation_- - - - - - - - - - - 562 Kittanning, Pa., flood control.- 1250, 1253 Klamath River, Calif., snagging, flood controL_ ... 1582 Klamath RiverOreg., investigation__ 1584 Knappa Area, Clatsop County, Oreg., flopd control- 1713 Knapps Narrows, Md., navigation, _. 356 Knife River, N. Dak., investigation- 1028 Knightville Reservoir, Mass .. 118, 127 Knobbs Creek, N. C., navigation- 420 Kootenai River, Idaho and Mont.: Investigation,_ . .__ .. 1757 Navigation- - -- - 1744 L La Batre Bayou, Ala., navigation__.. _.. 619 --- Lacey, Langellier, West Matanzas, and Kerton Valley, Ill., flood control--_- - - - - - -. . 1398 Lackawanna River, Pa.: Investigation _ . ...... 292 Snagging, flood control_. __ 291 LackawaxenRiver, Pa., investigation_ 337 Lacombe Bayou, La., navigation-- - - 696 Lac Qui Parle Reservoir, Minn_ 978 Lafayette River, Va.: Investigation-_....- 423 Navigation- - -- 422 642, 668, Lafourche Bayou, La., navigation__ La Grange, Colorado River, Tex., flood control ---- 678 830 }--- La Grange Bayou Fla., navigation ----------------- 590 Laguna Canyon, alif., investigation-... 1558 Laguna Dominguez, Calif., investigation__ 1559 Lake Borgne Light No. 7, La., navigation- 641 Lake Borgne (Violet) Canal, La., navigation 662 Lake Brownwood Reservoir, Tex., flood control 833 Lake Calumet, Ill., novigation-. _ ---- -- 1393 Lake Champlain, N. Y. and Vt. See Champlain Lake. Lake Charles Deep Water Channel, La - - 691 INDEX XXXIII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Lake City Harbor, Minn., investigation------------ 973 Lake Crescent, Fla., navigation--- ------ 562 Lake Griffin, improvement of Oklawaha River, Fla 519 Lake Harbor, Mich., investigation----------------- 1359 Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis.: Investigation----------------------------- 1360 Navigation------------------------ 1300 Lake Okeechobee, Fla.: Investigation___- . 564,567 Navigation..---- 537 Lake of the Woods, Minn.: International Control Board_ 1916 Regulation of levels__ _ _ 1916 Surveys and charting-- 1909 Lake Pontchartrain, La.: Investigation-.- 706 Navigation. --- 641 Lake River, Wash., navigation---- - -- 1672 Lakes, Great. See Great Iakes. Lake Superior Board of Control--------- _ 1916 Lake Traverse, Minn. and S. Dak., navigation---- 972 Lake Traverse and Bois de Sioux River, S. Dak., flood control -- 975 Lake Washington, Miss., improvement- 721 Lake Washington Ship Canal, Wash., improvement. 1733 Lake Winnepesaukee, N. H., navigation- 46 Lake Worth Inlet, Fla.: Investigation__ 564 Navigation.. _ 531 La Lanche Bay, Ala., improvement of Intracoastal Waterway via------------------------------- 568 La Loutre Bayou, La., navigation_ 660 Lamoille River, Vt., flood control_ 251 Lamprey River, N. H., navigation- 46 Lancaster, Cayuga Creek, N. Y., flood control_ i1515 L'Anguille River, Ark.: Flood control-- 764 Navigation-- 748 Lankershim Blvd. to Niagara St., Los Angeles, Calif., flood control - -- --- 1536 La Plata River, Colo., investigation___ 1558 Larchmont Harbor, N. Y., navigation_ 244 Latham Slough, Calif., improvement_ 1598 La Trappe River, Md., navigation_ 356 Lavaca Bay, Tex., improvement of channel from Pass Cavallo to Port Lavaca ....- - 808 Lavaca River, Tex., snagging, flood control____- - 836 Lavon Dam and Reservoir, Trinity River, Tex., investi- gation_------------ -------------------------- 838 Lawrenceburg, Ind., flood control___-------_ 1147, 1158 Lawrence, Kans., flood control---------- 1008 Leaf River, Miss.: Investigation. ---------------------- -- 639 Navigation ---------- ------ 631 Le Carpe Bayou, La.: Investigation.... - ---- ..... 697 Navigation_ _ _. . . . . . . . 671 Leech Lake Reservoir, Minn.__ __ . 964 Leech River, Minn., navigation----------- 972 Lee Slough, Apalachicola River, Fla., navigation- ... 579 Leesville Reservoir, Ohio, flood control ___ 1i8i XXXIV INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Lehigh River, Pa., investigation..._ 337 Leipsic River, Del., navigation------------ 333 Leland Harbor, Mich.: Investigation . .. ... 1359 Navigation- ------------------------------- 1354 Lemon Creek, Staten Island, N. Y., navigation .... 244 Leon River, Tex., investigation ..------- -- 838 Leroy, Kans., flood control____ _ _ _ 902 Levees between Shelby Bridge and Baum's Bridge, Kan- kakee River, Ind., flood control-- 1413 1137 Levee unit No. 1, Wabash River, Ill., flood control .. Levee unit No. 2, Wabash River, Ind., flood control.- 1137 Levee unit No. 3, East Fork of White River, Ind., flood control ---------------------- -- 1137 Levee units Nos. 3 and 4, Wabash River, Ill. and Ind., flood control--------------------------------- 1137 Levee unit No. 5, Wabash River, Ind., flood control,- 1137 Levee unit No. 8, West Fork of White River, Ind., flood control-------------------------- -- -- 1113 Levee unit No. 9, West Fork of White River, Ind., flobd control- 1137 Levee unit No. 10, West Fork of White River, Ind., flood control ---------------- 1137 Levels, water. See Water levels. Levering Creek, Md., navigation 345 1----- Levisa Fork, Big Sandy River, Ky.: Investigation__- 1179, 1205 Navigation -- - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - 1174 Lewes River, Del., navigation Lewis and Clark River area, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control--- 1713 Lewisport, Ky., flood control_ 1133 Lewis River, Wash.: Flood control .. 1698 Navigation .... 1673 Licking River, Ky.: FloQd-control reservoirs- 1158 Investigation-- 1162 Navigation_------ 1144 Licking River, Ohio, investigation ------ 1205 Lisle, N. Y., flood control......... 264 Little Black River, Mich., investigation 1278 Little Black River, Mo. and Ark., flood control---- ------ 878 Little Caillou Bayou, La.: Investigation-- 697 Navigation 696 Little Calumet River, Ill. and Ind.: Investigation .. 1414 Navigation 1381 Little Choptank River to Choptank River, Md., water- way, improvement- - _ 356 Little Colorado River, Ariz., investigation 1558 Little Creek, La., snagging, flood control- 739 Little Deadmans Creek, Calif., investigation- -- - 1612 Little Egg Harbor, N. J., navigation 333 Little Elk River, Md., navigation-- 356 - Little El Reservoir, Tex. See Trinity River- 800 Little Harbor, N. H., navigation ....... 46 Little Harbor, Woods Hole, Mass., navigation 112 Littlejohn Creek, Calif., investigation_ 168 INDIEX XXXV Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Little Kanawha River, W. Va.: Flood-control reservoirs------------------------------------ 1202 Investigation ---------------------------------------- 1205 Navigation -------------------------------------------- 1167 Little Machipongo River, Va., navigation------ 422------- Little Miami River, Ohio: Flood-control reservoirs _----------------------------------- 1158 Investigation ------------------------------------------ 1162 Little Minnesota River, investigation_----- -- 983- Little Missouri River, Ark.: Flood control in basin. ---------------------------- 724 Flood control, Murfreesboro, Ark., to the mouth ... 725 Investigation --------------------------------- 742 Navigation-------------------------- ------ 721 Little Missouri River Mont. and N. Dak., investigation 1020, 1028 Little Peedee River, S. C., navigation ----------------- 482 Little Pigeon and French Broad Rivers, Tenn., improve- ment- -- ---- 1077 Little Pigeon Bayou, La., navigation_----- -- 696 Little Red River, Ark., investigation_------ -- 880 Little River, Ark., investigation_-- -------- 846 Little River, Del., navigation---------------------333 Little River, La., navigation_ __---------- 721 ------------ Little River, N. C. and S. C., investigation Little River, S. C., improvement of waterway via Little Rock, Ark.: --- 483 438 Engineering district_--------- ---- 855 Flood control_----------- ---- 878 Little Rock to Pine Bluff, Arkansas River, Ark., flood control ---------- -------------------------- 878 Little Sioux River, Iowa, investigation ---------------- 1028--- Little Sodus Bay, N. Y., navigation---------------- 1505 Little Tallahatchie River, Miss.: Construction of Sardis Reservoir_ ---------- _ _ 1849 . Navigation ------------------------------------ 721 Little Tennessee River, Tenn., navigation-- .... - ---- -- - 1077 Little Wax Bayou, La., navigation-- ------ 642 Little Wicomico River, Va., navigation__- ---- 370, 378 Little Woods Hole Harbor. Mass., investigation-13..... 113 Liveoak Wash, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control___---- - -- 1536 Liverpool, Ill., flood controL------------------------------------- 1400 Lobdell Canal, improvement of Wilmington Harbor, DeL 306 Local cooperation 6------------------------------- Look Haven, Pa., flood control_------ -- 292 Locklies Creek, Va., navigation___- ------- 378 Lockwoods Folly River, N. C., navigation 450 Logan Reservoir, Ohio, flood control_ ----------------- 1202 Logansport, Ind., flood control-------------------------1137 Loggy Bayou, La., navigation_ -------------------- 721 Lone Rock Reservoir, Ark., flood control -------------- 875 Long Beach Boulevard, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control----------- 1536 Long Beach, Calif., beach erosion study -------------------------- 1534 Long Beach Harbor, Calif., navigation ------------------- 1526 Long Island intracoastal waterway, New York, naviga- tion--------------------------------------------- 166- Longs Canyon, Colo., investigation ------------------- 855 - Lookout Bight, N. C., navigation --------------------- 450 . - Lookout Cape, N. C., improvement of harbor of refuge_ 450 --- Lookout Point Reservoir, Oreg., flood control-_----------- 1700 Lopez Canyon diversion, Los Angeles, Calif__ ------------ 1536 XXXVI INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Lopez flood-control basin, Los Angeles, Calif_ ------------------- -1536 Lorain Harbor Ohio, navigation__- - -------- - - __- - 1460 Los Angeles, Calif.: Engineering district. --------------------------------------- 1522 Flood control on river_ -- - --------- __----------- 1535 Improvement of harbor___ _--------______--------------1526 Investigation of harbor and river--------------------------- 1659 Los Angeles County drainage area, California, flood con- trol. ----------------------------------------------------- 1535 Los Angeles River channel, flood control --------------- 1536 Lost Creek, Ill., flood control --------------------------- 1413 Louisiana and Texas intracoastal waterway, improve- ment, Mississippi River to Corpus Christi ------------- 774 Louisiana, State of, removal of water hyacinths from ... 693 Louisville and Portland Canal, Ky., enlargement - ------------ 1050 Louisville, Ky.: Engineering district....---------------------------------------- 1094 Flood control, _------------- 1117, 1133 Lowell Creek, Alaska, flood control_ -- -- --- -- ---- 1751 Lowell, Mass., flood control__---------- ----- 49, 54---------- Lower Cedar Point, Md., navigation-_ - ------ 378---------- ---------------------------- Lower Chipola River, Fla......... 579_ .. Lower Machodoc Creek, Va., navigation_ ----- - - 378---- Lower San Francisco Bay, Calif., navigation----------- __ 1580 Lower Thoroughfare, Deals Island, Md., navigation 56356- Loyalhanna Reservoir, Pa., flood control--------------- --------- 1234, 1250 Lubec Channel, Maine, navigation --------------------- 45. -- Ludington Harbor, Mich.: Investigation_ - ------------- ---- 1359 Navigation --------------------------------------------- 1345 Ludlow, Ky., flood control_- ----------- ----- 1158 Ludlow Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flood control_------------------------------------------ 118 Lugert-Altus Reservoir, Okla., flood control------------ 846---------- Lumber River, N. C. and S. C., navigation_- --- -- 482 Lussenhop levee, Illinois, flood control-----------------. 1408 Luxapalila River, Ala. and Miss.: Investigation-- -------------------------------- . 640- Snagging, flood control --------------------------- 637_ Lyford levees, Ind., flood control- ------------- 1103 Lynch River, S. C., navigation__ --- ---- -. 482- Lynn Harbor, Mass., navigation_.- - --------- 46 Lyon County, Kans., flood control__ - - --- --- 902_- Lytle Creek, Calif., investigation_ --- ---- --- - --- 1559 M Macatawa Lake, Mich., navigation_ - -- -- --------- 1334 Machias River, Maine, navigation_ - -- -- - -- 45--- .-- Machodoc (Upper and Lower) Creek, Va., improvement- 378__ _ Mackay Creek, N. C., navigation .....- 450 - Mackinack Harbor, Mich., improvement_ --------- --- 1449 Mackinac Island, Mich., to Round Island, Mich., chan- nel, improvement_ _ ------ --- --- _-- -- -1449 Mackinac Straits, Mich., fmprovement of Poe Reef Shoal-_- ----- 1449 Mackinaw City Harbor, Mich., investigation------------- 1450 Macon Bayou, La.: Investigation --------------------------------- 742, 743--------- Navtgation_ _ -721-.-.- Madera County group, California, investigation- - - .- - 1613 Mad River, Ohio, investigation- - - - - 1162 INDEX XXXVII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Volme I Vlm Magruder drainage district, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control-------------------------------- 1712 Mahoning Creek, Pa., investigation_. 1254 Mahoning Creek Reservoir, Pa., flood control_ 1231, 1250 Mahoning River, Ohio, investigation 1223, 1254 Mahoning River, Pa. and Ohio, navigation- 1222 Main ship channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., improve- ment_-------------------------------------- 174 Malden River, Mass., navigation 46 Malheur River, Oreg.: Investigation-- 1713 Snagging, flood control_ 1709 Mamaroneck Harbor, N. Y., navigation_ 153 Mamaroneck River, N. Y., investigation 251 Manasquan Inlet and River, N. J., navigation 237 Manatee River, Fla., navigation__ 562 Manchac Bayou, La., navigation_-------- 696 Manchac Pass, La., navigation_ 696 Manchester Harbor, Mass., navigation- 46 Manchester, Ohio, flood control_ 1158 Mancos River, Colo., investigation_ 1559 Mangun-Salt Fork, Okla., investigation__ 846 Manhasset Bay, N. Y.: Investigation-_ 246 Navigation_ 244 Manistee Harbor and River, Mich., navigation_ 1348 Manistique Harbor, Mich., navigation- 1279 Manitowoc Harbor, Wis., navigation_ 1310 Mannford Reservoir, Okla.: Flood control_ 898 Investigation___ 903 Manokin River, Md.: Investigation ------------------------------ 357 Navigation 356 Mansfield Hollow Reservoir, Conn., flood control ... 