39,000.00 Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1945 Balance available June 30, 1945 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 for maintenance1 1 Exclusive of available funds. 24. OTHER FLOOD-CONTROL PROJECTS FOR WHICH NO Revised in 1944. Studies made during the year have indicated the necessity for raising the levee grades along this reach of the Mississippi River to provide the degree of protection contemplated for this project as authorized. * Work deferred pending a review of H. Doc. No. 669, 76th Cong., 3d sess.; which may modify the project, recommended in H. Doc. No. 727, 77th Cong., 2d sess., authorized by the Flood Control Act of Dec. 22, 1944. May be modified by project for "Chain of Rocks Reach," authorized by Congress in H. Doc. No. 231, 76th Cong., 1st sess. Action deferred pending further study. Low-lying lands in this district have been acquired under authorizations contained in the River and Harbor Act approved Aug. 26, 1937. Action regarding protection for the remaining areas in the district deferred pending further study. Work under the project has been deferred pending fulfillment of the required local cooperation. * Completed. Status of all investigations for flood control called for by flood Mississippi (Lower) River, flood protection Mississippi River between Coon Rapids Mississippi River, flood control above mouth Mississippi River, flood protection for area between Ste. Genevieve and St. Marys, Mo., particularly the area known as the "Cottonwoods." Salt River, Mo. Flood Control Act, Flood Control Act, Flood Control Com- do Flood Control Com- Flood Control Act, MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE MISSOURI RIVER AND MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. The section of the river covered in this report is divided into three reaches, under the supervision and direction of district engineers at St. Louis, Mo., Rock Island, Ill., and St. Paul, Minn. The section in the St. Louis district extends from the mouth of the Missouri River to mile 300 above the Ohio River, a distance of about 105 miles; the Rock Island district extends from mile 300 to mile 614, a distance of about 314 miles; and the St. Paul district extends from mile 614 to the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway bridge, Minneapolis, a distance of about 244 miles. District engineers: At St. Paul, Minn., Col. Lynn C. Barnes, Corps of Engineers; at Rock Island, Ill., Lt. Col. John H. Peil, Corps of Engineers; at St. Louis, Mo., Col. Lawrence B. Feagin, Corps of Engineers. Division engineer: Col. Malcolm Elliott, Corps of Engineers. Location. The Mississippi River rises in the northern part of Minnesota, flows about 2,450 miles in a southerly direction, and empties into the Gulf of Mexico. The portion included in this report extends from the mouth of the Missouri River to the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway bridge, Minneapolis, a distance of about 663 miles. Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Acts of June 10, 1872, June 18, 1878, August 18, 1894, February 9, 1905, March 3, 1905, March 2, 1907, June 25, 1910, September 22, 1922, March 3, 1925, January 21, 1927, and July 3, 1930. For further details see pages 1879, 1880, and 1887 of the Annual Report for 1915, pages 1106, 1107, and 1108 of the Annual Report for 1932, and page 1047 of the Annual Report for 1938. Existing project. This project provides for a channel of 9-foot depth and of adequate width between the mouth of the Missouri River (1,276 miles from the Gulf) and the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway bridge at Minneapolis, by the construction of a system of locks and dams, supplemented by dredging. The project also provides for a further improvement at St. Paul to provide a basin 9 feet deep, varying in width from 400 to 1,100 feet and extending downstream from the Robert Street Bridge for a distance of 2.7 miles, and at Minneapolis to provide adequate terminal facilities. The estimate of cost for new work, revised in 1945, is $172,000,000, which includes $8,259,000 for work upstream from the lower Northern Pacific Railway bridge at Minneapolis, but is exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest approved estimate for maintenance and operating costs is $1,861,000 annually, including $851,000 for operating and care of locks and dams. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: Acts Work authorized Documents Sept. 22, 1922. July 3, 1930. Feb. 24, 1932 (Public Res. No. 10, 72d Cong., 1st sess.). Aug. 30, 1935 (included in the Public Works Administration and Emergency Relief Administration programs). Aug. 26, 1937. Do June 26, 1934 (Permanent Appropriations Repeal Act). Dredging channels to landing places on the main river and subsidiary sloughs for the river above the mouth of the Missouri River. Project adopted and to be prosecuted in accordance with the plan for a comprehensive project to secure a channel of 9-foot depth; amount authorized to be appropriated limited to $7,500,000, in addition to amounts authorized under the then existing projects. Chief of Engineers granted discretionary authority to make such modification in plan as may be advisable. Missouri River established as the lower limits of the project; authorizes further improvement of the harbor at St. Paul, Minn.; authorizes appropriation of the entire sum required for completion of the project. Project modified in accordance with recommendation of the district engineer, Rock Island, Ill., providing for rectification of damages that may be caused to drainage and levee districts bordering the Mississippi River by seepage and backwater as a result of the navigation improvement. The estimated cost is $2,515,566, including $624,645 for acquiring low-lying lands in 7 districts, $125,000 for continuing a study of the districts for 5 years, $247,290 for annual rectification of damages during the period of study, $150,000 ontingent construction by the United States, and $1,368,631 for estimated capitalized increased drainage costs. Extension of the 9-foot channel above St. Anthony Falls (subject to such changes as may be found advisable by the Chief of Engineers and the final approval of the plan by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, as necessary to provide adequate terminal facilities for Minneapolis, Minn.). Final approval of a plan, incorporating certain changes found advisable by the Chief of Engineers, was given by the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors Feb. 8, 1938. Modification of the requirements for bridge clearances was approved by the Board of Engineers Oct. 28, 1940, and by the Chief of Engineers Nov. 27. 1940. (S. Doc. No. 54, 77th Cong., 1st sess.) Operating snag boats, and operation and care of locks and dams provided for with funds from War Department appropriations for rivers and harbors. H. Doc. No. 290, 71st Cong. 2d sess. H. Doc. No. 137, 72d Cog. 1st sess., and Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 44, 74th Cong., 1st sess. Rivers and Harbors Co mittee Doc. No. 34, 75th Cong., 1st sess. H. Doc. No. 137, 72d Cong 1st sess. |