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General CRAWFORD. During the war, on acquisitions for military reservations, the appraisals were very close to what the cost eventually allowed on condemnation was-surprisingly close.

Mr. SCRIVNER. What about the condemnation cost of these dams? General CRAWFORD. I do not know about that.

Colonel FERINGA. Mr. Beard, the Chief of our Flood Control Division, just informed me that our experience has been good; that the acquisition figures at which we acquire land compare rather closely within about 15 or 20 percent of the appraisals set prior to the construction.

Mr. SCRIVNER. How are your appraisals made in the early stages? Colonel FERINGA. By people locally who are familiar with the land costs. As you know, the whole country is broken up into districts. The district engineer is given the job of making a definite project report. He has people in his own office who are familiar with realestate values, and they, in turn, frequently employ local residents to go along with them on the appraisals. Occasionally we put those people on our staff in order to get the benefit of their judgment.

NARROWS RESERVOIR, LITTLE MISSOURI RIVER BASIN, ARK.

Mr. ENGEL. Project No. 24 is the Narrows Reservoir, Little Missouri River Basin, Ark. The total estimated cost is $12,650,000; allotments to date, $4,821,000; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $3,600,000; and additional to complete after 1949, $4,229,000. (The justification is as follows:)

Item No. 24. Narrows Reservoir, Little Missouri River Basin,

Ark.:

Total estimated Federal cost..

Allotments to date...

Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949

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

$12, 650, 000 1 4, 821, 000 3,600, 000 4, 229, 000

Authorization.-Flood Control Acts approved August 18, 1941 and December

22, 1944.

Location and description.

A concrete gravity dam, powerhouse, and reservoir, located on Little Missouri River, 105.4 miles above its mouth, and about 5 miles upstream from Murfreesboro, Ark.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of the access road and field office and grading on relocation of United States Highway No. 70 are complete. Acquisition of rights-of-way for the dam site is 95 percent complete, and for the reservoir area 5 percent complete. Construction of dam and powerhouse is 6 percent complete. A contract for the turbines and generators is under way. The entire project is 10 percent complete. By June 30, 1948 the rights-of-way for the dam site will have been acquired and for the reservoir area 30 percent complete. Relocation of United States Highway No. 70 will be under contract and construction of the dam and powerhouse 12 percent complete. The entire project will be 15 percent complete.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $3,600,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be used to continue the construction of dam and powerhouse. With the expenditure of these funds, the project will be carried to about 65 percent completion by the end of the fiscal year 1949.

Justification. The project is an integral unit in the plan of flood control and power development in the Little Missouri River Basin. It will provide complete protection to about 20,000 acres and partial protection to 76,000 acres from floods in the Little Missouri River Valley where frequent flooding now restricts the use of rich bottom land, and will provide benefits from recreation and wildlife conservation. The power to be produced will help fill the needs of a rapidly growing market. The several features of the project for the Little Missouri River Basin,

Narrows Reservoir, improvement of Little Missouri River, and Ozan Creek, are closely connected. Operation of the entire project will provide annual benefitsas follows: Flood-damage prevention, $280,000; increased productivity of lands, $170,000; value of power, $155,000; a total of $605,000.

Colonel FERINGA. Last year we had appropriated $2,000,000.

BLAKELY MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR, ARK.

Mr. ENGEL. Project 25 is the Blakely Mountain Reservoir, Ark. Total estimated Federal cost, $22,000,000; allotments to date, $3,550,000; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $4,000,000; additional required to complete after fiscal year 1949, $14,450,000.

(The justification is as follows:)

Item No. 25. Blakely Mountain Reservoir, Ark.:

Total estimated Federal cost__

Allotments to date....

Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949

Includes 1948 appropriation of $2,000,000.

Authorization.-1944 Flood Control Act.

$22, 000, 000 1 3, 550, 000 4, 000, 000

14, 450, 000

Location and description.-An earth-fill dam with concrete spillway, outlet works, and powerhouse, located on the Ouachita River about 10 miles northwest of Hot Springs, Ark.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of the project is under way and the spillway is 40 percent complete. Plans and specifications on diversion tunnel are complete. By June 30, 1948, the spillway will be 100 percent complete and construction of the diversion tunnels will be under contract and 2 percent complete. The entire project will be 10 percent complete.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $4,000,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be used for completion of the diversion tunnels, $915,000; construction of the dam and outlet works by continuing contract, $2,585,000; and continuation of acquisition of rights-of-way, $500,000. With the expenditure

of these funds, the project will be carried to about 35 percent completion at the end of the fiscal year 1949.

Justification. Operation of the project will materially reduce flood damages in the Ouachita River Valley, where frequent spring floods damage crops in rich bottom lands. The power to be produced will help fill the rapidly growing needs of the area. The average annual benefits are estimated at $1,214,000, of which $490,000 is for flood control, $724,000 for power production, including $61,000 for increase in the capacity of Carpenter and Remmel Dams, located downstream and owned and operated by the Arkansas Power & Light Co.

Colonel FERINGA. Last year we received $2,000,000 for it.

