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Colonel FERINGA. Yes, for advanced planning; we requested money for advanced planning in this coming appropriation bill.

Mr. CASE. How much?

Colonel FERINGA. $176,000.

Mr. ENGEL. What would you do so far as your plans are concerned? Colonel FERINGA. We will actually locate the work; it will provide funds for the design of the locks; it will enable us to tell the cities exactly what must be done on the bridges; it will enable us to start construction the moment that funds are made available.

MISSOURI RIVER, MOUTH TO KANSAS CITY

Mr. ENGEL. Item 31, Missouri River, mouth to Kansas City: Total estimated Federal cost, $98,700,000; allotments to date, $82,604,700; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $2,500,000; additional to complete after 1949, $13,595,300.

(The justification statement is as follows:)

Item No. 31. Missouri River, mouth to Kansas City:

Total estimated Federal cost.--

Allotments to date

Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949.

1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $2,250,000.

Authorization.-1945 River and Harbor Act.

$98, 700, 000

1 82, 604, 700 2, 500, 000 13, 595, 300

Location and description.-Provide 9-foot channel, 300 feet wide, length 386.2 miles, to be obtained by dredging, revetment of banks, dike construction, and cut-offs to eliminate sharp bends.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of channel regulating works.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Continue construction of channel regulating works at the most critical sections of the river.

Justification. The work is required to provide for navigation requirements, also by means of revetments and dikes the channel is stabilized, the banks are held in place, and levees, under flood control authorization and funds, can be built. The work is an essential part of the comprehensive plan for the Missouri River basin.

Mr. ENGEL. What was the 1948 appropriation?

Colonel FERINGA. $2,250,000.

We have some photographs, Mr. Engel, which we would like to show you.

Last year we had difficulty in explaining what we meant by pegging down the river. We stated last year it is important to take care of the banks of the river before we undertake levee work.

I found a series of photographs in one of the district offices showing What had been accomplished at one of these locations.

These photographs show the river near Corning, Mo.

The first photograph was taken in September 1934, and shows the river as being very wide, very shallow, very inefficient, with sand bars approximately across here [indicating].

The work was then initiated, and this picture shows the river at November 9, 1934. You can see the construction being built out here [indicating].

The next picture is in April 1935. This begins to show the part checked, and you can see where the sediment has been collected from the different locations forming a bar in here.

The next one was made last year. I was at that location. This is a picture taken in November 1947 at the same location where this dike was being built.

This picture shows that the river is now narrowed, with a deeper channel, with this land [indicating] under cultivation.

That is the way it works out, and that is the type of work for which we are now requesting money.

Mr. CASE. Does the photograph show crops on the land?

Colonel FERINGA. I do not know. That was on the 5th of November. Mr. ENGEL. Yes; they do crop that land.

General CRAWFORD. They have willows which they make use of.

MISSOURI RIVER, KANSAS CITY, MO., TO SIOUX CITY, IOWA

Mr. ENGEL. The next is item 32, Missouri River, Kansas City, Mo., to Sioux City, Iowa: Total estimated Federal cost, $119,500,000; allotments to date, $93,294,100; tentative allocation, 1949, $4,500,000. Colonel FERINGA. And $4,500,000 for 1948.

Mr. ENGEL. That was for 1948.

(The justification statement follows:)

Item No. 32. Missouri River, Kansas City, Mo., to Sioux City,

Iowa:

Total estimated Federal cost..

Allotments to date...

Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949.

1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $4,500,000.

Authorization.-1945 River and Harbor Act.

$119, 500, 000 1 93, 294, 100 4, 500, 000 21, 705, 900

Location and description.-Provide 9-foot channel, 300 feet wide, length 376.3 miles, to be obtained by dredging, revetment of banks, dike construction, and cut-offs to eliminate sharp bends.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of channel regulating works.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Continue construction of channel regulating works at the most critical sections of the river.

Justification. The work is required to provide for navigation requirements, also by means of revetments and dikes the channel is stabilized, the banks are held in place, and levees, under flood control authorization and funds, can be built. The work is an essential part of the comprehensive plan for the Missouri River basin.

Mr. CASE. Is the type of work you are doing below Sioux City integrated with the results to be obtained in the regular flood control from the dams above that point?

Colonel FERINGA. Yes, sir.

Mr. CASE. So you will not just be building a 9-foot channel, but it will all be integrated with the whole program.