116 Mansfield Reservoir, Ind., flood control .. 450 1133 Manteo (Shallowbag) Bay, N. C., navigation- Mantua Creek, N. J., navigation 297, 322 Maps and charts, northern and northwestern lakes_ 1908 Marais des Cygnes River, Kans., investigation 1009 Marblehead Harbor, Mass., navigation- 46 Marcus Hook, Pa., ice harbor at___ 333 Mare Island Strait, Calif., navigation_ 1569 Marine City, Mich., navigation__ 1449 Mariposa Creek, Calif., investigation- 1612 Markham Ferry Reservoir, Okla., flood control .... 893, 898 Marmarth, N. Dak., flood control_ - - .. 1028 . Marquette Bay and Harbor, Mich.: Construction of harbor of refuge in bay . 1268 Improvement of harbor ---------------- 1269 Investigation.--------- 1277 Marshall Creek, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control---- 1536 Marshland drainage district, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control- ------ Marshyhope Creek, Md., flood control------------ 361 -- - - Martins Ferry, Ohio, flood control--- . 1250, 1253 Marys River and Muddy Creek, Benton County, Oreg., flood control_. - - - - - - - - - - 1712 Mason and Menard, Ill., flood control - - - - - - - - - - 1413 Mason, W. Va., flood control_ - - - - - - - - - - 1202 Massena Board of Control, operations of International - - - - - - - - - - 1916 558155 44-pt. 1, vol. 1--69 XXXVIII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Massillon, Ohio, flood control_ - •--- - ----- -- 1194, 1202 Matadero Creek, Calif., investigation --------------------------- 1584 Matagorda Bay, Tex., improvement of Gulf Intracoastal Waterway-------- ------------------------------ 772 Matagorda, Tex., flood control- -- -------- 828 Matanzas River, Fla., navigation_ - -- -- - --- 527 Matawan Creek, N. J.: Investigation__. ----------------------------------- 246 Navigation-- --------------------------------- 244- Matinicus Harbor, Maine, navigation_ - - -- - -- 45_ Mattaponi River, Va.: Investigation --------------------------------- 423- Navigation-- --------------------------------- 422- Mattituck Harbor, N. Y----------------------------- 163 - Mauckport, Ind., flood control_ --------------------------------- 1133 Maumee Bay and River, Ohio, improvement of Toledo Harbor ------------------------------------------------ 1443, 1449 Maurice River, N. J., navigation_- _------ -- 333- Maysville, Ky., flood control_------------- ---- 1158 McCraney Creek, Ill., investigation -------------------- 963 McGee Creek, Ill., flood control_ - -- -- - --- 934_ McKees Rocks, Pa., flood control_ ----- ----- ---- 1250 McKenzie River, Oreg., flood control___ - - ----- -- --- 1713 Medomak River, Maine, navigation__ - - --- -- 45 Meherrin River, N. C. and Va., navigation_ - ----- 450---------- Melbourne Harbor, Fla., navigation_ 562 Memphis Harbor, Tenn., improvement of Wolf River-.. 750 --- Memphis, Tenn.: Engineering district_- --------. --- 743 Flood control- 755 Menominee Harbor and River, Mich., and Wis., naviga- tion -------------------------------------------------- 1281,1318 Meramec Reservoir, Mo., flood control-_ - - - -- -- 930- Merced County group, California, investigation 1613 Meredosia Lake and Willow Creek, Ill., flood control .. 928, 930 Mermentau River, La.: Flood control--------------------------------- -704---------- Improvement, including tributaries --------------- 685 Improvement of waterway to Franklin, La ..... 679 Improvement of waterway to Calcasieu River, La_ 642 Investigation --------------------------------- 697, 706- Merrimack River Basin, N. H. and Mass., flood controL 48 Merrimack River, N. H. and Mass.: Investigation_------ ----- ---- 48, 57- Navigation ---------------------------------- 46- Metamora Reservoir, Ind., flood control_- - ------ ---- 1158 Meto Bayou, Ark., investigation_ Metropolis, Ill., flood control___ --- -- ---- -- -- --- ----- 764 -- 1133 *Miami Harbor and River, Fla.: Improvement of harbor_ -- --- --- --- 534---------- Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway to Florida Bay, Fla__ ------------------------------------- 562. .... Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway to Jackson- ville, Fla-- 522 Improvement of river_ _- - - -- -- -____ 562 Investigation of waterway to Jacksonville, Fla . .. 564 Investigation of waterway to Key West, Fla .... 564 Investigation --------------------------------- 564, 567 Miami River, Ohio, investigation _-1162 Mianus River, Conn., investigation 113 Michigan City Harbor, Ind., navigation ----- 1378 INDEX XXXIX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Michigan Lake: Canal to Sturgeon Bay, improvement 1300 Investigation-- 1394 Surveys, charts, etc_ 1909 Water levels Middle 1911 Fork, American River, Calif., construction of reservoir. -- ----- -- 1766 Middleport, Ohio, flood control- 1202 Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District, New Mexico, emergency repairs, flood control- 852 Middle River, Calif., navigation_ 1597 Middle River, Md., navigation 356 Middlesboro, Ky., flood control__ 1079 Midland Drainage District, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control- 1712 Miles Creek, Calif., investigation- 1612 Milford Harbor, Conn., navigation .. 96 Milford Haven, Va., navigation S 378 Milford Reservoir, Kans., flood control- 1003 Milk River, Mont., investigation_ 1043 Mill Creek, Calif., investigation 1612 Mill Creek and South Slough, Ill., navigation 954 Mill Creek or River, Conn., improvement of New Haven Harbor- 92 Mill Creek, Tex., investigation 823, 838 _--1162 Mill Creek Valley, Ohio, investigation- Mill Creek, Va., navigation 378 Mill Creek, Wash., flood control- 1685 Miller Bay, Wis., investigation 1359 Miller Pond, Ill., flood control .. 930,934 1202 Millersburg Reservoir, Ohio, flood control- Mill Four drainage district, Yaquina River, Oreg., flood control_- 1713 Milton-Freewater, Walla Walla River, Oreg., flood con- trol_ - 1687 Milton, Pa., flood control- 292 Milwaukee River, Wis., investigation .. 1361 Milwaukee, Wis.: Engineering district__ 1278 Improvement of harbor .. 1317 Investigation of harbor_ 855 1359 Mimbres River, N. Mex., investigation- Mingo Creek, S. C., navigation- 460 Mingo Junction, Ohio, flood control- 1250 Minim Creek-Estherville Canal, S. C., improvement .... 462 Mining City Reservoir, Ky., flood control_, 1133 Mining, hydraulic, in California___------- 1760 Minnesota River, Minn.: Flood controL 978 Investigation------------------------------ 983 Navigation--------------- --------- 969 Miscellaneous civil works, general statement regarding - 12 Mispillion River, Del., navigation_. 317 Mississinewa River, Ind., investigation_ 1138 Mississippi River: Flood control---- -- 10- -. Investigations: For flood control_ 706,764, 1162 697, 698 717, 722, General_- 742, 755, 1394 913, 934, 957. 973 XL INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Mississippi River---Continued. Illinois and Mississippi Canal_------ -- 949 Missouri River to Minneapolis 934 9------------------- Locks and dams -- -- -938 Reservoirs at headwaters of__ -- 964 17 Mississippi River Commission -1776 Report of the President _1794 Flood control on lower Mississippi River: Alluvial valley mapping _ - 1801 Arkabutla Dam and Reservoir, Miss -- 1849 Atchafalaya floodway, Louisiana_ 1840 Atchafalaya River and Basin, improve- ments_------------------------------- -1842 Bank protection and regulation 1813 Birds Point-New Madrid floodway, Mis- souri_ _-----_------ - 1839 Boeuf floodway, Arkansas and Louisiana------------ 1840 Bonnet Carre Spillway, La------------------------ 1844 Channel condition_-- ____- ----------- - 1812 Charenton drainage and navigation canl, Louisiana_ ------------------------------ 1844 Dams and reservoirs ------------------------------ 1846 Discharge data--------------------------------- 1873 Emergency work on tributaries--------------------- 1789 Enid Dam and Reservoir, Miss--- --------- 1849 Eudora floodway, Arkansas and Louisiana----------- 1840 Experiment Station, Waterways 1-------------------- 1853 ---------------------- Floods_ 1873 Flood damages------------------------------ 1870 Floodways --------------------------------------- 1839 General stages of the lower Mississippi River_---------------------------------------- 1803 Grenada Dam and Reservoir, Miss 1850 Head of Passes to Ohio River, condition of channel_ --------------------------------------- 1812 High water and crest stages_-- --------- 1865 Improvement dredging ---------------------------- 1806 Levees---------------------------------------- 1819 Low water-- -------------------------- 1862 Morganza floodway, Louisiana --------------------- 1840 River stages and discharges------------------------ 1862 Roads on levees_--- ------------- 1819 Sardis Dam and Reservoir, Miss -------------------- 1849 St. Francis Basin project: Marked Tree Siphon, Ark --------------------- 1847 Tyronza River Channel ----------------------- 1847 Wappapello Dam and Reservoir, Mo ___ -- 1846 Wax Lake Outlet_-------------------------------- 1844 White River backwater levee, Ark -...... 1845 Yazoo Basin project: Arkabutla Dam and Reservoir, Miss------------ 1848, 1849 Channel improvements, etc-------------------- 1850 Enid Dam and Reservoir, Miss----------------- 1849 Grenada Dam and Reservoir, Yalo- busha River, Miss-- -------- 1850 Sardis Dam and Reservoir, Miss_------ -- 1849 Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss_---------------------------------------------- 1853 INDEX XLI Page Volume 1 Volume 2' Mississippi River System, improvements: Baton Rouge to New Orleans, La__-_ _------657 Brainerd and Grand Rapids, Minn., navigation ___ _ 972 Illinois and Mississippi Canal, Ill_ _ -_ - 949--------- Mississippi River, Minn --- _-_-972 --- Missouri River~to Minneapolis- 934 Locks and dams------------------- ------ 938 Missouri River to Ohio River -------------------- 904 Passes: South Pass------------------------------- 649 Southwest Pass, including shoals between Cubits Gap and Head of Passes------------- 649 Snag boats below Missouri River, operation of.---.717, 752 Waterway to Teche Bayou----------------------- 678 Mississippi Sound, Miss. and Ala.: Gulfport Ship Island Channel and Ship Island Pass, navigation_ ----------------------------------- 625 Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway via 568 Mississippi, State of, removal of water hyacinths from waters of--------------------------------------- 601 Missouri River: Flood control, Sioux City to Kansas City _ __ _ -- 1022 Flood control in basin__-------- - 97-1003 1009, 1020, Investigation-------- ----- --- 1028, 1029, ----- 1043, 1048 Navigation: At Fort Peck, Mont-- -------- ----- 1029 Kansas City to mouth----------------------- 984 Kansas City to Sioux City- ------------- 1010 Sioux City to Fort Benton_- -- _------- 1017 Mobile, Ala., engineering district------------------- 567 Mobile Bay, Harbor, and River, Ala.: Improvement of harbor and bar- ----------- 597 Intracoastal Waterway to New Orleans, La., navi- gation - ----------------------------- - 569 Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway to Pensa- cola Bay, Fla-------------------------------- 569 Investigation ---------------------------------- 633 Mobile River, Ala., removing the water hyacinths in river and tributaries_ - ------------ 601 Moccasin Slough, navigation_------- --- 579- Mohawk Reservoir, Ohio, flood control--------------------- 1181 Mohawk River, N. Y., investigation------------------ 292 Mohicanville Reservoir, Ohio, flood control-_----------- 1181 Mojave River, Calif., investigation. ----------------------------- 1559 Mokelumne River, Calif.: Investigation ------------------------------------------- 1613 Navigation-------------------------------------------- 1591 Molalla River, Clackamas County, Oreg., flood control-1712 Mona Lake, Mich.. investigation_ ---------- 1359 Monongahela River, W. Va. and Pa.: Flood-control reservoirs------------------------------------ 1250 Investigation_------------------------------- 1223, 1254 Navigation----------- --------------------------- 1206 Monroe Bay and Creek, Va., navigation_--3 ---------- 378 Monroe Harbor, Mich., navigation-__ - ------------ 1441 Monterey Bay and Harbor, Calif.: Investigation 1581 Navigation- 1580 XLII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Montezuma River, Colo., investigation------------_------------1559 Montgomery, Pa., flood control-__.-- __-.---------292- Montour Falls, Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood control- 261----- Moorefield, W. Va., flood control--_ - --------- 384 Moores Ferry Reservoir, Va., flood control----------------------- 1202 Moosabec Bar, Maine, navigation_ - ------------- 45 Morehead City Harbor, N. C., navigation_ -- .----- 441 Morgan City to Plaquemine, La., investigation--------- 698 Mormon Channel, San Joaquin River, Calif., improve- ment ------------------------------------------------- 1586, 1589 Morris Cove New Haven Harbor, Conn., improvement. 92 Morristown Harbor, N. Y., navigation ----------------------- 1514 Moscow, Ohio, flood control_---- --------- --------- 1158 Moses Coulee, Wash., investigation ._ _-1757 Mosquito Creek Reservoir, Ohio, flood control-------- --- Mounds and Mound City, Ill., flood control-__-_ - Moundsville, W. Va., flood control__--- ------------- - --- 1244, 1250 1129, 1133 1250 Mountain Brook Reservoir, Merrimack River Basin, N. H. flood control----- ------------------------- 49 Mount Iolly, Rancocas Creek, N. J., flood control Mount Hope Bay, improvement of Fall River Harbor, --- 335 Mass_ -------------------------------------------- 68 Mount Vernon, Va., navigation ---------------------- 372 Mouth of Sangamon River, Ill., flood control--------------------- 1413 Mud Creek, Va., navigation.-------------------------- 408 Mud Lake, Mermentau River, La., improvement 685.. 685--- Mud Mountain Dam, Wash., flood control___ - ------ _ - 1746 Mud River Reservoir, W. Va., flood control-------------------- 1202 Mulberry Creek, Va., navigation- - - - - 378- Mulock Creek, Fla., investigation_ --------------------- 567 Multnomah Channel, Oreg., navigation_ ------------- 1643 Multnomah drainage district No. 1, Multnomah County, Oreg., flood control------------------------------------ ---- 1691 Muncie, Ind., flood control___ --- ------------- 1109 Muncy, Pa., flood control___- - ---------- 292_ Murderkill River, Del., navigation_ --- --- -- 315 --- Muskegon Harbor, Mich., navigation- -------- ---- 1339 Muskingum River, Ohio: Flood-control reservoirs_ -- ----------- _ 1179, 1202 Investigation----- ------------------------------------ 1179, 1205 1163 Navigation ------------------------------------------ Mystic River, Conn., navigation___- Mystic River, Mass., navigation_-- ----- - - ------ --- 112 28 - N Nandua Creek, Va., navigation__ ----------------------- 422 Nansemond River, Va., navigation- ...