Mr. NORRELL. Will you put a statement in the record showing the work that has been accomplished to date and showing the work you plan to do during the next fiscal year?

Colonel FERINGA. We can, yes, sir.

(The information requested is as follows:).

BLAKELY MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR, ARK.

Construction of the project is under way and the spillway is 40 percent complete. A contract for the construction of the diversion tunnels will be awarded during March 1948. By June 30, 1948, the spillway will be 100 percent complete and the construction of the diversion tunnels about 2 percent complete.

The tentative allocation of $4,000,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be used as follows:

Completion of the diversion tunnels.

Initiate construction of the dam and outlet works by continuing con

tract...

Continuation of acquisition of rights-of-way

Total..

$915, 000

2, 585, 000 500, 000

4, 000, 000

The project as a whole will be 10 percent complete by June 30, 1948, and with the allocation proposed for fiscal year 1949 will be carried to about 35 percent completion by June 30, 1949.

MEMPHIS, TENN.

Mr. ENGEL. The next project, No. 26, is Memphis, Tenn. Total estimated Federal cost, $10,500,000; allotments to date, $6,928,700; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $640,000; additional required to complete after fiscal year 1949, $2,931,300.

(The justification is as follows:)

Item No. 26. Memphis, Tenn.:

Total estimated Federal cost.

Allotments to date...

Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949

1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $1,052,000.

Authorization. Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937.

$10, 500, 000

1 6, 928, 700 640, 000 2, 931, 300

Location and description.Construction of a system of levees, floodwalls, floodgates, and bank protection, with necessary reservoir, culverts, and pumping stations for evacuation of interior drainage, along Wolf River and Nonconnah Creek near their junctions with the Mississippi River at Memphis, Tenn.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Section 8 levee, with included pumping station, reservoir, and floodgates, along Nonconnah Creek; and, section 4 levee with included Cypress Creek pumping station and reservoir, North Bellevue Boulevard culvert, section 3 floodwall, section 2 bank protection, and section 2 levee, all along Wolf River, have been completed. The May Street pumping station along Wolf River is 50 percent complete. The project is 45 percent complete. By June 30, 1948, section 6 levee will be under contract and 5 percent complete. Purchase of materials and equipment for Fairfax, Workhouse Bayou, and Marble Bayou pumping stations will be under contract. The project will be 48 percent complete.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in fiscal year 1949 for continued construction of the project. The allocation of $640,000 will be applied to the construction of the floodwall in section 5 ($640,000). The project will be carried from 48 percent completion on June 30, 1948, to about 70 percent completion at the end of fiscal year 1949 with the expenditure of the allocation for fiscal year 1949.

Justification. The project will provide protection for about 11,000 acres of the low-lying sections of the city of Memphis, which has a population of over 300,000. The flood-protection works when complete will provide protection from Mississippi River floods 4.1 feet higher than the maximum of record to industrial plants as well as residential areas and will safeguard the health and well-being of the people of the city. The average annual flood-control benefits are estimated at $700,000.

Colonel FERINGA. Last year we received $1,052,000.

Mr. ENGEL. This is for the construction of a system of levees, floodwalls, floodgates, and bank protection, and so forth.

BAYOU TECHE AND VERMILION RIVER, LA.

Project 27 is for the Bayou Teche and Vermilion River, La. Total estimated Federal cost, $2,517,000; allotments to date, $1,917,000; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $600,000, which completes the project.

(The justification is as follows:)

Item No. 27. Bayou Teche and Vermilion River, La.:

Total estimated Federal cost..

Allotments to date..

Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949_

$2,517, 000 1, 917, 000 600, 000

Authorization.-Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941.

Location and description.-A flood-control, navigation, and irrigation project provided by increasing the pool elevation in Bayou Teche above Keystone lock by the installation of movable crest gates on the dam; excavation of channel for 21 miles in Bayou Teche; excavation of a navigable channel from Vermilion Bay to the Intracoastal Waterway at its junction with Vermilion River; excavation of a 100-foot channel in Vermilion River from the Intarcoastal Waterway to Lafayette, La.; and the excavation of a nonnavigable channel from Lafayette to the junction of Bayous Bourfeau and Fusilier of adequate capacity to carry flood flows of the upper Vermilion River Basin.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.-The project is under construction and the navigable channel from the Intracoastal Waterway to Vermilion Bay, and portions of the navigable channel from the Intracoastal Waterway to Lafayette and nonnavigable channel above Lafayette and clearing and snagging on Vermilion River and Bayou Fusilier have been completed. Channel enlargement on Bayou Teche is 20 percent complete and reconstruction of Woodlawn Bridge is 23 percent complete. The project as a whole is 65 percent complete. By June 30, 1948, the channel enlargement on Bayou Teche and the reconstruction of Woodlawn Bridge will be complete. The project as a whole will be 75 percent complete.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for completion of construction of the project. The allocation of $600,000 will be applied to completion of the bridge alteration on Vermilion River, $100,000; completion of the navigable channel on Vermilion River from the Intracoastal Waterway to Lafayette, $375,000; and construction of channel improvements on Vermilion River above Lafayette, $125,000. This work will bring the project to completion by June 30, 1949.

