to turning over to local interests and the formal assignment of the project to local interests for maintenance and operation. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $706,953.67 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $706,980.46. Proposed operations. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1945, amounting to $337,189.27, will be applied as follows: New work (regular funds): Preparation of construction plans and specifications (hired Preservation and repair prior to turning over to local inter- Construction of railroad bridge across Cache River diversion Construction of railroad facilities (contract in force with Construction of highway bridge across Cache River diversion $5, 000. 00 5,519. 27 8, 700.00 207, 400.00 2, 420.00 108, 150. 00 Total, new work 337, 189. 27 The additional sum of $1,200,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, as follows: Construction: Completion of construction of Cache River diversion, unit I Construction of Cache River diversion, unit II (contract Construction of pumping plants (contract Jan. 15, 1947 to Lands, easements and rights-of-way: Construction of railroad bridge across diversion (contract, Reconstruction of railroad facilities (contract July 15, 1946 $420,000 600, 000 50, 000 103, 000 Total 27,000 1, 200, 000 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project1 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal years 1946 and 1947 for new work 1 1 Exclusive of available funds. 268, 894. 22 68, 295. 05 26.79 68, 321. 84 1, 200, 000. 00 1, 200, 000. 00 23. OHIO RIVER BASIN, LOUISVILLE, KY., DISTRICT Location. The works covered by this project are a series of levees, flood walls, channel improvements, and reservoirs in the Ohio River Basin within the confines of the Louisville, Ky., district. Existing project.—The Flood Control Act approved August 28, 1937, authorized the construction of levees, flood walls, and drainage structures for the protection of cities and towns in the Ohio River Basin, the projects to be selected by the Chief of Engineers with the approval of the Secretary of War, in accordance with House Flood Control Committee Document No. 1, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, at a cost not to exceed $24,877,000 for construction, which amount was authorized to be appropriated for this purpose. The Flood Control Act approved June 28, 1938, approved the general comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Ohio River Basin as set forth in House 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 for initiation and partial accomplishment of the plan, authorized $75,000,000 for reservoirs and $50,300,000 for local flood-protection works, the individual projects to be selected and approved by the Chief of Engineers subject to the provision that the authorization shall include the diversion of Cache River above Cairo, Ill., and the protection of the area north of the Cairo drainage district by levees, at an estimated cost of $2,000,000. In addition to previous authorizations the Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the sum of $45,000,000 for the further prosecution of the comprehensive plan approved in the act of June 28, 1938, for the Ohio River Basin, modified to include the Allegheny Reservoir project in accordance with the recommendation of the Chief of Engineers in House Document No. 300, Seventy-sixth Congress, first session. The Flood Control Act approved December 22, 1944, authorized the sum of $70,000,000 for the further prosecution of the approved comprehensive flood control plan for the Ohio River Basin. This act modified the previous plan within the Louisville District to include flood protection works at Taylorsville, Ky., and on Rough River and tributaries, Ky., in accordance with recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in Senate Document No. 105, Seventyeighth Congress, first session, and House Document No. 535, Seventy-eighth Congress, second session, respectively, and to exclude construction of the Shoals Reservoir, Ind., pending submission and adoption by Congress of the report authorized in the Flood Control Act of August 11, 1939. The following is a list of the individual projects considered in the comprehensive plan within the confines of the Louisville, Ky., district. 2 See Annual Report for 1942 for last report showing details of this project. 3 Substitute project for Belknap, Karnak, and Ullin, Ill. See Annual Report for 1944 for last report showing details of this project. Local cooperation. See page 5 for requirements. Total estimated cost $2,565,000 5, 405, 000 5, 169, 000 24, 720, 000 4, 682, 000 2,655,000 14, 235, 000 1,895,000 1,478,000 9,944, 000 Operations and results during fiscal year.-Operations during the fiscal year consisted of the making of surveys and project plans for the development of the general comprehensive plan for flood control in the Ohio River Basin. The costs during the fiscal year were $141,273.04 from regular funds for new work. The expenditures were $130,674.89. Condition at end of fiscal year.-Surveys and project plans for the development of the general comprehensive plan for flood control in the Ohio River Basin were well advanced. The status of the projects selected for construction under this authorization is given in individual reports.. The total costs to the end of the fiscal year were $570,518.55 from regular funds and $421.71 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $570,940.26, all for new work. The expenditures were $559,920.40 from regular funds and $421.71 from Emergency Relief funds, a total of $560,342.11. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1945, amounting to $377,012.97, will be applied to continuing surveys, hydraulic studies, project plans and preparation of plans and specifications for the development of the general comprehensive plan. The additional sum of $50,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 for the continued development of the general comprehensive plan. Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 Cost of maintenance 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 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 2 Exclusive of available funds. 366, 351. 42 50,000. 00 24. EMERGENCY FLOOD-CONTROL WORK UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE FLOOD CONTROL ACT APPROVED AUGUST 18, 1941 The Flood Control Act approved August 18, 1941, authorized the allotment from flood-control appropriations of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any one fiscal year to be expended in rescue work, or in the repair or maintenance of any flood-control work threatened or destroyed by flood. No operations were conducted during the fiscal year under authority of this act. The credits to this account during the fiscal year were $10,506.06 on costs and $5,565.51 on expenditures due to reimbursement of this account for work determined to be properly chargeable to funds made available under authority of the act approved May 29, 1944. The balance unexpended on June 30, 1945, $11,885.11, will be applied to the repair and restoration of levees and flood control works as needed. |