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$2,406,366.29 from regular funds and $3,952.88 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $2,410,319.17.

Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1945, amounting to $266,087.84, plus an allotment of $1,096,000 made in July 1945, will be applied as follows:

Accounts payable June 30, 1945-
New work (regular funds):

Preparation of construction plans and speci-
fications (hired labor, July 1, 1945 to Oct.
31, 1945)

Federal participation in rights-of-way costs
(hired labor, July 1, 1945 to Dec. 31, 1945)
Completion of construction of section II, unit
2a (contract, July 1, 1945 to Aug. 31,
1945).
Completion of construction of section II, unit
2b (contract, July 1, 1945 to Nov. 30,
1945)
Construction of pumping plants (contract,
Oct. 1, 1945 to June 30, 1946).
Purchase and installation of movable closure
parts (contract, Nov. 1, 1945 to Mar. 31,
1946)

Preservation and repair prior to turning
over to local interests (hired labor, July
1, 1945 to June 30, 1946).

Total, new work

Total for all work

$21, 740. 00

3, 780.00

18, 640. 00

245, 010. 00

1, 003, 000. 00

44, 000. 00

$12, 472.72

13, 445. 12

1, 349, 615. 12

1, 362, 087.84

No additional funds can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 as the project will be completed with available funds.

Cost and financial summary

Cost of new work to June 30, 1945.
Cost of maintenance to June 30, 1945.

1 $2,422, 791.89

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.

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Location.-Louisville is located in Jefferson County, Ky., on the left bank of the Ohio River, 607 miles below Pittsburgh, Pa.

Existing project.-Tentative plans for the project provide for the construction of 40,900 feet of new earth levee and 16,300 feet of concrete wall, extending from high ground on the right bank of Beargrass Creek about 1 mile above its mouth, along the left bank the Ohio River to high ground in the vicinity of Iroquois Park. Approximately 14 pumping plants will be provided for the disposal of interior drainage. The project will provide protection for the city of Louisville, Ky., and will afford a freeboard of 3 feet above a flood equal to the maximum flood of record, which occurred in 1937.

The existing project has been selected for construction under the general authorization for the Ohio River Basin contained in the Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938.

The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1941, is $7,150,000 for construction and $995,600 for lands and damages.

Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. Bond issue to cover rights-of-way costs was voted on November 5, 1940. Formal assurances of local cooperation, dated February 28, 1941, have been furnished in accordance with a resolution of the board of aldermen of the city of Louisville adopted February 25, 1941.

Operations and results during fiscal year.-Operations during the fiscal year consisted of continuation of studies for drainage and pumping requirements and surveys for location of levees and flood walls. The costs during the fiscal year were $66,004.78 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $58,113.47. Condition at end of fiscal year.-At the end of the fiscal year, project plans were complete except for revisions made necessary as a result of new building along the line of protection and the desire of local interests to include a greater area on the south side of the city; studies of drainage and pumping requirements were 77 percent complete, and surveys and exploration for final location

of the levee, floodwall, and appurtenant structures were well advanced.

The work remaining to be done consists of the completion of the revision of project plans to consider protection of a greater area; completion of studies of drainage and pumping requirements; surveys and explorations for location of levees, floodwalls and appurtenant structures; the preparation of construction plans and specifications; and the construction of the project.

The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $186,398.53 from regular funds and $8,902.40 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $195,300.93, all for new work. The expenditures were $177,599.71 from regular funds and $8,902.40 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $186,502.11.

Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30. 1945, amounting to $180,332.31, will be applied as follows:

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Preparation of pumping and drainage report
(hired labor, July 1, 1945 to Dec. 31, 1945)---- 16, 000. 00
Preparation of construction plans and specifica-
tions, advance planning (hired labor, July 1,
1945 to June 30, 1946) -

Total, new work

97, 533. 49

171, 533. 49

180, 332. $1

Total for all work

The additional sum of $1,000,000.00 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, as follows: Completion of plans and specifications (hired labor, July 1, 1946 to Mar. 31, 1947)_.

Initiation of construction (contract, Sept. 15, 1946, to June 30, 1947)

$100,000

900,000

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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_.

1 Includes $8,902.40 Emergency Relief funds.

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Balance unexpended July 1, 1944.