--- --- - 401 Nantasket Beach Channel, Boston Harbor, Mass., im- provement_-------------------------------------- 32 Nanticoke, Pa., flood control- -- --------- 292 Nanticoke River (including Northwest Fork), Del. and Md., navigation ---------------------------------- 356 Nantucket Harbor and Sound, Mass.: Construction of harbor of refuge__ - - -- -- 60 Improvement of: Cross Rip Shoals --------------------------- 62 Pollock Rip Shoals-------------------------- 58 Napa River, Calif.: Investigation-_ _-_ - - - - - - 1584 Navigation-_ - _-- - - - - - - -- 1580 Snagging, flood control_ 1582 INDEX XLIII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Naples, Fla., to Big Marco Pass, Fla., channel improve- ment_ ---- 562 Narragaugas River, Maine, navigation_ . 45 Narrows of Lake Champlain, N. Y. and Vt., navigation. __ 211 Narrows Reservoir, Ark., flood control 724 Nashua, Merrimack River Basin, N. H., flood control -__ 49 Nashville, Tenn., engineering district_____--- 1062 Natalbany River, La., navigation_ 696 Natchitoches Parish, La., flood control_- Natrona, Pa., flood control------ -. 732 1250 Navigable waters. See Bridges; Wrecks; and Regula- tions. Navigation, Congresses of, Permanent International Association------------- 1889 Navigation, surveys for 1759 Neabsco Creek, Va., navigation 378 Neah Bay, Wash., navigation_ 1723 Neale Sound, Md., navigation___ 378 Near Dardanelle, Arkansas River, Ark., flood controL 878 Near Fort Gibson, in Muskogee County, Okla., flood control ---------- - - --- 902 I Necanicum River, Oreg., investigation----------------- ------11685 Neches River, Tex.: Improvement of Sabine-Neches Canal- 765 Investigation_--- ---- 838 Neebish Channels, St. Marys River, Mich., improvement. 1415 Nehalem Bay and River, Oreg., navigation- 1684 Neodesha Reservoir, Kans., flood control_ 898 Neosho Falls, Kans, flood control-------- 902 Neosho Rapids, Lyon County, Kans., flood control Neosho River, Kans., investigation -- 902 903 Neponset River, Mass., navigation_ 46 Neuse River, N. C., navigation_ 450 New Albany, Ind., flood control-- 1133, 1137 Newark Bay, N. J.: Investigation_- 246 Navigation ..----- 215 Newark, Ohio flood control__ 1197,1202 New Bedford Iarbor, Mass., navigation 65 Newbegun Creek, N. C.. navigation__ 450 New Boston, Ohio, flood control----- 1149, 1158 New Brunswick Harbor, N. J., navigation 229 New Buffalo Harbor, Mich., navigation_ - L - - - _ 1393 Newburyport Harbor, Mass., navigation_ 46 New Castle, Del., ice harbor at---------- 333 New Cumberland, W. Va.; flood control_ 1250 New Harbor, Maine, navigation_ 45 New Haven, Conn., breakwaters----------- 94 New Haven Harbor, Conn. navigation----- 91 New Jersey and New York Channels, improvement___ 219 New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, navigation .... 238 New Jersey-Staten Island Channels, N. Y. and N. J., im- provement- 174 New Kensington, Pa., flood control_ 1250 New London Harbor, Conn., navigation--- 82 ------- 8-- New Martinsville, W. Va., flood control--------------- 1202 New Orleans, La.: Engineering district.- .. - -. 640 Improvement of Intracostal Waterway to Sabine River, La. and Tex_ 641 Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway to Mobile Bay, Ala_ -- 569 XLIV INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 New Orleans, La.-Continued. Improvement of Mississippi River to Baton Rouge, La._ -------- ----------------------------- 657 Newport, Ark., flood control ------------------------- 878 Newport Bay Harbor, Calif.: Investigation_ 1534 Navigation-- 1534 Newport Harbor, R. I., navigation-------------------- 70 Newport, Ky., flood control- 1154, 1158 Newport News Creek, Va., investigation--------------- 423 Newport News, Va., improvement of channels to 392 Newport River, N. C., improvement of waterway be- tween Beaufort and New River___ - ----- - -436 New Richmond, Ohio, flood control.-- 1158 New River, N. C., improvement of waterway to Swans- boro and Beaufort --------------------------------- 436 New River, Va. and W. Va., flood control_ 1184, 1202 New Rochelle Harbor, N. Y., navigation -------------- 244 Newton Creek, N. Y., investigation 292 Newtown Creek, N. Y., navigation_------ --- 187 New York and New Jersey Channels, navigation 219 New York Bay and Harbor, N. Y.: Ambrose Channel, navigation -------------------- 174 Anchorage Channel, navigation_------ --- 174 Arthur Kill, navigation -------------------------- 219 Bay Ridge Channel, navigation --------------------- 178 Bayside Channel, navigation _____ __ 174 Bronx River navigation ------------------------- 158 Buttermilk Channel, navigation_------ --- 181 Coney Island Channel, navigation-- ------- 244 Coney Island Creek, navigation------------------ 244 Craven Shoal, removal of------------------------ 174 Delaware River, waterway to, investigation ---------- 246 Drift, collection and removal_------ -- 195 East Chester Creek, navigation_------ --- 155 East River, improvement, including Coenties Reef_ 183 Flushing Bay, navigation__-- -------- 160 Gedney Channel, navigation --------------------- 174 Gowanus Creek Channel, navigation -------------- 244 Great Kills, Staten Island, navigation--------------- 225 Harlem River, navigation ------------------------ 190 Hell Gate, East River, navigation- _------ 183 Hudson River Channel, navigation_------ -- 192 Hutchinson River (East Chester Creek), navigation 155 Kill Van Kull, navigation_ ----------------------- 174 Liberty (Bedloe) Island, navigation ---------------- -174 Main Ship Channel, navigation_------ --- 174 New Jersey-Staten Island Channels --------------- 219 Newtown Creek, N. Y., navigation-__- - -_- - 187 Oil pollution, New York Harbor_____ 1895 Red Hook Channel, navigation_------ -- 178 Red Hook Flats anchorage, navigation 174 Shooters Island Channel, navigation -------------- 219 Staten Island Sound, navigation_-------- 219 Supervision, to prevent destructive or injurious deposits --- -- ---------- --------------- 1893, 1895 New York engineering district 50 1------------------------ New York State Barge Canal, N. Y.: Enlargement ----------------------------------- 207 Investigation_------------ ---- 246 New York State canals, surveys and charting of natural navigable waters 1908 INDEX XLV Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Nezpique Bayou, La., navigation_------ --- 685 Niagara Control Board _----------------------------------------- 1914 Niagara County, N. Y., beach erosion study 1515 Niagara Falls: Preservation of Falls and permits for water-power diversions------------------------- ----------------- 1914 Supervision of power companies ------------------ 1914 Niagara River, N. Y.: Black Rock Channel and Tonawanda Harbor, navi- gation--------------------------------------- ---------- 1491 Buffalo Harbor, navigation. -- - - -- - - 1485 Control and regulation of water of, and preserva- tion of the Falls_ ------------------------------ 1914 Navigation --------------------------------------------- 1497 Niagara Special Interna{ional Board_ -------- --- - 1915 Niagara St. to Stewart and Gray Road, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control ----------------------------------------- 1536 Nicaraguan Canal, survey-__----------- - _ - - 1890 Nimrod Reservoir, Ark., flood control ----------------- 867, 870__ Niobrara, Nebr., flood control__-- --------- 1021_ Nishnabotna River, Iowa, investigation --------------- 1029 Nisqually River, Wash., investigation_------------ 1757 Nissequogue River, N. Y., investigation --- ---- 246---- Nolin Reservoir, Ky., flood control----------------------------- 1133 Nolin River, Ky., navigation_-----------_ __-_____ 1094 Nomini Bay and Creek, Va., navigation-- ------- 378 Nonconnah Creek, Tenn., flood control-- ------- 755 Norfolk Harbor, Va.: General improvement, including main channel of Elizabeth River and portions of southern, eastern, and western branches _._ 385 Improvement of channels to Newport News Improvement of Scotts Creek, Va----------------- ---. 392 387 Improvement of Thimble Shoal -- -391 Improvement of waterways to Beaufort Inlet .- _- 413 Improvement of waterway to sounds of North Carolina_-------------------------------------- 410 Norfolk, Va., engineering district 384 _ Norfork Reservoir, Ark., flood control ---------- 872, 875- Normal, Ky., flood control_------------------------------------ 1158 North Adams, Hoosic River Basin, Mass., flood control-_ 247 North Alexander, Ill., flood control-_ ------- 934 Northampton, Mass., flood control 119, 147 North Andover, Merrimack River Basin, Mass., flood control ------------------------------------------ 49 North Canadian River, N. Mex., Tex., and Okla.: Flood control -------------------------------- 882, 884 ____ 898 Investigation---------------------------- ----- 903 North Canal, Tex. See Buffalo Bayou, Tex____ 824 North Carolina sounds, improvement of waterway to Norfolk, Va -------------------------------------- 410 North Concho River, Tex., flood control---------834 Northeast River, Md., navigation _--. -- -- -356 Northeast River, N. C., navigation_ - - ------ .- 450- Northern and northwestern lakes ----------------------------- 1894, 1908 North Fork, American River, Calif., construction of reservoir--------------------------------------------- 1766 North Hartland Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flood control-- -- 1118--.--- North Little Rock, Ark., flood control-... .. 864.---- XLVI INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 i - -~- i---- - - North Little Rock to Gillett, Ark. (above Plum Bayou), flood control-- 878 North Little Rock to Gillett, Ark. (below Plum Bayou), flood control- 758 North New River Canal, Fla., investigation- 567 North Plymouth Harbor, Mass., navigation- 46 North Portland Harbor, Oreg., improvement- 1684 North Springfield Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flood control_ _ 118 Norwalk Harbor, Conn., navigation- 104 Norwich, Conn., channel improvement, flood control -. 116 Norwich Harbor, Conn., improvement of Thames River_ 84 Novato Creek, Calif., investigation--_-- --.- 1584 Noxubee River, Ala. and Miss.: Investigation .. 640 Navigation_. ._ 631 Noyo River, Calif., navigation 1575 Nueces River, Tex., investigation_ . 838 No. 2, Barren Reservoir, Ky., flood control 1133 1133 No. 2, Green Reservoir, Ky., flood control_ O Oak Bay to Port Townsend Bay, Wash., waterway im- provement_ 1744 Oak Creek, Md., improvement of channel to Plain Deal- ing Creek__ 356 Oakford, Ill., flood control_ 1413 Oakland Harbor, Calif., navigation_ 1563 Obed River, Tenn., investigation_ 1093 Obey River, Tenn., navigation_- 1077 Obion River, Tenn.: Navigation-- 1077 Snagging, flood control_ 761 Occohannock Creek, Va.: Investigation .. 423 Navigation .. 407 Occoquan Creek, Va., navigation 373 Ocean City Harbor and Inlet, Md.; navigation .... 351 Ochlockonee River, Ga. and Fla., navigation_ 631 Ocmulgee River, Ga., navigation -- 496 Oconee River, Ga., navigation _.......... 496 Oconto Harbor, Wis.: Investigation_ 1359 Navigation -- 1284 Ogdensburg Harbor, N. Y.: Investigation_ 1515 Navigation. 1510 Ogeechee River, Ga., investigation_ 509- ---- Ohio River: Flood control in basin: Cincinnati district_---------- - - - - - - - - - - 1157 Huntington district----------- - - - - - - - - - - 1201 Louisville district_---------- ---------- 1132 Nashville district_ ---------- 1088 Pittsburgh district_ ---------- 1249 General improvement (open-channel work) ---------- 1057 1078, 1103 1138, 1145 Investigation--- ----- ------------------------------- 1162, 1179 1223 Locks and dams, construction--------------------_------- 1049 INDEX XLVII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Okeechobee Lake drainage areas: Improvement------------------------------ 537 Investigation___-----_---------------- 564 Oklawaha River, Fla., navigation_-------- 519 Olcott Harbor, N. Y., improvement-- Oldmans Creek, N. J., navigation-.- 333 Old River, Calif., navigation. i49 Old River, Fla. and Ala., improvement of intracoastal waterway, via------------------------------- 568 Old River (present mouth of Red River), La., removing snags and wrecks - -- __--717, 752 Old Town Creek, Miss., navigation... 631 Olympia Harbor, Wash., navigation___ 1727 Omaha, Nebr., engineering district 1009 Onancock River, Va., navigation.-._- 422 Onondaga Creek, N. Y., flood control .-- 252 Onset Bay, Cape Cod Canal, Mass., improvement .-. 40 Ontario Lake: Improvement of St. Lawrence River to Ogdensburg, N .Y - - - - - - -- 1514 Surveys, charts, etc. ___ 1910 Water levels... - ....- 1910 Ontonagon Harbor, Mich., navigation__ 1262 Oologah Reservoir, Okla.: Flood control... .__. 898 Investigation. __ .. 903 Oostenaula River, Ga., navigation.. 631 Optima Reservoir, Okla., flood control__ 902 Orange Creek, Fla., snagging, flood control___ 565 Orange River, Fla., navigation...- 562 Oregon Slough, Oreg., navigation._ 1684 Osage River, Kans. and Mo.: Investigation___ 1009 Navigation... -. - - 990 Osceola Reservoir, Mo., flood control- Oswego Canal, N. Y., enlargement_ - - 1003 208 Oswego Harbor and River, N. Y., navigation- 1506 Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood control.-. 252 Otter Creek, N. C., investigation. _ 451, 453 Otter Creek, Vt.: Investigation __ 246, 251 Navigation... 244 Otter River, Mich., investigation._. -_. . 1278 Ouachita River and river system, Arkansas and Louisi- ana: Investigations. _ __ .__ ... 722, 742 Navigation.. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - 712 Outstanding investigations for navigation, flood control, power, and irrigation.......................- 1759 Owasco Inlet, N. Y., investigation........ ... 292 Owasco Lake, Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood controL. 254 Owensboro, Ky., flood control ........... ........... 1133 Owens Creek, Calif., investigation_-_--- --- _ 1612 Owensmouth Ave. to Lankershim Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif., flood control__. _ _ _ .. . . . .. ._ 45 1536 Owls Head Harbor, Maine, navigation......