30. Arkansas River, Conway County levee districts Nos. 1, 2, and 8, Arkansas; plan, profile, and sections of proposed improvement. 31. Arkansas River, Cypress drainage district, Arkansas; plan, profile, and sections of considered project. 32. Arkansas River, Perry County levee district No. 1, Arkansas; plan, profile, and sections of considered project. 33. Arkansas River, Faulkner County levee district No. 1, Arkansas; plan, profile, and sections of considered project. 34. Arkansas River, Faulkner County levee district No. 2, Arkansas; plan, profile, and sections of considered project. 35. Arkansas River, Roland drainage district, Arkansas; plan, profile, and sections of proposed improvement. 36. Arkansas River, Palarm Creek Bottom, Ark.; plan, profile, and sections 37. Arkansas River, Little Maumelle Bottom, Ark.; plan, profile, and sections of considered project. 38. Arkansas River, Little Rock levees, Arkansas (West End): plan, profile, and sections of considered project. 39. Arkansas River, Little Rock levees, Arkansas (East End, Fourche Bayou); plan, profile, and sections of proposed improvement. 40. Arkansas River, Little Rock levees, Arkansas (East End, Fourche Bayou); plan, profile, and sections of proposed improvement. 41. Arkansas River, south bank of Arkansas River, Little Rock to Pine Bluff (Head of Fourche Island to Pennington Bayou), Ark.; plan, profile, and sections of proposed improvement. 42. Arkansas River, south bank of Arkansas River, Little Rock to Pine Bluff (Tucker Lake), Ark.; plan, profile, and sections of proposed II. Hydrology and related data. III. Economic data. IV. Project cost estimates, investments, annual charges, and analyses of eco- V. Copies of letters submitted by local interests regarding their willingness to meet the requirements of local cooperation as prescribed by law. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 17, 1944. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. DEAR MR. SPEAKER: I am transmitting herewith a partial report dated January 15, 1944, from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, together with accompanying papers and illustrations, on a review of reports on the Arkansas River, Kans., Okla., and Ark., requested by resolutions of the Committee on Flood Control, House of Representatives, adopted on November 19, 1940, April 23, 1942, and July 2, 1943. The Department approves of the submission of the report to Congress. In view of the large quantities of manpower, materials, and equipment involved in the proposed projects, and since they are not essential to the war effort, the Department desires that, if any of the proposed projects are approved, construction thereof 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 the proposed works are necessary to the prosecution of the war, the submission during the present emergency of any estimate of appropriation for the construction of the project would not be in accord with the program of the President. Respectfully, HENRY L. STIMSON, Secretary of War. VII ARKANSAS RIVER, KANS., OKLA., AND ARK. WAR DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, The CHAIRMAN, COMMITTEE ON FLOOD CONTROL, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: 1. The Committee on Flood Control of the House of Representatives, by resolution adopted November 19, 1940, requested the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the report on Arkansas River, Little Rock to Pine Bluff, Ark., submitted in House Document No. 718, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with a view to determining whether any works for control of floods along Fourche Bayou are justified by present developments in this vicinity; under date of April 23, 1942, requested the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the report on Arkansas River and tributaries, submitted in House Document No. 308, Seventy-fourth Congress, first session, with a view to determining whether any improvement for flood control in Cypress drainage district, Perry and Conway Counties, Ark., is advisable at this time; and under date of July 2, 1943, requested the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors to review the reports on the Arkansas River and tributaries contained in House Document 308, Seventyfourth Congress, first session, with a view to determining whether any modification should be made therein at this time with respect to local flood protection along the main stem of the Arkansas River. I enclose the report of the Board in response thereto. Insofar as the resolution of July 2, 1943, is concerned, this is a partial or interim report since it is limited to the section of the river between Great Bend, Kans., and Pine Bluff, Ark. which are, respectively, 878 and 111.1 miles above the river mouth. Extensive levee systems have been constructed by the United States on both banks of Arkansas River below Pine Bluff and that section does not require investigation under these resolutions. A separate report is in preparation for the river above Great Bend. Cypress drainage district, referred to in the resolution of April 23, 1942, borders Arkansas River on the right bank between miles 217 and 218.1. Fourche Bayou is a short tributary which enters Arkansas River just below Little Rock, mile 165.5. Thus it is appropriate to cover the resolutions of November 19, 1940, and April 23, 1942, in this report on the main stem of Arkansas River. 2. After full consideration of the reports secured from the district and division engineers, the Board recommends: (1) Modification of the following existing flood-control projects along Arkansas River, to provide for improvement in general accordance with the plans of the district engineer as described in his report and shown on the accompanying drawings with such changes therein as in the discretion of the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, at estimated additional costs to Very truly yours, REPORT OF THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS WAR DEPARTMENT, THE BOARD OF ENGINEERS FOR RIVERS AND HARBORS, Subject: Arkansas River, Kans., Okla., and Ark. 1. This report is in response to the following resolutions adopted November 19, 1940, April 23, 1942, and July 2, 1943, respectively: Resolved by the Committee on Flood Control of the House of Representatives, United States, That the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors created under section 3 of the River and Harbor Act approved June 13, 1902, be, and is hereby, requested the 0 1 |