Justification. The tributary area to Bayou Teche and Vermilion River deriving benefits from the project is approximately 600 square miles, with a population in excess of 250,000. The area is predominantly agricultural, the principal crops being rice, sugarcane, cotton, and potatoes, on an area of about 400,000 acres. Producing oil wells are also distributed throughout the area. Completion of the project will eliminate recurring flood damages, effect savings in transportation costs and to fishing interests, and present annual benefits to the rice interests. The average annual benefits are estimated at $268,700.

Colonel FERINGA. No money was appropriated last year-the project was carried forward with prior appropriations.

MERMENTAU RIVER, LA.

Mr. ENGEL. The next project is Mermentau River, La. Total estimated Federal cost, $5,520,000; allotments to date, $993,000; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $2,500,000; additional to complete after fiscal year 1949, $2,027,000.

(The justification is as follows:)

Item No. 28. Mermentau River, La.:
Total estimated Federal cost__

Allotments to date..

Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949.

$5, 520, 000 993, 000 2, 500, 000

2, 027, 000

Authorization.-Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, and the River and Harbor Act approved July 24, 1946.

Location and description.-Channel enlargement of lower Mermentau River below Grand Lake and construction of a gated control structure at Catfish Point; construction of a gated control structure immediately north of Schooner Bayou lock; channel enlargement of North Prong of Schooner Bayou; and channel enlargement and realinement of the existing navigation project from Vermilion Bay to White Lake, and from White Lake to Grand Lake.

By

Operation, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of the channel enlargement of the Mermentau River below Grand Lake has been completed. Plans for the control structure are complete. The project as a whole is 10 percent complete. June 30, 1948, the construction of the Mermentau River control structure will have been initiated and 30 percent complete. The project as a whole will be 18 percent complete.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $2,500,000 for fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: Continuation of construction of the Mermentau River control structure, $1,000,000; and the initiation and completion of the control structure in the outlet channel, White Lake to Vermilion Bay, $1,500,000. With the expenditure of the funds allocated for the fiscal year 1949, the project will be carried from 18 percent completion to about 63 percent completion at the end of fiscal year 1949.

Justification.—This project will protect marshlands and marginal prairies from flood damage due to prolonged inundation, alleviate flood damage on low prairie croplands, and prevent drought and salinity losses of great magnitude to the rice industry, a protected area of approximately 3,500 square miles having a population of about 127,000. The flood of August 1940 produced a damage in the Mermentau Basin amounting to $3,665,500, of which $2,489,800 was crop damage, $668,700 was livestock damage, and $507,000 was property damage. Excessively low-water years also inflict hardship on this area in that shortage of water and attendant salinity intrusion is a serious detriment to the rice industry. The average annual benefits are estimated to be $580,000. Colonel FERINGA. No money for it last year. It was carried forward with prior appropriations.

TEXARKANA RESERVOIR, TEX.

Mr. ENGEL. The next project is the Texarkana Reservoir, Tex. Total estimated Federal cost, $24,360,000; allotments to date, $650,000; tentative allocation in 1949, $4,350,000; additional to complete after 1949, $19,360,000.

(The justification is as follows:)

Item No. 29. Texarkana Reservoir, Tex.:
Total estimated Federal cost..

Allotments to date__

Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949.

Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949

1 1948 appropriation.

$24, 360, 000 1 650, 000 4,350, 000 19, 360, 000

Authorization. Flood Control Act approved July 24, 1946. Location and description.—An earth-fill dam with a total capacity of 2,090,000 acre-feet located on the Sulphur River, about 45 miles above its junction with Red River at mile 379, and 8 miles southwest of Texarkana, Tex.

Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Surveys and subsurface exploration at the dam site are underway. By June 30, 1948, surveys and subsurface explorations at the dam site will be completed and land acquisition, clearing, and preliminary construction operations will have been initiated. The project is a whole will be about 2 percent complete.

Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. Allocation of $4,350,000 for fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: Complete acquisition of land at the site of dam and initiate land acquisition in the reservoir area, $800,000; initiation of construction of the dam, $2,850,000; and $700,000 will be applied to railroad and highway relocations. By the end of fiscal year 1949 the project will be approximately 19 percent complete.

Justification.-Between 1843 and 1900 Red River had been subjected to six great floods. Since 1900, floods downstream from Denison, in the order of magnitude, occurred there in 1945, 1908, and 1938. The floods result in crop damages, loss of livestock, physical damage to levees, railroads, highways, industries, and other rural and urban developments. The flood of 1945 caused damages estimated at $16,000,000 including $6,500,000 for crop losses. For the 20-year period (1927-46) 45 lives have been lost and property damage amounted to $113,676,659 due to major floods. The annual flood-protection benefits from the over-all reservoir levee-bank stabilization plan, of which the Texarkana Reservoir is a unit, are $3,900,000.

Colonel FERINGA. Last year we received $650,000 for it.

Mr. ENGEL. What is that?

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