_. Oxford, N. Y., flood control_. 264 Oyster Bay, Ala., improvement of intracoastal waterway via------------------ ---------------------- 568 Oyster Creek, Tex., navigation____ 822 Oyster Creek Channel, N. J., navigation___. 330 Ozan Creek, Ark., flood control_.--------------- 724 XLVIII IN DEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 P Pacoima Wash Channel, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control----------- 1536 Paducah, Ky., flood control----------------------------------1125, 1133 Pagan River, Va., improvement_ - --------- 422 Pahokee, Fla., investigation___----------------------- 564 Paint Creek Reservoir, Ohio, flood control------------ - - 1158 Painted Post, N. Y., flood control__ --- ----- 267 Paint Rock River, Ala., investigation__ ------------------ 1093 Pajaro River, Calif., investigation -------------------- 1584 Palm Beach, Fla., navigation___----------------- 531, 562 - Palouse River, Idaho, investigation---------------------- 1713 Pamlico River, N. C., navigation --------------------- 427 Pamlico Sound, N. C.: Improvement of waterway to Beaufort Harbor ... 433 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort Inlet ...... 413 Improvement of waterway to Norfolk, Va---....... 410 Investigation ------------------------------ 451 Pamunkey River, Va.: Investigation------ ------------ 423, 424_ Navigation------------------ -- -------------- 422 Panther Creek, Ill., flood control_ --- - ---------- 1413 Paonia, Colo., investigation-------------------- ------- 1521 Parish Creek, Md., navigation___---------------------- 356 Parkersburg, W. Va., flood control_-------------------- 1200, 1202 Park River, N. Dak., investigation--------------------- 983 Parnassus, Pa., flood control----------------------------------- 1250 Pascagoula Harbor and River, Miss.: Improvement of harbor_-------- --- 620 Improvement of river ------------------------------ 631 Investigation --------------------------------- 633, 639 Pasquotank River, N. C., waterway from Norfolk to Sounds of North Carolina: Investigation ----------------------------------- 423 Navigation ---------------------------------- 410 Passaic River, N. J.: Investigation --------------------------------- 251 Navigation ------------------------------------ 215 Passamaquoddy tidal-power project, Maine------------ 45 Pass Cavallo, Tex.: Channel to Aransas Pass, Tex__-- ------ 772 Channel to Port Lavaca, navigation---------------- 808 Investigation ----------------- .. ------------- 823 Pass Manchac, La., navigation -- ------- -------- 696 Patapsco River, Md., Baltimore Harbor and Channels, navigation-------------------------- ---------- 338 Patoka River, Ind., investigation_--- ------------ 1138 Patriot, Ind., flood control.------------- ----- 1158 Patuxent River, Md., navigation ---------------------- 378----- Pawcatuck River, R. I. and Conn., navigation 80---------- Pawtucket (Seekonk) River, R. I., navigation_ --- -- 74----- Pawtuxet River Basin, flood control_- ------- 113, 114 Payette River, Idaho, investigation--- ----------- 1713, 1714 Paynes Creek, Calif., investigation--- ---------- _---1612 Peace Creek, Fla., navigation_------- --- 546------- Peach Orchard Bluff, Ark., improvement of White River 746, 856 ...- . Pearl River, Miss. and La.: Flood control_------------------------------ 639 Investigation- 633, 640 East Pearl River, navigation 631 West Pearl River, navigation_ 6628 ........-- INDEX XLIX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Pease River, Tex., investigation_. 846 Pecan Bayou, Tex., flood control------------------- 833 Pecan Island to White Lake, La., waterway 696 Pecatonica River, Ill., flood control_ . 963 Peconic River, N. Y., navigation-- 165 Pecos River, Tex. and N. Mex., investigation 855 Peedee, Great, River, S. C.: Investigation 483 Navigation 459 Peekskill Harbor, N. Y., navigation 197 Pekin and La Marsh drainage and levee district, Ill., flood control-------------------------------- 1413 Pelton Bayou, La., navigation 671 Pembina River, N. Dak., investigation_ 983 Pendleton, Umatilla River, Oreg., flood control_ ______ 1712 Peninsula drainage district No. 1, Multnomah County, Oreg., flood control----------------------------- 1712 Peninsula drainage district No. 2, Multnomah County, Oreg., flood control--------------------------- 1713 Penny Slough, Rock River, Ill., flood control ..... 963 Penobscot River, Maine, navigation- 45 Pensacola Bay and Harbor, Fla.: Improvement of harbor 592 Improvement of Intracoastal Waterway from bay to Mobile Bay, Ala 569 Improvement of waterway to Choctawhatchee Bay, Fla _ 569 Investigation -- 632, 633 Pensacola Reservoir, Okla., flood control 902 Pensaukee Harbor, Wis., navigation_- ------ 1286 Pentwater Harbor, Mich., navigation_- ----- 1343 Pepperells Cove, Maine, navigation_ 46 Pequest River, N. J., investigation 337 Pere Marquette Lake, Ludington Harbor, Mich., im- provement---- -------------------------------- 1345 Permanent International Association of Congresses of Navigation ----------------------------------- 1889 Permits (miscellaneous civil works)--------- 1893 Perquimans River, N. C., navigation 450 Perry County, Mo., flood control---------- 918 Peru levees, Ind., flood control---------------------- 1137 Petaluma Creek, Calif.: ' Investigation ------------------------------- - 1584 Navigation-------------------------------- 1572 Petersburg, Va., improvement of Appomattox River .. 399 Petit Anse Bayou, La.: Investigation----- -------------------------- 698 Navigation- ---------------------------- 683 Petoskey Harbor, Mich.: Investigation------------------------------ -- - - - 1360 Navigation_-------------------------------- ------- 1358 Philadelphia, Pa., engineering district- 293 Phoebus, Va., improvement of channel to Hampton Roads - ------ 422 Picket Wire River, Colo., investigation- 855 ---- Piedmont Reservoir, Ohio, flood control------------- - -- 1181 Pierre Bayou, La.: Flood control_... ._ 728 Investigation .... _ __ 743 -- - - - - - - - Navigation..- . - 721 Pierre Bayou, Miss., navigation _ 696 L INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Pigeon (Little) and French Broad Rivers, Tenn., im- provement ---------------------------------- ---------- 1077 Pigeon Bayous, La., improvement_ - --------- 696--- Pilot Rock, Birch Creek, Oreg., flood control__ - - --------- 1713 Pine Bluff, Ark., improvement of Arkansas River at 744, 864 Pine River Reservoir, Minn___ -- -------- 964 Pine River, St. Clair City, Mich., navigation 449 1--------------------- Pineville, Ky., flood control_ ------------ ----- 1092 Pineville, Red River, La., flood control _ -- ---- -734_ _ Pirates Cove Channel, Fla., investigation -------------- 564 --- Pittsburgh Harbor, Pa., navigation 222 1---------------------- Pittsburgh, Pa., engineering district__ - ------------ 1206 Pittsburgh, Pa., flood control__ --- -------------- 1250 Plain Dealing Creek, Md., improvement of channel to Oak Creek ---------------------------------------- 356 - - Plaquemine Bayou, La., improvement of Intracoastal Waterway, via_---------------------------------- 642 Plaquemine Brule Bayou, La., navigation -------------- 696- Plaquemine Lock, La., improvement------------- 644 Platte River, Colo., Nebr., and Wyo., investigation 1048 Platte River near Schuyler, Nebr., flood control ........ -1023 Plattsburg Harbor, N. Y., navigation-_ - - - - 244 Playa del Rey Inlet Harbor and Basin, Venice, Calif., investigation ----------------------------------------------- 1534 Pleasant Hill Reservoir, Ohio, flood control- -- --------- 1181 Pleasant River, Maine, navigation -------------------- _ 45 Plum Island Basin, Newburyport Harbor, Mass . 46.. 46- Plymouth Harbor, Mass., navigation_ ------------------ 46 Plymouth, Pa., flood control.------------------------- R.. 288 _ Poca Reservoir, W. Va., flood control 1202 Pocomoke River, Md., navigation_ - -------- 356 __ Poe Reef Shoal, Straits of Mackinac, Mich., improve- ment ------------------------------------ _ ---- 1449 Point Judith Pond, R. I., navigation_ - --- --- 112.- Point Judith, R. I., harbor of refuge, navigation 575 --- Point Lookout Harbor, Mich., investigation___ --------- 1450 Point Pleasant, W. Va., flood control___ - - ----- -- --- 1202 Point Remove Creek, Ark., investigation --------------- 880.. 964 _ . Pokegama Reservoir, Minn_ - ---------------- Polecat Creek, Okla., investigation_ ___.-- --- --- 903.. Pollock Rip Channel, Mass., navigation_ --------------- 58 --- Pollution of navigable waters, New York Harbor------------------ 1895 Polson Bay, Flathead Lake, Mont., navigation_ ------ - -- 1744 Pomeroy, Ohio, flood control_---- _- --------- _ ___- ----- 1202 Pomme de Terre Reservoir, Mo., flood control--......... 1003- Ponce de Leon Inlet, Fla., investigation--------------- 564---------- Ponchatoula River, La_- ------ ---- ---- 696 Pontchartrain Lake, La.: Investigation_------- --- - - - 706 ..---------- Navigation 641 Pontiac Diversion, Pawtuxet River Basin, R. I., flood control ------------------------------ ---- 114 Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Knobel, Ark., flood control-.......- 878----- Poquonock River, Conn., navigation_ ---- - - -99---------- Portage Bayou, La., navigation ...... 679 . Portage Lake harbor of refuge, Mich., navigation--- _ ------ 1350 Portage River, Ohio, navigation . - -..1446 - - - -- -- Port Aransas, Tex., navigation_- ----------- 810.. Port Arthur Canal, Tex., navigation -- 691, 765- Port Bolivar, Tex., improvement of channel to ......... .790- tort Chester Harbor, N. Y., navigation_ 151---------- INDEX LI Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Port Clinton Harbor, Ohio, navigation_--------- --- 1446 Port Everglades, Fla.: Investigation -------------------------------- 564- Navigation ------------------------------------- 562- Port Gamble Harbor, Wash., improvement----- -- 1744 Port Henry Harbor, N. Y., navigation_ ---- -- 244-------- Port Huron, Mich., improvement of Black River at --------------- 1436 Port Jefferson Harbor, N. Y., navigation -------------- 244 Portland and Louisville Canal, Ky., enlargement ----------------- 1050 Portland Harbor, Maine: Investigation ---------------------------- --- 48 Navigation--------------------------------- 25 Portland Harbor, N Y., navigation------------------------------ 1514 Portland, Oreg., engineering district----------------------------- 1613 Port Lavaca, Tex., channel to Pass Cavallo, navigation_ 808- Port Ontario Harbor, N. Y., navigation_ ------------ 1514 Port Orchard Bay, Wash., navigation_--------- --- 1744 Port Orford, Oreg., investigation --------------------- --- 1685 Portsmouth Harbor, N. H., navigation-- ------ 46- Portsmouth Harbor, Va., channel to Nansemond Ord- nance Depot, navigation_ -403. Portsmouth, Ohio, flood control_ ------------------------------ 1149, 1152 Port Townsend Bay to Oak Bay, Wash., waterway im- provement ------------------------------------------------- 1744 Port Washington Harbor, Wis., navigation___---------- 1315 Port Wing Harbor, Wis., navigation 1259 Possum Bayou, La., navigation--_------- -- 642 .. Poteau River, Ark. and Okla., investigation- --- 903_ Poteau River, Okla., flood control --------------------- 898 Potomac River: Flood control_ --------------------------------- 379 Improvement at Alexandria, Va_ - - -- 368 Improvement at Lower Cedar Point, Md 378 Improvement at Mount Vernon, Va_ 372 Improvement at Washington, D. C 362- Improvement below Washington, D. C------------ 370 Investigation 384 North side of Washington Channel, D. C 365------ Potowomut River, R. I., navigation 112 Powder River, Oreg., investigation__--- ----------- 1714 Powder River, Wyo., investigation__- ------- 1029---------- Power Companies at Niagara Falls, N. Y., supervision of_ --- -- 1914 Power, surveys for------- ---------------------------------- 1759 Power, water. See Water power. Prado Dam, Calif., flood control_ ___-------------------------------- 1548 Prairie Portage Board of Control------ --- ----------------- - 1917 Prattville, Autauga Creek, Ala., flood control- --- Prescott Area, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control-------------- 635 - .- 1712 Presque Isle Harbor,. Marquette, Mich., navigation_------ -- 1268 Presque Isle Peninsula, Erie, Pa., improvement- --------------- 1479 Preston drainage and levee district, Illinois, flood control- 916 . Prestonville, Ky., flood control----------------------- ------- 1158 Presumpscot River, Maine, investigation ----------------- -48 . Private structures and operations in navigable waters, permits for (miscellaneous civil works).--_ ----- _--- --- 1893 Proctor, Otter Creek, Vt., flood control ------------------- _ 251 Proctorville, Ohio, flood control -------------------------------- 1202 Providence Harbor and River, R. I.: Improvement_ ---------------------------------- 71 Improvement of Pawtucket (Seekonk) River 74 Providence, R. I., engineering district--------- 57------...-5 YLIi Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Provincetown Harbor, Mass., navigation --- -46 Public Works program----------------------------- 12 Pudding River, Oreg:, flood cont6L .... . -. _1713 Puerto Rido: Engineering distict ---------------------------- 1758 aPugt Sound, Wash.: ;Improvement Hof, and tributaries- - -1725 Improvement of Lake Washington Canal 1733 Pultueyville Harbor, N. Y., navigation -- 1514 iPungo River, N. C., improvement of waterway from Norfolk to Beaufort Inlet, N. C___ 415 Punxsutawney, Pa., flood control -1250 Purdy Reservoir, Okla:, investigation 846 Purgatoire River, Colo., investigation 855- Purification of water supply at Washington, D. C 1901 Put in Bay Harbor, Ohio, navigation- 1449 Puyallup River, Wash., improvement of Tacoma Harbor 1728 Q Quartz Creek Reservoir, Oreg., flood control -- 1700 Queen Creek, Ariz., investigation 1559 Queenstown Harbor, Md., navigation 356 Queue de Tortue Bayou, La.: Investigation_--------------------------------- 698, 706 Navigation 696 ---- _ Quillayute River, Wash.: Investigation--------------------------- 1745 Navigation_ 1722 Quinnipiac River, New Haven, Conn., navigation_ .... 