Colonel FERINGA. Integrated with the whole Missouri River plan.

MISSOURI RIVER, AT FORT PECK, MONT.

Mr. ENGEL. Item 33, Missouri River at Fort Peck, Mont.: Total estimated Federal cost, $135,500,000; allotments to date, $124,891,800; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $4,200,000.

(The justification statement follows:)

Item No. 33. Missouri River at Fort Peck, Mont.:
Total estimated Federal cost.-

Allotments to date_____

Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949.

1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $807,500.

$135, 500, 000 1 124, 891, 800

4, 200, 000 6, 408, 200

Authorization.-1935 River and Harbor Act (features other than power) and Public Law 529, Seventy-fifth Congress, approved May 18, 1938, for power facilities.

Location and description.-Combined navigation, flood control, and power project, located 1,868 miles above the mouth of the Missouri River.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Complete second power unit, commence recreational development, raise crest of dam, and seepage-control works.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949. The estimate for 1949 is made up as follows: Partial completion of a third 35,000-kilowatt generating unit, $2,040,000. Features other than power: Dam, downstream slope and right abutment drainage, leveling course and bituminous paving crest of dam road, grading downstream berm area. Diversion tunnels, electric and air lines, outlet housing and erosion protection at outlets. Spillway, painting spillway structure, installation of hoist car and stop logs, seal and chip roads, erosion control, and safety features, stabilize fills, abutment areas. Project roads, camp construction, and recreational facilities, $2,160,000.

Justification.-One 35,000-kilowatt unit is completed and operating and completion of a second unit of 15,000 kilowatt capacity will be accomplished with available funds. In letter of October 1, 1947, the Assistant Secretary of the Interior requested the installation and placing in service of a third generating unit of 35,000 kilowatt capacity.

The major features of work remaining after 1949 consist of construction of a permanent camp, recreational development, complete installation of switchyard equipment and substation facilities, and complete, and install third generating unit and appurtenant works.

Mr. ENGEL. What was it for 1948?

Colonel FERINGA. I do not have those figures for the Fort Peck Reservoir; I will have to get that later. It amounts to $807,500, including the appropriation for continuation of construction on the power plant.

Mr. CASE. You refer to raising the crest of the dam. How much are you going to raise the crest?

General CRAWFORD. I think it is only a matter of a foot or 2 feet. Mr. ENGEL. At Fort Peck.

General CRAWFORD. It was originally not built wide enough at the crest so you could put a road on it.

Mr. CASE. You are not changing the design of the dam or its capacity?

Colonel FERINGA. No, sir.

ANALYSIS OF ESTIMATE

Mr. CASE. In your proposed operation for the fiscal year 1949 you have itemized project roads, camp construction, and recreational facilities, $2,160,000. How much of this item is for roads, how much for camp construction, and how much for recreational facilities?

Colonel FERINGA. I can give you a break-down of that. First, the dam: Complete downstream slope and right abutment drainage, leveling course and bituminous paving crest of dam road. Grading downstream berm area 98 percent complete, $347,000.

Diversion tunnels: That is to complete tunnel electric and air lines, tunnel outlet housing, erosion protection at outlets, $432,800.

Spillway: To complete final painting of spillway structure over original prime coats, installation of hoist car and stop logs, seal and chip coating of roads and areas, erosion control, and installation of ladder guards, guard rails, stabilization fills, abutment areas, $318,700. Permanent camp: To replace temporary housing now beyond economical repair and bring to 37 percent completion, $336,200.

Project roads: To complete downstream berm road and connecting roads, $439,000.

Reservoir recreation facilities, $150,000, and I can describe them if you like.

Construction will be continued at a much reduced scale at Fort Peck site and at a reduced scale at Hell Creek and Rock Creek sites. We will initiate construction of minimum essential facilities at Pines and Wilder Crossing sites. Work will consist of grading and gravelling roads and areas, construction of shelter buildings, picnic tables and benches, outdoor stoves, latrines and boat docks, drilling wells and installing pumps. In addition a youth camp and boat concession building will be constructed at the Fort Peck site; the total cost of all, $150,000.

Mr. CASE. How many points around the lake does it provide recreational facilities for?

Colonel FERINGA. At the Fort Peck site, and upstream, some at Hell Creek, and some at Rock Creek, some at Pines and Wilder Crossing.

Mr. ČASE. That is five?

Colonel FERINGA. Yes, sir.