Amount allotted from War Department Civil Appropriation

Act approved Mar. 31, 1945.

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 (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion
of existing project

Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending
June 30, 1947 for new work

Exclusive of available funds.

2

113,000.00

$125, 445. 78

113,000.00

238, 445. 78 58, 113. 47

180, 332. 31 9, 381.76

170, 950. 55

6, 783, 165. 58

1, 000, 000. 00

17. EVANSVILLE, OHIO RIVER BASIN, IND. Location.-Evansville is located in Vanderburgh County, Ind., on the right bank of the Ohio River, 792.2 miles below Pittsburgh, Pa.

Existing project.-The plan of improvement provides for the construction of a system of levees and concrete flood walls, consisting of the following features: The Knight Township section, including 39,700 feet of new earth levee and 140 feet of concrete wall, extending from high ground near the intersection of Pollack Avenue and Fuquay Road along the bank of the Ohio River to the upstream end of Dress Plaza, 5 pumping plants for the disposal of interior drainage, and appurtenant structures; the Pigeon Creek section, including 22,000 feet of new earth levee and 8,400 feet of concrete wall, extending from the downstream end of the Knight Township section along the bank of the Ohio River to the mouth of Pigeon Creek and along the left bank of Pigeon Creek upstream to high ground near Olmstead Avenue, about 800 feet east of North Heidelbach Avenue, a small closure levee, 1,140 feet in length, near the Blue Grass Road north of Highway No. 62, 7 pumping plants for the disposal of interior drainage, and appurtenant structures; the Howell section, including 15,800 feet of new earth levee, 3,700 feet of roadway levee, and 3,940 feet of concrete wall, extending from high ground near Highways Nos. 65 and 66 along the right bank of Pigeon Creek to high ground near its mouth and from high ground near the Southern Indiana Gas & Electric Co. power plant along the bank of the Ohio River to the Louisville & Nashville Railroad yards. then north to high ground near the American Woodcraft Corporation plant, 8 pumping plants for the disposal of interior drainage, and appurtenant structures.

The project will provide protection for the city of Evansville. Ind., and will afford a freeboard of 3 feet above a flood equal to the maximum flood of record, which occurred in 1937.

The existing project has been selected for construction under the general authorization for the Ohio River Basin contained in the Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937.

The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1945, is $4,600,000 for construction and $279,000 for lands and damages.

Local cooperation.-See page 5 for requirements. The rightsof-way for sections of the work have been approved as follows: Knight Township section, June 13, 1939; Knight Township pumping plants, May 27, 1941; Howell section, unit 1, September 5, 1941. Rights-of-way for the remainder of Howell Section are being furnished as needed. Local interests have given assurances that the local cooperation requirements will be complied with for the remainder of the project.

Operations and results during fiscal year.-Operations during the fiscal year consisted of continuation of surveys and preparation of plans and specifications for the remainder of the project. The flood of March 1945 caused some flooding behind the Knight Township section. The Howell section, unit I was closed to high ground by a temporary mud box and sandbag levee. This section held out about 6 feet of water and prevented flooding except for accumulation of interior run-off. The costs during the fiscal year were $105,649.16 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $102,649.83.

Condition at end of fiscal year.-At the end of the fiscal year the construction of the flood walls and levees for the Knight Township section and for Howell section, unit I, was complete except for movable closures. The pumping plants for Knight Township section were complete except for purchase and installation of pumps. gates, and electrical controls. Preparation of plans and specifications for the remaining features of work on the Knight Township and Howell sections was practically complete and plans and specifications for Pigeon Creek section and pumping plants were 15 percent complete.

The work remaining to be done consists of the completion of the procurement and installation of pumps and gates for the Knight Township pumping plants; purchase and installation of movable closures for Knight Township and Howell section, unit I; the completion of surveys, plans and specifications, and the construction of Howell section, unit II, Pigeon Creek section, and pumping plants for Howell sections, units I and II and the Pigeon Creek section.

The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $1,389,901.34 from regular funds and $11,811.56 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $1,401,712.90, all for new work. The expenditures were $1,383,428.54 from regular funds and $11,811.56 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $1,395,240.10.

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