92 Quiver River, Miss., snagging, flood control ---- 739 R Raccoon Creek, N. J., navigation_------ --- 333 Racine Harbor, Wis.: Investigation --------------------------------------------- 1360 Navigation----------------------------------------------- 1321 Racine, Ohio, flood control___--- ------------- 1202 Rahway River, N. J., navigation--- --------- 244--------- Rainier drainage district, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control------------ --------------------------------- 1713 Rainy Lake Board of Control_----------- ---- 1917 Rainy River, Minn., investigation ---------------------------- 1277, 1278 Raisin River, Mich., improvement of Monroe Harbor-- ------ 1441 Rancocas Creek, N. J., flood control _- Rancocas River, N. J., navigation -------- -------------------- 335 333 Rapidan River, Va., navigation__ - -------- 375- - Rapid Creek, S. Dak., investigation_--- '----1029 Rapides Bayou, La., investigation -------------------- 698, 706 Rappahannock River, Va.: Investigation----------- ---------------------- 379, 384- - Navigation ------------------------------------ 374 Raritan Bay and River, N. J.: Improvement of channel to Arthur Kill------------ 224 Improvement of bay---------------------------- 219 Improvement of river_-------- --- 228 Investigation------------ ---------------------- 246 Red Bank Creek, Calif., flood control------------ 1607 Red Bank Reservoir, Pa., flood control- - ------- 1250 Red Hook Channel, New York Harbor, N. Y., naviga- tion_-_ ...... - - -_-178 INDEX LIII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Red Hook Flats anchorage, New York Harbor, N. Y., navigation_--------------------------------------- 174 Red Lake and Red Lake River, Minn., navigation .... 972 Red Lake River, Minn., investigation ---------------- 983 Redondo Beach Harbor, Calif., investigation- ------- 1534 Red River, La., Ark., Tex., and Okla.: Below Fulton, Ark__- _ _____- ----- _ 707 Cypress Bayou and lakes to Jefferson, Tex., im- provement --------------------------------- Fulton Ark., to' mouth of Washita River, Okla -- 710 840 }. Investigations ---------------------------------- 8$40, 846 43, Jefferson-Shreveport waterway improvement _ - . 709 Red River of the North Drainage Basin, Minn., S. Dak., and N. Dak., investigation__ -------------------------- 983 Red River of the North, Minn. and N. Dak., navigation 972 Red River Parish, La., flood control_ _ _ __ __ ___ 741 Red River, Tenn., navigation_ ___-____________ 1077 Redstone Creek. Pa., investigation---------------_---____ 1254 Redwood Creek, Calif., navigation_ ________ _ - -__ 1580 Reedy River, S. C., investigation --------------------- 484 Regulations and rules for anchorage grounds, danger zones, fishing, navigation, opening of drawbridges, and restricted areas________________________ 1893 Regulation of hydraulic mining and preparation of plans - _- - 1760 Rehoboth Bay, Del., waterway to Delaware Bay, im- provement_ __ -------------- _ ______318 Republican River, Kans., Colo., and Nebr., investigation 1009 Reservoirs, Washington Aqueduct, D. C- 1901 Rescue work and emergency repairs, flood control.... 8 Richland Reservoir, Mo., flood control ------- 1003 Richmond Harbor, Calif., navigation - ___- _ 1566 Richmond Harbor, Maine, navigation-------- -- 46 ........................ 1566. Richmond Harbor, Va., improvement of James River 394 Richmonds Island Harbor, Maine, navigation-- ----- 46 Ridgeley, W. Va., flood control-_------ -- 381 Rigolets, La., navigation_- _-- 641 Rio Grande, Colo. and N. Mex., investigation 855 Rio Hondo, Calif., flood control--- 1535 Rio Hondo Channel: Santa Fe Ry. to Whittier Nar- rows flood-control basin----------- 1536 Ripley, Ohio, flood control_ 1158 Rising Sun, Ind., flood control .. 1158 Riverdale, Connecticut River Basin, Mass., flood controL 119, 142 Riverland levee district, Missouri, flood control-- ------- 934 Rivers and harbors: Abandonment and curtailment of projects------- 1892 Advanced funds for improvement of------ ------ 15 Appropriations for operations-_ ------------------- 14 Board of engineers for.---------------------------- 20 Bridges, construction_ _ _ Bridges, regulations for opening of draws_ 1893 Contributed funds for improvement of- -14 Cost and financial summary (consolidated) .... 18 Estimate of appropriations for__ ----------- 20 Expenditures during the past year------------ 16 Harbor lines, establishment 1893 Public works program__ - ---- -12 Regulations for establishment of anchorage grounds- _ 1893 Regulations for opening of drawbridges --- - 1893 Special wartime projects________________--_ 5 1893 Structures other than bridges, permits for erection-_____ 558155-44-pt. 1, vol. 1 70 LIV INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Riverview, W. Va., flood control-_- - 1202 Roanoke River, N. C. and Va.: Investigation ... - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 424 Navigation-- -- -- = - -- --- - - - - .- 425 Rochester (Charlotte) Harbor, N. Y., navigation------- 1500 Rochester Reservoir, Iowa, flood control_ - 962 Rock Creek, Fla., investigation-------- 567 Rock Creek, Mont., investigation_--- 1043 Rockhall Harbor, Md., navigation_.- 356 Rockhold Creek, Md., navigation_ 356 Rock Island, Ill., engineering district__- 949 Rockland Harbor, Maine, navigation--- 45 Rockport Harbor, Maine, navigation-- 45 Rockport Harbor, Mass., navigation 46 Rockport, Ind., flood control_ 1133 Rock River, Ill. and Wis.: Flood control -- --- 963 Investigation----- 963 Rocky Ford drainage and levee district, Ill., flood con- trol ---------------------------- 1413 Rocky Fork Reservoir, Ohio, flood control 1158 Rocky River, N. C., investigation_ _ _-- 484 Rocky River Harbor, Ohio, navigation 1463 Rogers City Harbor, Mich., navigation_ 1449 Rogue River, Oreg., investigation_----- 1714 Rollinson Channel, N. C., navigation-- 450 Rome, Ga., flood control__ 639 Rondeway Bayou, La., navigation_- 721 Rondout Harbor, N. Y., navigation_- 199 Root River, Minn., investigation 983 Root River, Wis., improvement of Racine Harbor_ 1321 Roseau River, Minn., investigation----------- 983 Roseville, Ohio, flood control .. 1202 Rossview Reservoir, Tenn. and Ky., flood control__ 1089 Rossville, Ga., flood control__ 1089 Rouge River, Mich., navigation_ 1438 Rough Reservoir, Ky., flood control--__ 1133 Rough River, Ky.: Investigation_--- - - - - - - -- - - - -- 1138 Navigation- - - - - - -- - -- - - - - -- 1099 Round Island, Mich., to Mackinac Island, Mich., channel improvement_ 1449 Rouses Point, Lake Champlain, N. Y., navigation _ 244 Rowlesburg Reservoir, Cheat River, W. Va., flood control- 1251 Royal River, Maine, navigation____ ---- 46 Rubio Canyon diversion, Los Angeles, Calif., flood con- trol .- -_ 1536 Rules and regulations. See Regulations and rules. Russell and Allison levee unit, Ill., flood control 1133 Russell, Ky., flood control_ _ 1158 Russian River, Calif., investigation- 1584 Ruth Canal (diversion canal), La- 702 Rutland, Otter Creek, Vt., flood control 246 S Sabine-Neches Waterway, Tex.: Investigation. 823 Navigation -- 691, 765 Sabine River, La. and Tex.: Improvement of intracoastal waterway to Corpus Christi, Tex_---------- - 772 INDEX LV Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Sabine River, La. and Tex.-Continued. Improvement of intracoastal waterway to New Orleans, La -------------------------------- 641 Improvement of Sabine-Neches Canal-- ------ 765- Improvement of Sabine Pass Harbor --------- 765 Investigation ---------------------------------- 838- Sackets Harbor, N. Y.: Investigation ----------------------------------------- 1515 Navigation ---------------------------------------------- 1514 Saco, Mont., flood control --------------------------- 1043- Saco River, Maine, navigation_-- -------- 46 Sacramento, Calif., engineering district_--------- --- 1584 Sacramento River, Calif.: Debris control----------------___ 5 1766 Flood control_--- ------------ 9 1768 Hydraulic mining --------------------------------------- 1760 Investigation_--- _--------------- 1607,1612, 1613 Navigation -------------------------------------------- 1592 Removal of debris by California Debris Commission----------- 1766 Reservoirs ----------------------------------------------- 1766 Snagging, flood control_-- ---------------- 1608 Sag Harbor, N. Y., navigation_------- --- 244 Saginaw Bay and River, Mich.: Investigation --------------------------------------------- 1453 Navigation--_ _------------------------------------------ 1434 St. Albans Harbor, Lake Champlain, Vt., navigation -- 244 St. Andrews Bay, Fla.: Improvement of channel to Apalachicola River 568 Navigation - - - 588 St. Anthony Falls, Minn., improvement of Mississippi River from Missouri River to Minneapolis----------- 936 St. Augustine Harbor and Inlet, Fla.: Investigation ----------------------------------- 564 Navigation ------------------------------------- 527 St. Clair Flats Canal, Lake, and River, Mich.: Improvement of channels in Lake St. Clair_ 1427 Improvement of St. Clair River ----------------------------- 1424 St. Croix River, Maine, navigation__ - ------ 45 St. Croix River, Maine and New Brunswick, operations of International Board of Control___- - ----------- 1913 St. Croix River, Wis. and Minn., navigation ----------- 967 St. Denis Bayou, La., improvement_------ -- 667 St. Francis River, Ark., navigation---..---. -- 748 St. Francis River, Mo., construction of Wappapello Dam_ 1846 St. George Sound, Fla., navigation_------ -- 575 St. Ignace Harbor, Mich., investigation_ ---- -------- 1450 St. Jeromes Creek, Md., navigation_------ -- 378 St. Johns River, Fla.: Improvement between Jacksonville and Palatka... 562 Improvement between Palatka and Lake Harney 562 Improvement, Jacksonville to the ocean----------- 513 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort, S. C ------- 492, 510 _ Jacksonville, Fla., to Miami, Fla., waterway, im- provement .-----------------------------------. 522 Investigations--. _-----------------564, 567 St. Jones River, Del., navigation_ --------------------- 333 St. Joseph Harbor and River, Mich.: Improvement of harbor- - - - - - 1326 Improvement of river-- 1327, 1358 St. Josephs Bay, Fla., improvement of entrance ........ -586 LVI INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 St. Lawrence River: Board of control to control the operation of the St. Lawrence River Power Co., near Massena, N. Y------------ 1916 Improvement between Ogdensburg, N. Y., and Lake Ontario- --- - ------ ------- --- 1514 Ogdensburg Harbor, N. Y ---------------------------------- 1510 Preliminary investigations_- - ---- ---- 240 St. Louis County, Mo., flood control 934 St. Louis, Mo., engineering district-------------------- 904 St. Lucie Canal, Inlet, and River, Fla.: Improvement of canal and river_- - --- --- 537 Improvement of inlet ---------------------------- 562 Investigation_--------------------------------- 565, 567 - St. Malo Bayou, La., navigation___ - ----- 660 St. Maries, Idaho, flood control__ - -- - - - - - - 1757 St. Marks River, Fla.: Improvement of waterway to Apalachicola Bay, Fla ---------------------------------------- 569 - - Investigation_----------------------------------- -633- Navigation_ ------------------------------------ 573- St. Marys River and St. Marys Falls Canal, Mich., chan- nels and waters connecting the Great Lakes, navi- -------------------------------------------- gation__ ----- 1414 St. Marys River, Ga. and Fla.: Investigation --------------------------------- 508, 509 ___ Navigation ------------------------------------ 503- St. Marys, W. Va., flood control_ --- --------- --- 1202 St. Paul, Minn., engineering district- - -------- 964 St. Petersburg Harbor, Fla., navigation---------- ........ 553 St. Regis River, Mont., investigation------------------ 1757 Ste. Genevieve, Mo., flood control_- - - --- --- 934 Sakonnet Harbor and River, R. I.: Improvement of river_- --- ----- --- 112 Improvement of harbor__ .... --------- 112 Salem Harbor, Mass., navigation_---- --- -- 46 Salem River, N. J., navigation_ - - -- - - -- 324 Salinas River, Calif., investigation_ ------ ---- --- 1584 Saline Point, La., flood control------------------------ 736 Saline River, Ark.: Investigation---------- ---------------------- 743 Navigation-------------------' 721 -..- Salkahatchie River, S. C., navigation------------------ 482 Salmon Creek, Alaska, investigation_ ---------- ---- 1757 Salmon River, Alaska, flood control_ - - -------- --- 1752 Salmon River, Idaho, investigation_---------------------------- 1685, 1714 Salt Creek, Fla. See St. Petersburg Harbor. Salt Creek, Ill., flood control _____...............1413 Salt Creek of Arkansas River, Okla., investigation - - 903- Salt Fork of Arkansas River, flood control. 902 - Salt Fork of Red River, Okla., investigation ----------- 846 Salt Lake City, Utah, engineering district_ - - ---- -_ 1518 Salt River, Ky., investigation_---------------------------------- 1138 Salt River, Mo., investigation_ _______ - - - - - -- 963 Salyersville, Ky., flood control_---------------------------------- Samammish River, Wash., investigation_- Sampit River, S. C., improvement of Georgetown Harbor- __ - ----- ----- 454- 1156 1757 San Angelo Reservoir, Tex., flood control_ - -- -- 834- San Angelo, Tex., flood control_- -- ----- --- 834- San Antonio and Chino Creeks, Calif., channel improve- ment, flood control-_ _- - - - - - - - - - - 1548 San Antonio Dam, Calif., flood control- -_ -_-_- 1548, 1553 INDEX LVII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 San Antonio River, Tex., investigation-- ----- 823, 838- San Bernard River, Tex., improvement of waterway to Corpus Christi_------------------------------------ 772 San Diego County, Calif.: Streams flowing into Pacific Ocean, investigation- ------ 1559 Streams flowing into Salton Sea, investigation_------ -- 1559 San Diego Harbor and River, Calif.: Improvement of harbor --------------------------------- 1522, 1559 Investigation- -------------------------------------------- 1534 Sandusky Harbor and River, Ohio: Investigation--------------- ------------------------------- 1518 _ Navigation--------------- ---- - 1453, 1514 Sandy Bay, Cape Ann, Mass., navigation. 