Mr. CASE. They are pretty well scattered around?

Colonel FERINGA. They are around the reservoir.

Mr. CASE. And not all at one point.

Colonel FERINGA. No, sir.

Mr. CASE. It is a good many miles around the reservoir?

Colonel FERINGA. A tremendous number of miles, yes. I do not know how many.

Mr. CASE. So it is not just $150,000 for some recreational facilities at Fort Peck.

Colonel FERINGA. No, sir.

Mr. CASE. But they are distributed at five different places.

Colonel FERINGA. Yes, sir.

Mr. CASE. Will you put in the record the shore-line mileage of the reservoir?

Colonel FERINGA. The shore line is 1,600 miles long.

Then we are going to clear the reservoir at an estimated cost of $20,200.

Miscellaneous construction to complete the drainage system, miscellaneous grading, remodeling, and work of that nature, $116,100. All of those items make up the total of $2,160,000.

OHIO RIVER OPEN CHANNEL WORK

Mr. ENGEL. Item 34, Ohio River open channel work: Total estimated cost, $19,745,000; allotments to date, $14,844,500; tentative allocation, 1949, $199,500; and the additional to complete after 1949, $4,700,000.

(The justification of estimate follows:)

Item No. 34. Ohio River open channel work:
Total estimated Federal cost__.

Allotments to date____

Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949

1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $200,000.

Authorization.-1827 River and Harbor Act.

$19, 745, 000 1 14, 844, 500 199, 500 4, 701, 000

Location and description.-Original project provided for the removal of all obstructions throughout the entire length of the river, 981 miles, which tended to endanger navigation. With the completion of the canalization project the work

under the project provides mainly for widening, deepening and maintenance of channels in the pools of the dams and in the open river section below dam No. 53 so as to provide the full 9-foot depth contemplated by the canalization project. Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Dredging. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949. The estimate for 1949 is for application to dredging the John Paul Jones bar located about 324 miles below Pittsburgh, Pa., and near the upstream limits of Ironton, Ohio.

Justification. Dredging at John Paul Jones bar will provide a channel with an adequate width of project depth to allow safe passage of heavy tows meeting within the limits of the bar area. Although project depth has generally been maintained at this location, additional work of removing boulders and rock is required in order to provide sufficient channel width and depth. Commerce during 1946 amounted to 35,850,000 tons.

Mr. ENGEL. What is that for?

Colonel FERINGA. That is for dredging, removing shoals in the river that have never been taken out.

MONONGAHELA RIVER, PA., AND W. VA., LOCKS AND DAM 2

Mr. ENGEL. Item 35, Monongahela River, Pa., and W. Va., locks and dam 2: Total estimated cost, $9,860,000; allotments to date, $2,700; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $1,400,000; remaining for completion after 1949, $5,760,000.

(The justification of estimate follows:)

Item No. 35. Monongahela River, Pa. and W. Va., locks and dam 2:

Total estimated Federal cost

Allotments to date....

Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949.

Authorization.-1909 River and Harbor Act.

$9, 860, 000

2, 700, 000

1, 400, 000 5,760, 000

Location and description.-Replacement of existing locks and dam 2, located 11.2 miles above the mouth of the river.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.—Commence under continuing contract construction of new structure.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Continuation under continuing contract of work of replacing old structures started with available funds.

Justification.-The Monongahela River, of which locks and dam 2 are an integral part, is an important link in the system of the inland waterways of the United States. The existing structure, completed in 1906, reached its economical life expectancy of 40 years at the beginning of fiscal year 1947. The present lock is inadequate for the needs of existing traffic. Commerce through locks 2 during 1946 amounted to 14,200,000 tons.

Mr. ENGEL. How much did you have in 1948?

Colonel FERINGA. No appropriation for 1948. Funds were available from prior appropriation due to the limitation on expenditures. Mr. ENGEL. What is the necessity for this? Where is it located? Colonel FERINGA. Right above Pittsburgh.

TWO HARBORS (AGATE BAY), MINN.

Mr. ENGEL. Item 36, Two Harbors (Agate Bay), Minn.: Total estimated Federal cost, $3,300,000; allotments to date, $1,547,500; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $1,000,000; total to complete after 1949, $752,500.

(The justification of estimate is as follows:)

Item No. 36. Two Harbors (Agate Bay), Minn.:
Total estimated Federal cost..

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$3, 300, 000

11, 547, 500

1, 000, 000

752, 500

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