riverfront levee and 4.5 miles of flank levee, and the construction of 8 gravity drainage structures and two floodgate structures and the extension of four proposed gravity drainage structures under proposed embankment of Illinois State Highway No. 132. The project, when completed, will afford protection to this district against the maximum flood of record (1844) confined. The construction cost, revised in 1944, is $1,344,000. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-See page 5. Assurance of local cooperation. approved by the county court of St. Clair County, Ill., was approved by the Secretary of War November 14, 1939. Right-of-way data for 3.6 miles of upper-flank and riverfront levee were approved November 14, 1939, and April 26, 1940. Formal assurances covering the modified project with changes in alignment of the lower riverfront levee and the lower-flank levee were approved by the Secretary of War November 18, 1942. Right-of-way data for the remainder of the project are being prepared. Assurances of local cooperation for the proposed reconstruction to grade revised in 1944 have not been requested. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Plans and specifications were prepared for uncompleted levees by hired labor at a cost of $7,646.26 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $6,941.65. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Work under the existing project is about 21 percent complete. The total costs to June 30, 1945, were $284,980.73 from regular funds for new work, and total expenditures were $284,276.12. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1945 New work: By contract, raising and enlarging existing levees, Oct. 1. $704. 61 831, 000. 00 Preparation of construction plans and specifications for 27, 019. 27 Total for all work 858, 723.88 The additional sum of $201,000 can be profitably expended during fiscal year 1947 for raising and enlarging existing levees and for preparation of construction plans and specifications for this construction. It is expected that, with the proposed expenditures, the project will be completed, except for raising railroad grades at levee crossings, for which no estimates have been submitted. Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project' 201, 000.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 201, 000. 00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 17. EAST ST. LOUIS AND VICINITY, ILLINOIS Location. This project is in St. Clair and Madison Counties, Ill., on left bank of Mississippi River between river miles 175 and 195 above Ohio River and, with the exception of Chouteau, Nameoki, and Venice, and Chouteau Island levee and drainage districts, and some islands and low-lying lands along the river bank, includes all that part of the alluvial valley between the river and the bluffs and between Cahokia Diversion Channel on the north and the village of Prairie du Pont on the south and is known as the East Side levee and sanitary district. Existing project. This provides for raising and enlarging the existing levee system by the reconstruction of about 20.5 miles of riverfront levee, 4.1 miles of upper flank levee, and 7.0 miles of lower flank levee, and construction of 3 stop-log gates, 11 gravity drainage structures, and 600 linear feet of levee wall. Of the 20.6 miles of river-front levee, about 2 miles of levee were constructed as part of the Granite City Engineer Depot, and, as a consequence, reconstructing the riverfront levee for this distance need not be done. Approximately 10 miles of riverfront levee, included in the above 20.6 miles, also may not need to be reconstructed if the project "Chain of Rocks Reach" recommended in House Document No. 231, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session, is authorized and constructed. The project, when completed, will afford protection to the district against the maximum flood of record (1844) confined. The construction cost, revised in 1944, is $2,993,300. The project was authorized by the Flood Control Act approved June 22, 1936. Local cooperation.-See page 5. Assurance of local cooperati for the entire project was approved by the Secretary of War Mard 24, 1937. Right-of-way data for the flank levees were approve November 27, 1937, and August 7, 1940. Additional right-of-wa data for future work are being prepared. Assurances of local c operation for the proposed reconstruction to grade revised in 19 have not been requested. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Plans and specifice tions were prepared for riverfront levees by hired labor at a cos of $23,481.70 from regular funds for new work. The expenditur were $23,468.99. Condition at end of fiscal year. The existing project is about percent complete. The total costs to June 30, 1945, were $46 617.83 from regular funds and $2,900 from Emergency Relie funds, all for new work, and total expenditures were $471,505.1. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year will be applied as follows: Preparation of construction plans and specifications for rais $12. ing and enlarging existing river-front levees, by hired labor 32, 782. Total for all work 32, 794.8 The additional sum of $2,489,000 can be profitably expended dur ing fiscal year 1947 for raising and enlarging existing levees and for preparation of construction plans and specifications for this construction. It is expected that, with the proposed expenditures the project will be completed, except for raising railroad grades at levee crossings, for which no estimates have been submitted. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1945 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1945 alance unexpended July 1, 1944 mount allotted from Third Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Act Dec. 17, 1941 $54, 263. 87 2,000.00 56, 263. 87 23, 468.99 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project' Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 2 Exclusive of available funds. 32, 794.88 12. 71 32, 782. 17 2,489, 000.00 2, 489,000.00 18. WOOD RIVER DRAINAGE AND LEVEE DISTRICT, ILLINOIS Location. The project lies in Madison County, Ill., on the left bank of the Mississippi River between river miles 195 and 203, and includes the bottoms between the river and the bluffs and extends from the southern city limits of Hartford, Ill., to Alton, Ill. The small industrial cities of Hartford, Wood River, and East Alton lie within the district. Existing project. This provides for raising and enlarging about 5.5 miles of the existing levee system along Wood River and constructing approximately 8.2 miles of new levee to provide protection from the Mississippi River, and the construction of 1 stoplog structure, 20 gravity drainage structures, 3 pump houses, 1 spillway dam in Wood River, and sewer repairs and alterations. The project when completed will afford protection to this district against the maximum flood of record (1844) confined. The construction cost, revised in 1944, is $2,580,000. The project was selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers for construction under the general authorization for the upper Mississippi River Basin contained in the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938. Local cooperation.-See page 5. Assurance of local cooperation has not yet been furnished, but the local district officials are proceeding with the reorganization of the district in order to furnish formal assurance of local cooperation. Detailed right-of-way data have not been furnished. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Plans and specifications were prepared for proposed levees by hired labor at a cost of $3,499.74 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $3,160.38. Condition at end of fiscal year.-No construction work has been started. The total costs to June 30, 1945, were $51,098.75 from regular funds for new work, and total expenditures were $50,759.39. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year less the amount of $400,000 revoked in August 1945, will be applied as follows: By contract, constructing new levees, Oct. 1, 1945, to June Preparation of construction plans and specifications for Total for all work $339.3 2,095, 000.@ 33, 901.2 2, 129, 240. €. It is expected that, with the proposed expenditures, the proje will be completed, except for raising railroad grades at levee cross ings, for which no estimates have been submitted. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945. Minus accounts payable June 30, 1945 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1945 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1945 $51,098. 51, 098. 339. 50, 759.9 2,529, 240. C 2, 580,000. Balance unexpended July 1, 1944 Amount allotted from First Supplemental Appropriation Act 1945 approved Dec. 22, 1944 Amount to be accounted for Gross amount expended Balance unexpended June 30, 1945 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1945 Unobligated balance available June 30, 1945 Amount revoked in August, 1945 Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1946 $37, 400.90 2, 495, 000.0 2,532, 400.9 3, 160.35 2, 529, 240.61 339.3 2, 528, 901. 2 400,000.0 2, 128, 901. 25 19. UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER BASIN, ST. LOUIS DISTRICT Location. The Mississippi River Basin above the Ohio River. exclusive of the Missouri River Basin, in the St. Louis district. Existing project.-The Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938. approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the upper Mississippi River Basin described in the Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable, and authorized $6,600,000 for reservoirs and $2,700,000 for local flood-protection works on the upper Mississippi and Illinois Rivers; the reservoirs and local protection proj |