46 Sandy drainage district, Multnomah County, Oreg., flood control---- ----------- -- -- _ 1712 Sandy Hook Bay, N. J., navigation------------------- 233 Sandy Lake Reservoir, Minn_-------- --- 964 San Francisco Bay and Harbor, Calif.: Improvement of harbor ------------------------------------ 1560 Improvement of lower bay_----------- ---- 1580 Improvement of Oakland Harbor --------------------------- 1563 San Francisco, Calif., engineering district-_------- --- 1560 San Francisquito Creek, Calif., investigation-- ------- 1584 San Gabriel River, Calif.: Flood control -------------------------------------------- 1535 Investigation--------------------------------------------- 1559 San Gabriel River channel: San Gabriel Canyon to Santa Fe flood-control basin---_-- -- 1536 Santa Fe flood-control basin to Walnut Creek 1536 Walnut Creek to Pacific Ocean----------------------------- 1536 Sangamon River and Salt Creek, Ill., flood control -------------------- 1413' Sangamon River Basin, Ill., flood control------------------ ----- 1413 Sangamon River from mouth of Salt Creek to Roby, Ill., flood control ----------------------------------------------- 1413 Sangamon River, Ill., investigation_---------- ---- 1414 San Jacinto River, C~alif., investigation_-- ---------- 1559 San Jacinto River, Tex.: Improvement of waterway via_------ -- 792 Investigation-- ___ San Joaquin River, Calif.: -------------- 838 - Hydraulic mining----- --------------- 1760 Improvement of Stockton and Mormon Channels ------------ 1589 Investigation----- --------------------------------------- 1613 Navigation--------------------------------- 1585 Work of California Debris Commission--- -- -- --- 1759 San Jose Wash, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control---.----- 1536 San Juan Dam, Santa Ana River Basin, Calif., flood con- trol- ------------ ------------------------------------ 1548, 1554 San Lorenzo Creek and River, Calif., investigation ------ 1584 San Luis Obispo Harbor, Calif., navigation--- --------- 1534 San Luis Rey River, Calif., investigation - -- ------------- -1559 San Pablo Bay, Calif., navigation_ -- -- -- -- 1569 San Rafael Creek, Calif., navigation -------------------- 1580 Santa Ana branch Pacific Electric Ry. bridge to Pacific Ocean, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control- 1536 Santa Ana River, Calif.: Flood control----------------- ---------------------------- 1547 S Investigation --------------------------------------------- 1559 Santa Anita Wash, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control-------------- 1536 Santa Barbara Harbor, Calif., navigation- --- 1531 Santa Clara River, Calif., investigation__--------------- -- 1559 LVIII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Santa Cruz River, Ariz., investigation_---_---- 1559 Santa Fe flood control basin, Los Angeles, Calif 1536 Santa Isabel Creek, Tex., investigation ------ 838 Santa Margarita River, Calif., investigation-- 1559 Santa Maria River, Calif., investigation----- 1559 Santa Monica Mountains, streams draining, investiga- tion _ - -- - - - -- 1559 Santa Rosa Sound, Fla., improvement of waterway to Pensacola Bay------ -----. Santa Ynez River, Calif., investigation--- Santee River, S. C.: -- 568 I------- 1559 Investigation--------------------------------- 483 Navigation--------------------------------- 464 Santiam River, Oreg., flood control------ _ 1712 Sapelo Harbor, Ga., navigation___ _ _-__ 507 Sappa Creek, Kans. and Nebr., investigation- 1009 Sarasota Bay, Fla., navigation____-_- __ __ 562 Sardis Reservoir, Miss., flood control--- 1849 Sasanoa River, Maine, navigation_- _ 46 Satilla River, Ga., navigation_------------ 501 Saugatuck Harbor, Mich., navigation-- 1332 Saugatuck River, Conn. navigation---- 112 Saugerties Harbor, N. Y., navigation___-. 244 Sauvie Island (areas A and B), Multnomah County, Oreg., flood control__ _- _ _ _ 1692 Savannah Ga., engineering district- - - 484 Savannah Harbor and River, Ga.: Improvement of harbor.- ---- _ 485 Improvement of river above Augusta----- 507 Improvement of river at Augusta_____- __- 507 Improvement of river below Augusta_ -- 489 Improvement of waterway to Beaufort, S. C_ .. 492 Improvement of waterway to Fernandina, Fla-- - 492 Investigation_ - - --- 508, 509 Saw Mill River, N. Y., investigation_____-__--__ 251 Sawpit Wash, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control- 1536 Sawtelle-Westwood (lower), Los Angeles, Calif., flood control- 1536 Sawtelle-Westwood (upper), Los Angeles, Calif., flood control,_--- 1536 Saybrook Harbor, Connecticut River, Conn., improve- ment_ -------------------------------- 86 Scappoose drainage district, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control _1713 Schedules, toll bridge___ -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . 1893 Schooner Bayou lock and dam, La., improvement of waterway to Mermentau River_ - 642,680 Schuylkill River, Pa., navigation--- 303 Scioto River, Ohio: Flood-control reservoirs_ - - 1158 Investigation___ 1145, 1162, 1518 Sciotoville, Ohio, flood control_ 1158 Scituate Harbor, Mass., navigation_ 46 Scotts Creek, Va., Norfolk Harbor, navigation 387 Scuppernong River, N. C., improvement_ 450 - - - - - - Seahorn drainage and levee district, Ill., flood control _-_ 927 Seattle Harbor, Wash., improvement of Duwamish River and east and west waterways___ 1731 Seattle, Wash., engineering district- 1714 Sebastian Inlet, Fla., investigation------- 565. INDEX LIX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Sebewaing River, Mich., navigation ----------------------------- 1449 Sebewaing, Sebewaing River, Mich., flood control ----------------- 1450 Seekonk (Pawtucket) River, R. I.: Investigation ------------------------------ 150 Navigation ------------------------------------ 74 Senecaville Reservoir, Ohio, flood control ------------------------ 1181 Sepulveda flood-control basin, Calif_- - __-- __- ----- 1536 Sevier River, Utah, investigation--------------------------------- 1521 Seymour Narrows, British Columbia, Canada, investi- ---------------------------------------------------- gation__ 1745 Shallotte River, N. C., navigation-_ ________ 450 Shallowbag Bay, N. C., navigation__- ------- 450 Sheboygan Harbor, Wis., navigation_--------- ---- 1312 Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., navigation -------------------- 244 Sheldrake River, N. Y., investigation-- -------- 251 Shem Creek, S. C., improvement of Charleston Harbor_ 469-_ Shenandoah River, W. Va., navigation_ Shenango Reservoir, Pa. and Ohio, flood control------------------ -------- 378 1250 Shetucket River, Conn., flood control ----------------- 115 - Sheyenne River, N. Dak., investigation- ._ ------ 983 Shinnecock Canal, improvement of Long Island Intra- coastal Waterway, N. Y_-- ---------- 166 Ship Island Pass, Miss., improvement of pass and chan- nel to Gulfport_------------ ---- 625 Shipyard River, S. C., navigation- _ 475 Shoal Harbor, N. J., navigation ----------------. 244 Shoals, Ind., flood control -------------------------------------- 1137 Shoals Reservoir, Ind., flood control------------------ _1133 Shooters Island Channel, N. Y. and N. J., improvement 219-- Shore Protection Board_--- -------- --- - 1888 Short Creek, Ohio, investigation_----------- ---- 1254 Short Creek, Aris. and Utah, investigation ----------------------- 1559 Shoshone River, Wyo., investigation_ -- ------ 1043 Shreveport, La., to Jefferson, Tex., improvement of waterway: Investigation ----------------------------------- 722 Navigation ------------------------------------ 709 Shrewsbury River, N. J., navigation - -235 - Sierra Madre Villa Channel, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control ----------------------------------------- ----- 1536 Silver Lake Harbor, N. C., navigation___- ----- 429--- Silvies River,. Oreg., investigation___-- ----------- 1613 Sinepuxent Bay, Md., navigation_ _----------351 Sipsey River, Ala. and Miss., investigation------------- 633, 640 Sitka Harbor, Alaska, investigation ------------------------------ 1745 Siuslaw River, Oreg.: Investigation ----------------------------------- ---------- 1685 Navigation--- --------------------------------------- 1684 Six Mile Creek, Ill., investigation-_ .__ _ ----- 963 Six Mile Cypress Slough, Fla., investigation ------------ 567 Skaggs Ferry, Black River, Ark., flood control--- ....... 878- Skagit River, Wash.: Flood control----- - ------------------- 1757 Investigation_ ---- --- ------------------- 1757, 1758 Navigation ---------------------------------- -------- 1744 Skamokawa Creek Area, Wahkiakum County, Wash., flood control ------------------------------------- --------- 1690 Skamokawa Creek, Wash., navigation_----------- _ ___ 1677 Skamokawa Slough, Wash., navigation_-----------------. - 1684 Skipanon Channel and River, Oreg., improvement of channel _ - - - - - -- 1633 LX INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Skokomish River, Wash., investigation- -- ----------- 1758 Skykomish River, Wash., investigation_-------- _ __ _ 1758 Slack-water systems. See Canals and Waterways. Slaughter Creek, Md., navigation_-------------------- 356 Smith Creek, Md., navigation_------------------------ 378 Smiths Creek and River, N. C. and Va.: Investigation ----------------------------------- 424 Navigation----------------------------------- 450 Smoky Hill River, Kans.: Flood control---_ --- -------- ----- 1000 Investigation--------------------------------- 1009 Smyrna River, Del., navigation------__--_ 314 Snagging and clearing, under authority of sec. 2, Flood Control Act approved Aug. 28, 1937, as amended: Galveston district____--- ------------- --- 836 Jacksonville district__----------------------------- 565 Little Rock district------ -------- ------ 878 Memphis district------ ----------------------- 761 Mobile district_------- _ - ----- - 637 Omaha district--- ---- --- 1028 Pittsburgh district ----------- ------ ---- 1253 Portland district--__ -- - - ------ -- 1709 Sacramento district_ ------- --- - --- _ 1608 San Francisco district_- - -- - - -- - -- - 1581 Seattle district- -- -- ------- - ------- 1757 Syracuse district-- -_- - - - - 291 Vicksburg district_- -- - ---------- 739 Wilmington district Snake River, Idaho, Oreg., Wash., and Wyo.: 451 Investigation ----------------------------------------- 1685, 1714 Navigation--- ---------------------------------------- 1670 Snohomish River, Wash.: Investigation ----------------------------------------- 1745, 1758 Navigation --------------------------------------------- 1737 Snoqualmie River, Wash., investigation- --- -- ------ 1758 Sny Island, Ill., flood control------------------------ 963 Socastee Creek, S. C., improvement of waterway via .438 Soda Lake, La., improvement of waterway via ---------- 709 Soldier River, Iowa, investigation_ --- --- --- 1029 Sonoita River, Ariz., investigation ----------------------------- 1559 South Beardstown and Valley levee and drainage dis- tricts, Illinois, flood control- ------- -- - --- -- 1411, 1413 South Beardstown drainage and levee district, Illinois, flood control ---------------------------------------------- 1394 South Bristol Harbor, Maine, navigation -------------- 46 South Canadian River, N. Mex., Okla., Tex., and Ariz.: Conchas Dam ---------------------------------- 847 Investigation ------------------------------------ 903 - South Chicago Harbor, Ill., improvement _ ___1369 South Coventry Reservoir, Conn., flood control -- 116 - Southern New York flood-control project -------------- 263 South Fork of Cumberland River, Ky., navigation-------- -- 1077 South Grand Reservoir, Mo., flood control_ - ----- 1003 South Haven Harbor, Mich., improvement-_ ------ - 1329 South Milwaukee Harbor, Wis., navigation_ ---- -_ - ----- 1358 South Pass, Mississippi River, maintenance of channel_ 649 South Platte River, Colo., emergency repairs, flood control-_ ____-__ _ _---__-_ -- _ -_ 1047 Southport Harbor, Conn., navigation_-_ 102 South Portsmouth, Ky., flood control-_ _-_---_-_-1158 --- South Quincy, Ill., flood control .....- - - 963 INDEX LXI Page Volume 1 Volume 2 South River, N. C., navigation_ 450 South River, N. J., navigation_ 244 South River, Mo., flood control_ 963 South Slough and Mill Creek, Ill., navigation 954 South Tunbridge Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flood control_ __ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ - 118 Southwest Pass, Mississippi River, improvement, includ- ing shoals between Cubits Gap and Head of Passes-_ 649 Special Wartime projects -__ 5 Spencer Reservoir, Ind., flood control 1133 Spokane River, Wash. and Idaho: Flood control------------------------------_ 1757 Investigation_------------------------------ 1758 Springdale, Connecticut River Basin, Mass., flood control- 119, 146 Springfield, Ill., flood control_-------- 1413 Springfield, Mass., flood control_ 119, 138 Spring Lake, Ill., flood control__ 1413 Spuyten Duyvil Creek, N. Y., navigation___ 190 Squalicum Creek, Bellingham Harbor, Wash., naviga- tio n _- _ - _ -_ _ - - - - - - - 1740 Stage Harbor, Mass_________ 112 Stamford Harbor, Conn., navigation_ 105 Stanislaus River, Calif., investigation 1613 Starlings Creek, Va., navigation 347 Staten Island Sound (Arthur Kill), N. Y. and N. J., navigation_ 219 Steamboat Slough, Wash., navigation- --- 1684 Steele Bayou, Miss., navigation- 721 Steer Creek, W. Va., flood control _ _ 1202 Steinhatchee River, Fla., navigation S 562 Stewart and Gray Rd. to Santa Ana branch Pacific Electric Ry. bridge, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control- 1536 Stewarts Ferry Reservoir, Tenn., flood control_ 1089 Stillaguamish River, Wash.: Flood control______________-- ------ 1757 Investigation_- _ -_- -___ 1758 Stillwater Harbor, Minn., improvement of St. Croix R iver ____- _-_ -__ 968 Stillwater Reservoir, Pa., flood control_ 281 Stockton Channel, San Joaquin River, Calif., improve- m ent _ _ __ _ _ _ ____ 1589 Stockton Harbor, Maine, navigation 45 Stonington Harbor, Conn., navigation- 112 Stony Creek, Calif., snagging, flood control_ 1608 Stringtown-Fort Chartres and Ivy Landing, Ill., flood control ------------------------------- 930 Sturgeon Bay and Lake Michigan Ship Canal, Wis.: Investigation_ 1360 Navigation 1300 Sturgeon River, Mich., investigation- 1278 Sturgis, Ky., flood control_ 1133 Styx River, Fla., navigation 579 Sucarnoochee Creek, Ala., investigation_ Sugar Creek levee unit, Indiana, flood control_ - 640 1133 Sugar Hill Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, N. H., flood control _ _ 118 Suisun Bay Channel, Calif., navigation- 1599 Suisun Channel, Calif., navigation__ 1601 Sullivan Falls Harbor, Maine, navigation- 45 Sulphur River, Tex. and Ark.: Investigation__ 772, 743 . Navigation - - - _- - - - -- 7211- LXII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Summersville Reservoir, W. Va., flood control_---- 1202 Sumpawanus (Babylon Creek) Inlet, N. Y., navigation. 