IMPROVEMENT OF RIVERS AND HARBORS IN THE FORT WORTH, TEX., DISTRICT

The district comprises all of Texas south of the Red River drainage basin exclusive of the drainage basin of the Rio Grande and its tributaries above and including the_Pecos River; that portion of western Louisiana in the Sabine River drainage system, exclusive of the Louisiana section of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and tributary waterways; and the portion of eastern New Mexico embraced in the drainage basins of the Brazos and Colorado Rivers.

It is responsible for supervision and prosecution of all work relating to flood control and water conservation and utilization within the territorial limits described above. Excluded from responsibility of the Fort Worth District are the navigation and major drainage projects along the coastal plain.

District Engineer: Col. Delbert B. Freeman, Corps of Engi

neers.

Division Engineer of the Southwestern Division, Dallas, Tex., comprising the Galveston, Tex., Fort Worth, Tex., Albuquerque, N. Mex., Little Rock, Ark., and Tulsa, Okla. districts: Col. Louis W. Prentiss, Corps of Engineers.

1. NECHES AND ANGELINA RIVERS, TEX. Location. The Neches River has its source 60 miles southeast of Dallas and flows generally southeast 416 miles to Sabine Lake 4 miles east of Port Arthur, Tex. The Angelina River flows southeast 200 miles to its confluence with the Neches River 126 miles above its mouth. The authorized features are located as follows: Rockland Dam on Neches River approximately 3 miles west of Rockland, Tex.; McGee Bend Dam on Angelina River approximately 10 miles northwest of Jasper, Texas; Dam A on Neches River approximately 4 miles west of Horger, Tex.; Dam B on Neches River approximately one-half mile north of Town Bluff, Tex. (See U. S. Geological Survey Base Map, Northeast Texas, Scale 1:500,000).

Existing project. The plan of improvement provides for dams and reservoirs to be located at the Rockland and McGee Bend dam sites on the Neches and Angelina Rivers, respectively, which will effect a large measure of flood protection to agricultural lands in the lower river valley and to the city of Beaumont, reduce the hazards to navigation resulting from floods, and provide a regulated flow in the lower river to supply municipal, agricultural, and industrial demands. In addition these proposed projects would permit the development of a large amount of firm power and afford opportunities for recreation.

The plan also provides for construction of Dam A, located on the Neches River below Rockland Dam, for the development of power; and Dam B, located below the confluence of the Angelina and Neches Rivers, to regulate the daily fluctuations in discharge from the turbines in the upper projects and to develop a limited amount of power.

Construction of Rockland and Dam A Reservoirs and of power facilities at Dam B is to be deferred until justified by future conditions.

The following tabulation gives descriptive data on these dams and reservoirs.

The estimated cost of the project (July 1951) is $85,996,500 for construction and $12,840,700 for lands and damages, a total of $98,837,200, including $5,000,000 to be contributed by local interests.

The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act, approved March 2, 1945, for regulating the flow of Neches River and tributaries for the benefit of navigation, the control of floods, the conservation of water, and the development of hydroelectric power (See S. Doc. 98, 76th Cong., 1st sess.)

The River and Harbor Act approved June 30, 1948 modified this project so as to provide that the local agency which gives assurances that upon completion of the entire project it will contribute toward the first cost of the work the sum of $5,000,000, will be permitted to withdraw from the pool of Dam "B" not to exceed 2,000 cubic feet of water per second for its own use (Public Law No. 858, 80th Cong., 2d sess.).

Local cooperation. This project was adopted subject to the provision that before construction is started upon any element of the project, the State of Texas or other responsible local agency give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that upon completion of the entire project it will contribute toward the first cost of the work the sum of $5,000,000. The Lower Neches Valley Authority has furnished assurances, approved by the Secretary of the Army on November 13, 1947, that at any time after Congress appropriates sufficient funds for construction Dam B and its reservoir which, as estimated by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, would by the addition of $2,000,000 be sufficient to complete Dam B and its reservoir, upon demand by the Secretary of the Army, the Authority will contribute $2,000,000 toward the construction of Dam B and its reservoir; and upon completion of the McGee Bend Dam and its reservoir the sum of $3,000,000 will be contributed toward the first cost of the project.

To date $2,000,000 has been contributed toward the first cost of Dam B.

Operations and results during fiscal year. Operations during the fiscal year consisted of continuation of land acquisition for Dam B; completion of contract for construction of earthen embankment and spillway, Dam B; and completion of reservoir clearing operations, Dam B. Review of the preliminary investigations and engineering studies for McGee Bend, with a view to reducing the size of this element of the project, was continued.

