1 $29,000,000 have been authorized to date to be appropriated for prosecution of projects listed in tabe

? Partially constructed. Funds needed to complete estimated to be $3,000,000.

3 Current estimate (including storage for irrigation), $31,000,000.

4 Current estimate for Cherry Creek project, $11,000,000.

Partially constructed. Federal cost to June 1, 1942, $2,543,527. Estimated additional costs to comple (from Survey report dated June 27, 1942) are: Federal cost, $13,000,000; non-Federal, $2,200,000, total $15,200,000.

NOTE. For location of projects, see map ccompanying this report.

VI. CONCLUSIONS

50. It is concluded that the existing approved plan of improvemen for the Missouri Basin should be expanded substantially as indicated herein to include in addition to the plan authorized under existing la the following:

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(a) A series of levees and appurtenant works along both sides of th Missouri River from the vicinity of Sioux City, Iowa, to the vicini of the mouth of the Missouri River.

(b) The following multiple-purpose reservoirs: Five on the ma stem of the Missouri River, five on the tributaries of the upper Re publican River, one on the Big Horn River, and one on the Yello stone River.

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49. In connection with the development of the multiple-purpose
projects, those shown for the Missouri River will provide for the max
mum practicable storage of water of the main stem. The water to
be impounded in these, as well as the other multiple-purpose structures
shown in tables 1 and 2, will be utilized to produce the maximum
practicable development of irrigation, navigation, power, and other
multiple purposes. However, sufficient storage will be provided
each reservoir to provide for the needs of local flood protection down
stream from the reservoir as well as for the needs of the general com
prehensive plan for flood control for the Missouri River Basin. T
provide for the maximum utilization of the waters stored in multiple
purpose reservoirs, a plan would be worked out for each structure he
collaboration with the various water-use agencies involved. The
amount of water to be made available to the Bureau of Reclamation
for irrigation would be arrived at after close collaboration with that
agency. The development of power potentialities would be deter
mined in cooperation with the Federal Power Commission. Wate
use for other purposes would be arrived at in a similar manner.

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(c) A diversion from the vicinity of Garrison Dam into the Dakotas xtending to the Devils Lake and the James River Basin regions toether with the pumping stations, conduits, and other facilities necesary to supply water during drought seasons for the Devils Lake and anies River regions.

VII. RECOMMENDATIONS

51. It is recommended:

(a) That the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other urposes in the Missouri River Basin approved by the act of June 28, .938, as modified by subsequent acts, be expanded to include the plans presented herein and as expanded be approved for prosecution by the War Department under the direction of the Secretary of War and upervision of the Chief of Engineers with such modifications thereof nd changes therein as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and he Chief of Engineers may become advisable.

(b) That all reservoirs constructed under the approved plan shall e constructed, operated, and maintained by the War Department inder the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers.

(c) That no money appropriated for the prosecution of the works erein recommended shall be expended on the construction of any evee until States, levee districts, or local interests have furnished. without cost to the United States all lands, easements, and rights-ofvay for levees and have agreed that they will maintain the levees after heir completion; maintenance includes normally such matters as utting grass, removal of weeds, local drainage, and minor repairs.

(d) That in addition to previous authorizations for the Missouri River Basin there be authorized to be appropriated a sum adequate to provide for the initiation and prosecution of the expanded general Comprehensive plan in a logical step-by-step manner.

LEWIS A. PICK, Colonel, Corps of Engineers, Division Engineer.

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A LETTER FROM THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES
ARMY, DATED DECEMBER 16, 1943, SUBMITTING A REPORT,
TOGETHER WITH ACCOMPANYING PAPERS AND AN ILLUSTRA-
TION, ON A PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION AND SURVEY OF
CHEHALIS RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES, WASHINGTON, AUTHOR-
IZED BY THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED JUNE 22, 1936, AND
BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS APPROVED JUNE 13, 1934

MARCH 13, 1944.-Referred to the Committee on Flood Control and ordered to be printed with an illustration

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, March 9, 1944.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I am transmitting herewith a report dated December 16, 1943, from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, together with accompanying papers and an illustration, on a preliminary examination and survey of Chehalis River and tributaries, Washington, authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936, and by an act of Congress approved June 13, 1934.

The project, if adopted, would require a substantial amount of critical materials, manpower, and construction equipment, without either essentiality to, or presently indicated value to the war effort, being established. The Department is of the opinion that the submission of any estimate or request for appropriation for construction, or the initiation of any construction on this project, should be deferred until after the war.

The Bureau of the Budget has been consulted and advises that while there would be no objection to the submission of this proposed

report to the Congress, in the absence of evidence showing that there
proposed works are necessary to the prosecution of the war, the subalt
mission during the present emergency of any estimate of appropria
tion for the construction of the project would not be in accord with
the program of the President.
Respectfully,

HENRY L. STIMSON,
Secretary of War.

LETTER OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, UNITED STATES ARMY imic
WAR DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS,
Washington, D. C., December 16, 1943.

Subject: Chehalis River, Wash.
To: The Secretary of War.

1. I submit for transmission to Congress my report with accom panying papers and an illustration on preliminary examination and survey of Chehalis River and tributaries, Washington, authorized by act of June 13, 1934, and by the Flood Control Act approved June 22,

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2. Chehalis River rises in southwestern Washington, flows north
and east 42 miles to the city of Chehalis, thence north 6 miles to
Centralia and northwesterly 62 miles to Aberdeen where it empties
into Grays Harbor, an arm of the Pacific Ocean. Important tribu-
taries from the east are Newaukum River at Chehalis and Skookum
chuck River which in its lower 3 miles flows through the outskirts of
Centralia. The tidal reach of the stream extends for 31 miles above
the mouth and has three important tributaries, all from the north
These are Satsop River at mile 23, Wynoochee River 6 miles below)
and Wishkah River which joins Chehalis River within the city of
Aberdeen. Chehalis River drains an area of 2,063 square
The divide to the northeast separating the basin from the drainage f
Puget Sound has an elevation of about 130 feet. Much greater eleif
vations are found in other parts of the basin with a maximum of 5,000
feet in the extreme north. The high portions of the watershed, drained
by the headwaters and the easterly and northerly tributaries, are
rugged and densely forested. From near Chehalis to Grays Harbor,
about 2 miles. The Federal navigation project for improvement of ad.....
the river meanders through a flat fertile plain with average width of
Grays Harbor and Chehalis River, 88 percent completed, provides for
a deep-draft entrance channel from the ocean to the Union Pacifie
Railroad bridge at Aberdeen, thence a channel 18 feet deep and 3
miles long to the adjoining city of Cosmopolis and 16 feet "deep to
Montesano, a further distance of about 11 miles.

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3. Chehalis River Basin has a population of about 80,000. Its the
largest cities are Aberdeen with 18,600 in 1940, Hoquiam adjoining it
on the west with 10,800, Centralia with 7,300, and Chehalis with 4,800
Cosmopolis and Bucoda, the latter on Skookumchuck River, have po
ulations of 1,200 and 1,700, respectively. Lumbering, mining, 887

culture, and fishing are the principal industries. Several mills for
from a pulp mill at Hoquiam discharges into Grays Harbor. Inves
manufacture of timber products operate in the basin. The effluent
tigations by the State of Washington indicate that this discharge

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