244 Sunbury, Pa., flood control-------------- 290 Sunflower River (Big), Miss., improvement------ 721 Sunken craft, removal of--------------------------- 1893 Superior-Duluth Harbor, Wis., improvement 1255 Superior, Lake: Board of control--------------------- 1916 Surveys, charts, etc____ 1909 Supervision of New York Harbor, N. Y., to prevent de- structive or injurious depogits_-- -. ... 1893, 1895 Surface levels. See Water levels. Surry Mountain Reservoir, N. H., flood control...... 118, 123 Surveys: General statement regarding_.. ... 11 International boundary waters___.._.. 1913 Navigation, flood control, power, and irrigation ... 1759 Northern and northwestern lakes- Susquehanna River, Pa., Md., and N. Y.: -- - 1894, 1908 Flood control in upper river watershed---- 263 Navigation above and below Havre de Grace, Md.._ 356 Sutton Reservoir, W. Va., flood control.------- 1. .. Suwannee River, Fla. and Ga.: Investigation----------------------------------- 565, 567 Navigation ----------- --. _- 562 Swan Quarter Bay, N. C., to Deep Bay, N. C., waterway, navigation -------------------- ------ 450 Swansboro, N. C., waterway to New River and Beaufort, improvement-- -- - -- - - - - - - - 435 Swanton Harbor, Vt., navigation.. 244 Sweet Home Reservoir, Oreg., flood control- Swift Creek, N. C.: - - 1700 Investigation_--------..... 451, 453 Navigation. . - - - - - - - 450 1406 Swiger, Whitney, Young-Hoblit levee, Ill., flood control. Swinomish Slough, Wash., navigation__.. .. _ 1738 Swoyerville, Pa., flood controla. . 292 Sycamore Wash, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control-. 1536 Syracuse, Ohio, flood control------------------ 1202 Syracuse, Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood control .. 252 Syracuse, N. Y., engineering district-- 252 T Table Mound Reservoir, Kans., flood control Table Rock Reservoir, Mo., flood control---- ----- 898 . 875 Tacoma Harbor, Wash., navigation__ 1728. Tacoma, Puyallup River, Wash., flood control- 1745 Tallahatchie River, Miss., navigation__. 721 Tallapoosa River, Ala., navigation_ 631 Tampa Bay and Harbor, Fla.: Improvement of channel to Clearwater Harbor Investigation------ -- -.. 562 565 Navigation---------- - 548 Tanana River, Alaska, flood control 1754 Tangier Channel, Va., navigation__ 348 Tangipahoa River, La., navigation- 696 Tappan Reservoir, Ohio, flood control- 1181 Tar Bay, Md., navigation___ 356 1405 Tar Creek, Ill., flood control_ 1250 Tarentum, Pa., flood control INDEX LXIII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Tar River and Creek, N. C.: Flood control__ - _- -- - - 453 Investigation---- 451, 453 Navigation,- ---- 427 Snagging, flood control Tarrytown 452 Harbor, N. Y., navigation 244 Taunton River, Mass.: Investigation-_----- 113 Navigation-------------- 68, 112 Taylor Creek, Fla., navigation 537 Taylors Creek, N. C., navigation_ 433 Tchula Lake, Miss., navigation__ 721 Teche Bayou, La.: Flood control------------ 702 Navigation 673 Navigation, waterway to Mississippi River 678 Tell City, Ind., flood control 45 1118, 1133 Tenants Harbor, Maine, navigation__ Tenasillahe Island, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control 1712 Tenkiller Ferry Reservoir, Okla.: Flood control 898 Investigation------------------ 903 Ten Mile Creek, Ill., investigation 1414 Tennessee River, Tenn., Ala., and Ky.: Investigation- ----------------------------- 633 1078 Navigation 1070 Tensas Bayou, La., snagging, flood control__ 739 Tensas River, La.: Investigation------------------------------ 743 Navigation-- 721 Terrebonne Bayou, La., navigation_ 678, 696 Terre Haute, Ind., flood control at_ 1137 Terre Noire Creek, Ark., flood control_ 724 Terry Creek, Ga., improvement_-- 498 Tete Bois Bayou, La., navigation_- 642 Texas City Harbor, Tex., improvement of channel to Galveston -.- 787 Texas, State of, removal of water hyacinths from waters of_ -- - - - - - 602 Thames River Basin, Conn., R. I., and Mass., flood con- S trol- -- Thames River, Conn., navigation_ - -- 115 84 Thimble Shoal, Chesapeake Bay, Va., navigation ... 391 Thompson Creek, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control -.... 1536 Thompson Lake, Ill., flood control-............-...... 1399 Thoroughfare Bay with Cedar Bay, N. C., channel con- necting, navigation_-------- 450 Three Islands Reservoir, Tenn., flood control---------- 1089 Three Mile Creek, Ala., improvement of Mobile Harbor _ 598 Tia Juana River, Calif., investigation_-_-----_----___ 1559 Tibbee Creek, Miss., snagging, flood control-- -...___ 637 Tickfaw River, La., improvement of, including tribu- taries------------------------------------------ 696 Ticonderoga River, N. Y., navigation---------------. 244 Tigre Bayou, La.: Investigation------------------------------- 698 Navigation ----------------- ---- 683 Tilghman Island Harbor, Md., navigation_ 356 Tillamook Bay, Bar, and entrance, Oreg.: Improvement._. _ 1628 Investigation_ _ - - -- 1685 LXIV INDEX LXIV INDEX LI i Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Tionesta Reservoir, Pa., flood control_ _ 1223, 1250 Tiptonville to Obion River, Tenn., flood control Toledo Harbor, Ohio, navigation_-_---_------ ---- 764 1443 Tolomato River, Fla., navigation - 527 Tombigbee River, Ala. and Miss.: Flood control_ _ - - _-_-- - 639 Investigation 633, 640 1078 Navigation------------------------------- 612, 631 Toms River, N. J., navigation_ 333 Tonawanda Harbor, N. Y.: Investigation - 1518 Navigation- 1491 Topeka, Kans., flood control----- 1008 Toronto Reservoir, Kans., flood control- 898 Totuskey Creek, Va., navigation .. 378 Town Creek, N. C., investigation - - Town Creek, S. C., improvement of Charleston Harbor Town River, Mass., navigation_ - 451, 453 469 46 Townsend Inlet, N. J., investigation 335 Trabuco Dam, Calif., flood control_ 1548 Tradewater River, Ky.: Flood control_---- 1133 Navigation ------------------------ 1102 Traverse Bay, Mich., investigation- 1360 Traverse Lake, S. Dak., flood control 975 Tred Avon River, Md., navigation- -- 356 Trent River, N. C., navigation - 450 Trespalacios Bay, Tex., improvement of Gulf Intra- coastal Waterway -- I-- - 772 Trinity River, Tex.: Investigation- 838 Navigation 799, 822 Snagging, flood control_ 836 Troublesome River, Colo., investigation -- 1521 Truckee River, Calif. and Nev., investigation 1613 Tualatin River, Oreg.: Flood control_ 1713 Investigation- 1714 Tuckahoe River, Md., navigation__ - 356 Tuckerton Creek, N. J., navigation 333 Tug Fork, Big Sandy River, W. Va. and Ky.: Improvement------------------------ 1174 Investigation ---------------------------- 1179 Tujunga Wash Channel, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control 1536 Tule River, Calif., investigation_ 1613 Tully Reservoir, Mass., flood control _ -_ 118, 129 Tulsa and West Tulsa, Arkansas River, Okla., flood control------------- 891 Tulsa, Okla., engineering district 880 Tuolumne River, Calif., investigation - - 1613 Turners Cut, N. C., navigation_---- 410 Turtle River Brunswick Harbor, Ga., improvement .. 498 Tuscarawas River, Ohio, investigation 1205 Tuttle Creek Reservoir, Kans., flood control -- 1003 Twelvemile Bayou, La., improvement of waterway via 709 Twelve Pole Creek, W. Va., flood-control reservoir _ 1202 Twin Rivers, Wis., improvement of Two Rivers IHarbor_ 1307 Twitch Cove, Md,, navigation_ -___ 345 Two Rivers Harbor, Wis., navigation------------- 1307 Tyaskin Creek, Md., navigation 356 Tygart River, W. Va., dam construction- 1219 INDEX LXV Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Ullin, Ill., flood control- 1133 Umatilla River, Oreg., investigation_ 1714 Umpqua Harbor and River, Oreg.: Flood control_ 1713 Investigation_ 1685,1714 Navigation _-------------------------------- 1621 Union River, Maine, navigation - - 45 Uniontown, Ky., flood control ------------------- 1133 Union Township, Mo., flood control- 959, 962 Union Village Reservoir, Vt., flood control- 118, 121 Upper Chipola River, Fla., improvement-- 631 Upper Grays River area, Wahkiakum County, Wash., flood control-- 1712 Upper Machodoc Creek, Va., navigation- - 378 Upper Mississippi River Basin, flood control 930, 961 1410 981 Upper Puyallup River, Wash., flood control- 1757 Upper Thoroughfare, Deals Island, Md., navigation .. 356 Upper White River, Ark., navigation __ 860 Urbanna Creek, Va., navigation---- ---- 378 V Vanceburg, Ky., flood control - - ---- 1158 Venice Inlet, Fla., navigation---- 562 Verdigris River, from mouth to Madison, Kans., flood control - 902 Verdigris River, Kans., and Okla., flood control . 898, 902 Verdigris River, Kans., investigation- 903 Verdugo Wash., Los Angeles, Calif., flood control: Concord to Upper Canada Bridge- 1536 Upper Canada Bridge to debris basin 1536 Vermilion Bay and River, La., improvement of Intra- coastal Waterway via_-- - -- 642 Vermilion Bayou, La., navigation- 696 Vermilion Harbor, Ohio: Investigation------------------------- -- 1515 Navigation---------- 1459 Vermilion Lock, La., improvement_ 644 Vermilion River, La., flood control _ 702 Vevay, Ind., flood control__ _ 1158 Vicksburg, Miss., engineering district--------- 707 Victory Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flood control 118 Vidal Bayou, La., navigation---------------------- 721 Village Creek, White River, and Mayberry districts, Ark., flood control_--- 878 Villa Park Dam, Calif., flood control _ 1548 Villars Bayou, La., navigation- 642 Vineyard Haven Harbor, Mass., navigation_ 64 Vinton Waterway, La., navigation 696 Violet Canal, La., navigation .. 662 Virgin River, Nev., Ariz., and Utah, investigation 1559 Virginia coast waterway, improvement- - 350 W Wabash levee unit No. 6, Illinois, flood control Wabash River, Ind. and Ill.: --- 1133 Flood control----------- 1133, 1137 Investigation_ 1138 LXVI INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Waccamaw River, N. C. and S. C.: Improvement of river_-- ---------- 457 Improvement of waterway via_------ -- 438 Waddington Harbor, N .Y., navigation -------------- ----- 1514 Wadmalaw River, S. C., improvement of waterway via 478 Wainwright Slough, N. C., navigation- - - 433 Walker River, Calif. and Nev., investigation --------------------- 1613 Wallabout Channel, N. Y_----------------------------- 244- Wallace Lake Reservoir, La., flood control _- ----- 726 -.- Walluski River, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control_----- - -1713 Walnut Bayou, Ark., investigation_--- ------ 846- Walnut Creek Inlet Channel, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control ------------------------------------------------- 1536 Walnut Creek, Okla., investigation_--- ---- _846---- Walnut Creek system, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control-_------- 1536 Wappapello Dam and Reservoir, Mo ---------------------------- 1846 Wappinger Creek, N. Y., navigation ------------------ 198 Wappoo Creek, S. C., improvement ------------------- 478- Wareham Harbor, Mass., navigation_----- -- 46 - Warren River, R. I., navigation----------------------- 112 Warrenton diking district No. 1, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control. -------------------------------------- 1712 Warrenton diking district No. 2, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control -------------------------------------------- 1712 Warrenton diking district No. 3, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood control- 1712 Warrior River, Ala.: Investigation---....----------- 633, 640 Navigation---_ -------------------------------- 612 Warroad Harbor and River, Minn., navigation_------ --- 1273 Warwick River, Md., navigation___ - ------- 356---- Warwocd, W. Va., flood control_---------- ------ 1250 Washington Bayou and Lake, Miss., navigation ---------- -- 721 244 Washington Canal, N. J., navigation_----- Washington, D. C.: Anacostia Park__---- ------------- 1893, 1898 Anacostia River, reclamation of flats Aqueduct---------------- ---------------------------- ----------- 1893, 1898 1894, 1901 Engineering district_--------- ---- 361 Flood control---- ----------- 379, 382 Government buildings, consumption of water in 902 1-------------- Harbor at ------------- -------------- 362 Washington Island Harbor, Wis. navigation --------- ------- 1298 Washington Lake Ship Canal, Wash.: Improvement------------------------------------------- 1733 Investigation_---------------------------- -------------- 1745 Washita River, Okla., investigation_ -------------------- 846 Washita Valley, Okla., investigation-- -------- 846 Waterbury, Winooski River Basin, Vt., flood control - 251 Water consumption, Government buildings, District of Columbia_ ------------------------------------------------ 1902 Wateree River, S. C.: Investigation ---------------------------------- 483 Navigation ------------------------------------ 482 Waterford, Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, N. Y., flood control ----------------------------------------- 251 Water hyacinths, removal of, from Florida, Alabama, 559, 601, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas waters J 693 Water levels, northern and northwestern lakes- -- 1911 INDEX LXVII Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Water power: Dams: Columbia River at Bonneville, Oreg--------------------- 1654 Missouri River at Fort Peck, Mont_ --- --- 1029 Tennessee River ------------------------------ 1072 Investigations for Federal Power Commission- ---- - -- 1891 Niagara River, N. Y. control and regulation of -------------- 1914 Waters, navigable. See bridges, Rivers and Harbors, and Wrecks. Water supply, Washington, D. C___---- ----- 1901 Water Valley Reservoir, Ark., flood control ------------ 875 Waterways: See also Canals. Anclote River to St. Marks, Fla., investigation Apalachee Bay, Fla., to New Orleans, La., naviga- ------- 563 tion ---------------------------------------- 569 Apalachee Bay, Fla., to the Mexican Border, im- provement----------------------------------- 772 Apalachicola Bay and River, Fla.: Improvement of channel to St. Andrews Bay - 569 Improvement of waterway to St. Marks River, Fla ----------------------------------- 569 Atlantic-Gulf Barge Canal, Fla., investigation -- 563 Atlantic Ocean to Gulf of Mexico, waterway across Florida, investigation ------------------- 563 Beaufort, N. C.: Improvement of waterway to Cape Fear River, including waterway to Jacksonville, N. C. 435 Improvement of waterway to New River _ 436 Improvement of waterway to Pamlico Sound via Core Sound --------------------------- -433 Beaufort, S. C., to St. Johns River, Fla., improve- ment-------- ----------------------------- 492, 510- Beaufort to Jacksonville, N. C., improvement Brazos River and Matagorda Bay, Tex------------ --- 435 772 Cape Cod Canal, Mass., improvement-_- - -- - 40 Cape Fear River, N. C., to Winyah Bay, S. C., navigation------------------------------------ 438 Charleston, S. C.: Improvement of waterway to Beaufort --------- 478 Improvement of waterway to Winyah Bay-.. 