Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year. The work done during the fiscal year consisted of repairs to locks, bridges, buildings, telephone lines, canal banks, roadways, and fences. Seep ditches and aqueducts were cleaned out as necessary. Brush and weeds were cut and burned along the canal right-of-way. Maintenance dredging in the canal was performed during the year, a total of 56,061 cubic yards being removed by Government plant and hired labor, and 30,706 cubic yards being removed by contract. The costs during the fiscal year were $172,624.94 for operating and care. The expenditures were $174,031.13. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1918. All locks, dams, aqueducts, buildings and other appurtenances are in fair condition. The project depth of the channel is 7 feet. The bottom width of the canal is 52 feet and width at the water surface is 80 feet, except at aqueducts where the width is 40 feet, and at locks, 35 feet. The total cost to June 30, 1945, from regular funds was $9,197,272.38, of which $7,580,143.41 was for construction and $1,617,128.97 was for operation and care. The expenditures were $9,175,461.04. The costs and expenditures from Emergency Relief funds for removal of snags and stumps in Rock River pool were $25,000, all new work. In addition, the sum of $4,143,282.27 was expended between April 1895 and June 30, 1936, on the operating and care of the works of improvement under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations. The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, plus an additional anticipated amount will be applied as follows: The additional sum of $230,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947 for operating and care of the canal as follows: Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 230, 000.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 3. MILL CREEK AND SOUTH SLOUGH AT MILAN, ILL. Location. Mill Creek empties into South Slough about 1 mile east of the town of Milan, Ill., and 6.5 miles above the mouth of South Slough, which empties into the Mississippi River. Previous projects.-Adopted by the River and Harbor Act of January 21, 1927. (For further details see p. 1132, Annual Report for 1932, and p. 1081, Annual Report for 1938.) Existing project. This provides for floodgates in the walls of the canal, or other devices for carrying the floodwaters of Mill Creek across the canal right-of-way into Rock River; for the construction of a levee on the east bank of Mill Creek extending from the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad to the canal embankment; for the construction of a levee on the west bank of Mill Creek and its extension in a westerly direction to a connection with Water Street at the point E, shown on map of project document; and for the removal of obstructions in Mill Creek and South Slough, at an estimated cost of $87,500 for new work and $2,000 annually for maintenance. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 19, 71st Cong., 2d sess.). The latest published map is in the project document. Local cooperation.-Fully complied with. Terminal facilities.-None. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Maintenance operations, by hired labor, during the fiscal year consisted of cutting brush and willows on banks of Mill Creek and South Slough; removing 3,917 cubic yards of deposit at Mill Creek spillway, and operating spillway gates. The cost of the work was $1,213.95 for maintenance. The expenditures were $1,619.11. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was completed in 1932. The project was in good condition at the end of the fiscal year. The total cost under the existing project to June 30, 1945, was $85,787.09, of which $63,633.58 was for new work, and $22,153.51 was for maintenance. The expenditures were $85,787.09. Proposed operations.-The unexpended balance at the end of the fiscal year, plus an additional anticipated amount, will be applied to maintenance work by hired labor during the fiscal year 1946. The additional sum of $2,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947 for maintenance operations by hired labor. Balance available June 30, 1945 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 for maintenance 1 Exclusive of available funds. 1 3,000.00 3, 465.60 1, 619. 11 1,846. 49 100.00 1, 746. 49 2,000.00 4. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS AND CONTINGENCIES GENERAL The cost of work during the fiscal year amounted to $165,449.31; the expenditures were $153,312.14. The balance unexpended June 30, 1945, $251,963.87, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1946 to payment of expenses incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $63,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947. 63, 000.00 Balance available June 30, 1945 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 Exclusive of available funds. 5. PLANT ALLOTMENT, ROCK ISLAND, ILL., DISTRICT Status of all investigations for navigation called for by river and harbor acts and committee resolutions Mississippi River at Cassville, Wis. Mississippi River; Davenport (Iowa) harbor of refuge. Mississippi River at Davenport, Iowa (construction of harbor in pool created by lock and dam No. 15). Mississippi River, harbor at Fort Madison, Iowa. to accommodate tows, barges, launches, small craft and other vessels. Mississippi River at or in vicinity of Hannibal, Mo., construction of harbor to accommodate launches, small craft, and other vessels. Mississippi River between mouth of the Illi- Rock River, Ill. and Wis., above Sterling, Rivers and Harbors Rivers and Harbors Rivers and Harbors Committee resolu- Rivers and Harbors |