The cost during the fiscal year, all for new work, was $1,732,566.55 from United States funds and $1,580,355.84 from contributed funds. Total expenditures were $2,564,737.10.

Condition at end of fiscal year. The existing project was 8 percent complete. Preliminary investigations and engineering studies for detailed plans were 100 percent complete for Dam B, Rockland Dam, and Dam A. Review of the preliminary studies for McGee Bend Dam were 81 percent complete. Detailed plans and specifications for Dam B were 93 percent complete. The Dam B element of the existing project was 92 percent complete.

1. NECHES AND ANGELINA RIVERS, TEX. Location. The Neches River has its source 60 miles southeast of Dallas and flows generally southeast 416 miles to Sabine Lake 4 miles east of Port Arthur, Tex. The Angelina River flows southeast 200 miles to its confluence with the Neches River 126 miles above its mouth. The authorized features are located as follows: Rockland Dam on Neches River approximately 3 miles west of Rockland, Tex.; McGee Bend Dam on Angelina River approximately 10 miles northwest of Jasper, Texas; Dam A on Neches River approximately 4 miles west of Horger, Tex.; Dam B on Neches River approximately one-half mile north of Town Bluff, Tex. (See U. S. Geological Survey Base Map, Northeast Texas, Scale 1:500,000).

Existing project. The plan of improvement provides for dams and reservoirs to be located at the Rockland and McGee Bend dam sites on the Neches and Angelina Rivers, respectively, which will effect a large measure of flood protection to agricultural lands in the lower river valley and to the city of Beaumont, reduce the hazards to navigation resulting from floods, and provide a regulated flow in the lower river to supply municipal, agricultural, and industrial demands. In addition these proposed projects would permit the development of a large amount of firm power and afford opportunities for recreation.

The plan also provides for construction of Dam A, located on the Neches River below Rockland Dam, for the development of power; and Dam B, located below the confluence of the Angelina and Neches Rivers, to regulate the daily fluctuations in discharge from the turbines in the upper projects and to develop a limited amount of power.

Construction of Rockland and Dam A Reservoirs and of power facilities at Dam B is to be deferred until justified by future conditions.

The following tabulation gives descriptive data on these dams and reservoirs.

The estimated cost of the project (July 1951) is $85,996,500 for construction and $12,840,700 for lands and damages, a total of $98,837,200, including $5,000,000 to be contributed by local interests.

The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act, approved March 2, 1945, for regulating the flow of Neches River and tributaries for the benefit of navigation, the control of floods, the conservation of water, and the development of hydroelectric power (See S. Doc. 98, 76th Cong., 1st sess.)

The River and Harbor Act approved June 30, 1948 modified this project so as to provide that the local agency which gives assurances that upon completion of the entire project it will contribute toward the first cost of the work the sum of $5,000,000, will be permitted to withdraw from the pool of Dam "B" not to exceed 2,000 cubic feet of water per second for its own use (Public Law No. 858, 80th Cong., 2d sess.).

Local cooperation. This project was adopted subject to the provision that before construction is started upon any element of the project, the State of Texas or other responsible local agency give assurances satisfactory to the Secretary of the Army that upon completion of the entire project it will contribute toward the first cost of the work the sum of $5,000,000. The Lower Neches Valley Authority has furnished assurances, approved by the Secretary of the Army on November 13, 1947, that at any time after Congress appropriates sufficient funds for construction Dam B and its reservoir which, as estimated by the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, would by the addition of $2,000,000 be sufficient to complete Dam B and its reservoir, upon demand by the Secretary of the Army, the Authority will contribute $2,000,000 toward the construction of Dam B and its reservoir; and upon completion of the McGee Bend Dam and its reservoir the sum of $3,000,000 will be contributed toward the first cost of the project.

To date $2,000,000 has been contributed toward the first cost of Dam B.

Operations and results during fiscal year. Operations during the fiscal year consisted of continuation of land acquisition for Dam B; completion of contract for construction of earthen embankment and spillway, Dam B; and completion of reservoir clearing operations, Dam B. Review of the preliminary investigations and engineering studies for McGee Bend, with a view to reducing the size of this element of the project, was continued.

The cost during the fiscal year, all for new work, was $1,732,566.55 from United States funds and $1,580,355.84 from contributed funds. Total expenditures were $2,564,737.10.

Condition at end of fiscal year. The existing project was 8 percent complete. Preliminary investigations and engineering studies for detailed plans were 100 percent complete for Dam B, Rockland Dam, and Dam A. Review of the preliminary studies for McGee Bend Dam were 81 percent complete. Detailed plans and specifications for Dam B were 93 percent complete. The Dam B element of the existing project was 92 percent complete.