461 Choctawhatchee Bay, Fla.: Improvement of waterway to Pensacola Bay-- - 569 Improvement of waterway to West Bay ... 569 Clearwater Harbor to Tampa Bay, Fla., improve- ment---------------------------------------- 562 Core Sound to Beaufort Harbor, N. C., improve- ment-- ------------------------------------- 433 Delaware Bay, Del.: Waterway to Chincoteague Bay, Va., improve- ment ----------------------------------- 333 Waterway to Rehoboth Bay, Del., navigation 318 Delaware River to Chesapeake Bay: investigation_ ----------------------------- 335, 337- - Navigation---------------------------309 Dulac Bayou, La., improvement of waterway via Grand Caillou and Le Carpe Bayous, La --........ 671- Duwamish Waterway, Wash., improvement ------------------ 1731 Franklin to Mermentau, La., improvement6 ---- 679 Galveston to Houston, Tex., improvement --------- 792 LXVIII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Waterways-Continued. Great Lakes-Hudson River: Improvement----------------------------- 207 Investigation- ------------------------------ 246- Gulf County Canal, Fla., navigation --------------- 568 Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, navigation ---------- 772. 568, 641 Hylebos waterway, Tacoma Harbor, Wash., im- provement-------------------------------------- ------ 1728 Illinois waterway, Illinois, navigation------ 1381 Interoceanic Canal, survey_-- - --------------- 1890 Jacksonville to Miami, Fla.: Investigation-. -------------------------- 564 Navigation----------------------------- 522 Jefferson, Tex., to Shreveport, La., improvement-_ 709 Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, Mich., improve- ment-------------------------------------------------- 124 Little Choptank River to Choptank River, Md., waterway, improvement- --- -- -------- 356 Long Island Intracoastal Waterway, N. Y., im- provement ---------------------------------- 166 Louisiana and Texas Intracoastal Waterway, im- provement, Mississippi River to Corpus Christi .. 774 Mackinac Island, Mich., to Round Island, Mich., improvement-------------- ----------------------- 1449 Miami, Fla.: Improvement of waterway to Florida Bay ---- 562 Improvement of waterway to Jacksonville- ----- 522 Mississippi River, La., improvement of Intracoastal Waterway to Corpus Christi, Tex_ ----- 774 Mobile Bay, Ala.: Improvement of waterway to New Orleans, La_-------------------------------- 569 New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway, navigation ..- 238 New River, N. C., to Swansboro and Beaufort, improvement ------------------------------- 436 New York and New Jersey Channels, improvement_ 219 -- New York Bay to Delaware River, investigation - 246 New York State Barge Canal, N. Y.: Enlargement----------------------------- 207 -- _ Investigation ------------------------------- 246 N orfolk, Va., to Beaufort Inlet, N. C., navigation_-_ 413 Norfolk, Va., to sounds of North Carolina, navi- gation_--------------------------- ----------- 410- Pamlico Sound, N. C.: Improvement of waterways to Beaufort Harbor- 433 Improvement of waterways to Beaufort Inlet 415 Pass Cavallo to Port Lavaca, Tex_--------------- _ -- 808 --- Pensacola Bay, Fla., to Mobile Bay, Ala., naviga- tion- ------ ------------------ -- 569 Poe Reef Shoal, Straits of Mackinac, Mich., naviga- tion 1449 Port Aransas to Corpus Christi, Tex., improvement_ 810 Port Townsend Bay to Oak Bay, Wash., improve- ment-_------------------------ --- ---- 1744 Rehoboth Bay to Delaware Bay, navigation -318 Sabine-Neches Waterway, Tex., navigation 765 Savannah, Ga., to Beaufort, S. C., improvement -. 492 Savannah, Ga., to Fernandina, Fla., improvement 492 - Swan Quarter Bay to Deep Bay, N. C., navigation 450 Teche Bayou to Mississippi River, navigation. 678 INDEX LXIX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Waterways-Continued. Tombigbee River, Ala. and Miss., waterway con- necting Tennessee and Tombigbee Rivers, investi- gation ---------------------------------- 633 Vinton Waterway, La., improvement- 696 Virginia coast waterway, navigation_ 350 Wapato waterway, Tacoma Harbor, Wash., im- provement------------------------------ 1729 White Lake to Pecan Island, La., navigation ... 696_ Winyah Bay to Charleston, navigation 461 Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Miss ... 1853 Watkins Glen, Oswego River Basin, N. Y., flood controL- 260 Watson Bayou, Fla., navigation 588 Watts Levee, Ill., flood control_ 1407 Waukegan Harbor, Ill., navigation. 1362 Wax Lake Outlet (Mississippi River flood control) 1844 Webb District Improvement Co., Columbia County, Oreg., flood control_ 1712 Weber River, Utah, investigation 1521 Weiser River, Idaho, investigation_ 1714 Weldon River, Mo., investigation 1009 Wellfleet Harbor, Mass., navigation----------------- 46 - i Wellsburg, W. Va., flood control_ 1250 Wells Harbor, Maine, navigation 46 Wellsville, Ohio, flood control 1246, 1250 West Bay, Fla., improvement of waterway to Choctaw- hatchee Bay------ -------------------- 569 1250- West Bridgewater, Pa., flood control West Brookfield Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Mass., flood control--- 118 West Canaan Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, N. H., flood control 118 Westchester Creek, N. Y., navigation 156 West Divide, Colo., investigaton 150 - - 1'521 Westfield River, Mass., investigation- West Fork Reservoir, Little Kanawha River, W. Va., flood control- 1202 West Fork Reservoir, Monongahela River, W. Va., flood control------------- 1250 West Fork River, W. Va., investigation...... 1254 West Galvestcn Bay and Brazos River Canal, Tex .. 772 West (Hay) Harbor, Fishers Island, N. Y., navigation .- 112 Westland District Improvement Co., Columbia County, Oreg., flood control_ 1712 West of Benedict, Kans., flood control 902 West of Elk City, Kans., flood control 902 902 West of Fredonia, Kans., flood control_- West of Morrilton, Ark., flood control 878 West Oneonta Reservoir, N. Y., flood control 263 West Palm Beach Canal-Okeechobee, Fla., investigation_ 564, 567 West Pearl River, Miss. and La., navigation 628 West Peterboro Reservoir, Merrimack River Basin, N. H., flood control 49 West Pittston, Pa., flood control_. 292 Westport district, Columbia and Clatsop Counties, Oreg., flood control_ --- 1695 Westport Harbor Conn., navigation 112 Westport River, Mass., navigation 112 Westport Slough, Oreg., navigation_ 1641 558155--44-pt. 1, vol. 1 71 LXX INDEXDE Page Volume 1 Volume 2 West River, Conn., navigation -- 91 West Springfield, Mass., flood control------------------119, 140 West Terre Haute, Ind., flood control- 1133 West Tulsa, Okla., flood control----------------------- -891 Westville Reservoir, Mass., flood control ------------------- 116 Weymouth Back River, Mass., navigation------------------ 38 Weymouth Fore River, Mass., navigation. - _- --- 36 Whatcom (Bellingham) Harbor, Wash., improvement of Whatcom Creek waterway- ---.. 1740 Wheeling, W. Va., flood control .. 1250 Whiskey Slough, Calif., navigation_ 1598 White Lake Harbor, Mich., navigation. 1342 White Lake to Pecan Island, La., waterway, navigation- 696 White Oak Reservoir, Tex., flood control -------------- 824 White River, Ark. and Mo.: Investigations------------------------ ------- 864, 880 Navigation -------------- ------------- 746,856 White River Basin, Ark. and Mo., flood control .... 874 White River, Ind.: Flood control 1109 Navigation ..... 1102 White River, S. Dak., investigation ---------------------- 1029 White River, Wash., flood control__ 1746 White Rock Dam, S. Dak., flood control. 975 Whitewater River, Calif., investigation_ 1559 Whitney Point, N. Y., flood control_.--------- -265 Whitney Point Reservoir, N. Y., flood control --------- 264 Whitney Reservoir, Brazos River, Tex., flood control-_ 827 Whittier Narrows flood-control basin, Los Angeles, Calif- .. 1536 Wibaux, Mont., flood control 1028 Wichita and Valley Center, Kans., flood control ----- 902 Wickford Harbor, R. I., navigation----------------- 112 Wicomjico River, Md., navigation -- 356 Wiedmer Chemicals drainage and levee district, Missouri, flood control ------------------------------------ 934 Wilder, Ky., flood control_._ 1158 Wilkes-Barre--Hanover Township, Pa., flood controL -_ -284 Wilkesboro Dam, N. C., investigation ------------------ 484 Willamette River, Oreg.: Fish facilities, flood control--------------r------- --- 1700 Flood control_ 1696 Flood control in basin.................. 1699 Improvement above Portland, navigation.- 1645 Improvement at Willamette Falls, navigation_- 1649 Improvement below Portland, navigation-- 1636 New Willamette Falls navigation lock, flood control Open river navigation improvement, flood control --_- - -- 1700 1700 Willamette Slough, Oreg., improvement_---- 1643 Williamsport, Pa., flood control _ __ ----------- 282 Williamsville Reservoir, Connecticut River Basin, Vt., flood control----------------- ------------- 118 Willapa Harbor and River, Wash.: Navigation-__ - - - 1715 Willoughby Channel, Va., navigation ----------------- 397 Willow Creek, Ill., flood control --------------- 928 - - -i- Willow Creek, Oreg., investigation ....... - 1714 Wills Creek Reservoir, Ohio, flood control 1181 Wilmette Harbor, Ill., investigation -------------------- 1394 Wilmington Harbor, Del., navigation--------_ _ 306 Wilmington, N. C.: Engineering district__ __________ ------ 425 Improvement of Smiths Creek ----------- 450 INDEX. LXXI Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Wilson and Wenkel and Prairie Du Pont drainage and levee districts, Illinois, flood control- ------- 923 1 Wilson Canyon and Mansfield St. Channel, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control- 1536 Wilson Point Harbor, Conn., navigation- 112 Windmill Point Creek, Va., investigation------------ 379 Winery Canyon, Los Angeles, Calif., flood control- 902 1536 Winfield, Kans., flood control Winnibigoshish Reservoir, Minn_ 964 Winooski River, Vt.: Flood control_ 251 Investigation------------- 251 Winsted, Connecticut River Basin, Conn., flood control - 119, 138 Winthrop Harbor, Mass., navigation --------- 46 Winyah Bay, S. C.: Improvement of waterway to Cape Fear River, N. C_ 438 Improvement of waterway to Charleston . 461 Navigation 454 Wisconsin River, Wis.: Investigation------------------------------ 983 Navigation 972 Wister Reservoir, Okla.: Flood control------------------------------ 898 Investigation .. 903 Withlacoochee River, Fla.: Investigation .... - 565, 567 Navigation -- - - 556 Wolf Bay, Ala., improvement of Intracoastal Waterway via__--- 568 Wolf Creek Reservoir, Ill., flood control- 1133 Wolf Creek Reservoir, Ky., flood control . .. 1080, 1089 Wolf River, Miss., navigation_.. . 627 Wolf River, Tenn., flood control__ 755 Wolf River (Memphis Harbor), Tenn., navigation 750 Wolf River (tributary of the Fox), Wis., improvement__ 1292 Woodbridge Creek, N. J.: Investigation------- ----------------------- 246 Navigation- 244 Woodbury Creek, N. J., navigation_ 333 Wood River drainage and levee district, Illinois, flood control-------- 926, 930 Woods Hole Channel, Mass., navigation- 112 Woods Hole Harbor, Mass., investigation - 113 Woodson drainage district, Columbia County, Oreg., flood control- 1712 Wrecks (miscellaneous civil works) 1893 Y Yadkin River, N. C.: Investigation----------------------------------- 484 Navigation ------------------------------------ 482 Yadkin-Pee Dee River, N. C. and S. C., investigation-_ 483 Yakima River, Wash.: Flood control------------------------------- ------------ 1749 Investigation--------------------------------------------- '1758 Yalobusha River, Miss.: Navigation ------------------------------------ 721 Snagging, flood control-------------------------- 739. Yambill River, Oreg.:. Investigation ----------------------------------------- 1685, 1714 Navigation ---------------------------------------------- 1645 Yampa River, Colo., investigation ------------------------------ 1521 LXXII INDEX Page Volume 1 Volume 2 Yaquina Bay, Harbor, and River, Oreg.: Improvement of bay and harbor ------------------------- 25 Improvement of river - -------------- 1623 Yazoo River, Miss.: Flood control------------------------------------------ 1848 Improvement of mouth --------------------------- . 721 Investigation_----------.------------------------ 722 _ Navigation....------------------------------------ 721 Yellow Creek, Ky., investigation-------------------------------- 1093 Yellow Creek Tenn., and Miss., investigation -------------------- 1093 Yellowstone kiver, N. Dak., Mont., and Wyo.: Flood control ----------------------------- 1028 _ Investigation_ ------------- ---... . -- --- 1029 York Harbor, Maine, navigation------------46---------- York, Pa., flood control ------------------------------ 358 York River Va., navigation_--- -- . 422------ York Spit Channel, Va., navigation- ---- - - 338, 405 Youghiogheny River, Pa.: _ Investigation ----------------------------------------- _ Navigation-_ --------_---------------- _ Youghiogheny River Reservoir, Pa., flood control ... _------ ----------------- 1223, 1254 - 1217 1237,1250, 1251 Youngs Bay and River Oreg., navigation -------------- _1635 Youngs River Dikes, Clatsop County, Oreg., flood con- trol --------------------------------------- ----- 1713 Yscloskey Bayou, La., navigation_ - 60---------------------- 60 Yuba River, Calif.: Construction of reservoir--------- - _- --. 1766 Construction of restraining dams--------------------------- 1763 Investigation ------------------------------------- 1613 Z Zanesville, Ohio, flood control ---------------------------------- 1202 Zippel Bay Harbor, Minn., improvement-_------ --. ----- 1276 Zuniga Shoal, San Diego Harbor, Calif_- -.-------------- 1522 O