nance work on the stretch between Stillwater and Taylors Falls is limited to an expenditure of not to exceed $5,000 per year. The existing project was authorized by the following river and harbor acts: The latest published map is in House Document No. 1008, Sixtyfourth Congress, first session. Terminal facilities.-At Stillwater there is a concrete-paved levee, 550 feet long and 40 feet wide, sloping from the top of the river bank to the water. There is also a piling and timber trestle wharf on the right bank, of which 276 feet is dock and 96 feet approach. At other points along the river landings are made on the banks. The facilities are considered adequate for existing com merce. Operations and results during fiscal year.—Preliminary surveys in connection with proposed maintenance channel dredging were carried on by hired labor. The costs and expenditures for the year were $605.39, for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-All new work was completed in 1930. The extension to provide a 9-foot channel from the mouth to Stillwater was completed on August 12, 1938, when full pool at Dam No. 3 of the Mississippi River canalization project was reached. The maximum draft that could be carried on June 30, 1945, between Stillwater and Taylors Falls was about 2.5 feet; below Stillwater, 9 feet. The total costs to June 30, 1945, were $246,306.28, being $150,409.50 for new work and $95,896.78 for maintenance. The total expenditures were $246,306.28. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1945, $62,856.94, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Preliminary channel dredging surveys by hired labor Dredging channel between Stillwater and mouth by Govern- Total maintenance $1,056. 94 61, 800.00 62, 856. 94 The additional sum of $25,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947, as follows: Maintenance: Preliminary channel dredging surveys by hired labor Dredging channel between Stillwater and mouth by Government plant and hired labor (July 1946) Snagging by Government plant and hired labor Total maintenance $900 24,000 100 25,000 Balance unexpended July 1, 1944 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Mar. 31, 1945 $24, 462. 33 39, 000. 00 Amount to be accounted for Gross amount expended Balance unexpended June 30, 1945 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 Exclusive of available funds. 63, 462. 33 605. 39 62,856. 94 25, 000. 00 Location. 4. MINNESOTA RIVER, MINN. This river has its source in South Dakota, about 35 miles from Browns Valley, Minn. It is about 400 miles in length, its general direction of flow being easterly, and it empties into the Mississippi River at St. Paul, Minn. For general location, see United States Geological Survey map of Minnesota. Previous projects.-The original project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of March 2, 1867, and modified by the River and Harbor Acts of August 11, 1888, and July 13, 1892. For further details see page 1890 of Annual Report for 1915, and page 1105 of Annual Report for 1938. Existing project. This provides for open-channel improvement from the Mississippi River to Shakopee (25.6 miles). The object to be accomplished by this improvement is to obtain a channel with 4 feet of water from the Mississippi River to Shakopee, which will accommodate vessels of 3-foot draft. The estimate of cost for new work, made in 1892, was $10,000, exclusive of amounts expended on previous projects. The latest (1941) approved estimate for annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The existing project was adopted by the River and Harbor Act of July 13, 1892 (p. 2209 of the Annual Report for 1891). The latest published map will be found on page 1574 of the Annual Report for 1888. Local cooperation.-None required under the existing project. Local interests on March 27, 1942, requested that the section of the channel between the mouth and Savage, Minn., be dredged to a depth of 9 feet, and the Secretary of War under authority contained in section 4 of the River and Harbor Act approved March 4, 1915, authorized acceptance of a total of $139,670.91 as local contribution to defray costs of dredging in excess of the authorized 4-foot project depth. Terminal facilities.-At Port Cargill, mile 13.7, Cargill, Inc., owns and operates a launching ways, a dock 650 feet in length with warehouse adjacent, with additional mooring space 1,300 feet in length. Operations and results during fiscal year.-Preliminary surveys were carried on by hired labor to determine amount of snagging or maintenance channel dredging required to maintain the channel. Costs and expenditures for the year were $675.17, for maintenance. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was com pleted in 1931. Additional channel dredging (see "Local cooperation"), completed in July 1943, provides: A channel with minimum depth of 9 feet and a width of 100 feet from the mouth to Port Cargill, mile 13.7, except that the 9-foot depth is restricted to a width of 74 feet at the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad bridge, mile 1.7; and a launching basin at Port Cargill, near Savage, Minn., with depths up to 20 feet. Navigation was practicable from Port Cargill, mile 13.7, to Shakopee for drafts not in excess of 3 feet. The total costs and expenditures under the existing project to June 30, 1945, were $72,106.37, being $12,730.69 for new work and $59,375.68 for maintenance. In addition, the cost and expenditure from contributed funds was $139,670.91 for new work dredging to a depth of 9 feet, under the provisions of section 4 of the River and Harbor Act of March 4, 1915. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 1945, $13,660.62, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Preliminary channel dredging surveys by hired labor Total maintenance $1,000. 62 12, 660.00 13, 660.62 The additional sum of $5,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947, as follows: Maintenance: Preliminary channel dredging surveys by hired labor Total maintenance Cost and financial summary 1 $500 4,500 5, 000 Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1945 Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1945 1 In addition, $139,670.91 contributed and expended for new work. mount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 for maintenance 2 5, 000. 00 14, 335. 79 675. 17 13, 660. 62 * Exclusive of available funds. 5. BLACK RIVER, WIS. Location. The source of the river is in west central Wisconsin, he river drains an area of 2,270 square miles lying wholly in Wisconsin, and flows in a general southwesterly direction a total discance of about 160 miles to its confluence with the Mississippi River at La Crosse, Wis., 698.2 miles above Cairo, Ill., and 154.8 niles below the lower Northern Pacific Railway bridge at Minneapolis. The portion of the stream included in this improvement extends from the mouth to a point 1.4 miles upstream. (See U. S. Geological survey map of Wisconsin, scale 1:500,000 for general location.) Existing project. This provides for a channel depth of 9 feet below the normal elevation of pool No. 8, Mississippi River, substantially from bank to bank and extending from the mouth to a point 1.4 miles upstream. The estimated cost of new work made in 1942 is $72,000. The latest (1937) approved estimate of annual cost of maintenance is $2,500. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act of August 26, 1937 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 23, 75th Cong., 1st sess.). This document contains the latest published maps. Local cooperation. Fully complied with. Local interests are required to furnish suitable spoil disposal areas for subsequent maintenance as required. Terminal facilities.-Wadhams division of the Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. owns and operates an oil terminal on the left bank 0.4 mile above the mouth. The city of La Crosse owns and operates a public terminal on the left bank 1.4 miles above the mouth. The terminal consists of a timber trestle 300 feet in length with plank deck, designed for truck and crawler crane operation. The facilities are considered adequate for existing commerce. Operations and results during fiscal year.-None. Condition at end of fiscal year.-The existing project was ab 87 percent complete. Channel dredging completed provides 9-fo depth for width of about 300 feet throughout the full length of the project except for contraction to 100 feet at the Chicago, M waukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad bridge, mile 1.0. Won remaining to complete the project consists of removal of obstru tions at various points outside the dredged area to clear the cha nel to full project width. The total costs and expenditures und the existing project to June 30, 1945, were $67,584.96 for ne work. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended June 30, 194 $2,500, will be applied as follows: Maintenance: Preliminary channel dredging surveys by hired labor Dredging channel between mouth and mile 1.4 by Government Total maintenance 2,00 2,5 The additional sum of $2,500 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year 1947 as follows: Maintenance: Preliminary channel dredging surveys by hired labor Dredging channel by Government plant and hired labor (Septem- 2,3 2,5 Total maintenance Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1945 $67, 584. Balance unexpended June 30, 1945 Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation Act approved Mar. 31, 1945 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project' 4,400.00 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 2,500.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. |