The total costs of the existing project to the end of the fiscal year were as follows: Regular funds: New work Maintenance Maintenance (operating and care) Total Public Works funds: New work Emergency Relief funds: New work Total costs, all funds The total expenditures were $20,958,304.27, of which $17,254,518.06 was from regular funds, $1,250,049.38 from Public Works funds and $2,453,736.83 from Emergency Relief funds. In addition, the sum of $3,528,158.88 was expended between January 1, 1903 and June 30, 1935, on the operation and care of the works of improvement under the provisions of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1945, plus an anticipated allotment will be applied as follows: Accounts payable, June 30, 1945 New work: Purchase land and flowage easements in Pool No. 8 (July 1 to Sept. 30, 1945) $11, 467. 20 $3,934. 02 The additional sum of $277,950 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, as follows: Maintenance: 8, 600.00 215, 230.00 14, 110. 00 56, 552. 45 285, 892. 45 311, 297. 17 Dredging (mouth to Lock No. 9) by hired labor, as needed $5, 100 Snagging (mouth to Lock No. 9) by hired labor, as needed 2,050 Surveys for dredging (mouth to Lock No. 9) by hired labor 1, 200 Total, maintenance Maintenance operating and care of locks and dams: $8, 350 Operation 193, 600 Ordinary maintenance and repairs Total, maintenance (operating and care of locks $14,000 $269, 600 Total for all work 277, 950 Cost and financial summary Cost of new work to June 30, 1945 $18, 152, 202. 29 6, 345, 728. 06 Total cost of permanent work to June 30, 1945 Minus accounts payable June 30, 1945 Net total expenditures Unexpended balance June 30, 1945 1943 $293,829.59 $114,090.80 $5,976. 35 244, 115.90 442, 134. 68 312, 189. 68 250, 092. 25 245, 787.70 469, 882. 24 305, 232. 75 256, 073. 79 25,000.00 252, 985.00 239,900.00 Allotted. Balance unexpended July 1, 1944 Amount to be accounted for $240, 050.00 251, 228.34 256,807.02 Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for completion of existing project 1 Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending June 30, 1947 for maintenance 1 277, 950.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 3. OHIO RIVER ABOVE MILE 109, BETWEEN CAPTINA ISLAND AND POWHATAN POINT-CONSTRUCTION OF LOCKS AND DAMS For report on this improvement, see page 1439. 4. OHIO RIVER, OPEN-CHANNEL WORK For report on this improvement, see page 1446. 5. YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER, PA. Location. This river, the principal tributary of the Monongahela, rises in Preston County, W. Va., near the western boundary of Maryland, flows northward through Maryland into Pennsylvania, thence northwestward to empty into the Monongahela River at McKeesport, Pa. Its length is 123 miles. (See U. S. Geological Survey charts for southwestern Pennsylvania, western Maryland, and northern West Virginia.) Previous projects.-Adopted by River and Harbor Acts approved June 25, 1910, and January 21, 1927. For further details see page 1274, Annual Report for 1929, and page 1261, Annual Report for 1938. Existing project.-This provides for the canalization of the river from the mouth to West Newton, Pa., 19.3 miles, so as to provide a navigable depth of 9 feet by the construction of two locks and dams. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1935, is $4,197,000. There is no approved estimate for annual maintenance. The existing project was authorized by the River and Harbor Act approved July 3, 1930 (Rivers and Harbors Committee Doc. No. 9, 61st Cong., 2d sess.). The project was modified by the Chief of Engineers September 7, 1934, to provide for two locks and dams in lieu of three locks and dams previously authorized (no printed report). A map of the river is printed in House Document No. 82, Fifty-sixth Congress, first session. The Chief of Engineers is authorized to revise the plans and estimates to meet any changes in conditions. Terminal facilities.-Privately maintained terminals for unloading coal, sand, gravel, manufactured products, etc., ample for present requirements, exist at McKeesport, Pa. Operations and results during fiscal year. No work was performed during the year in connection with maintenance of the dredged channel from the mouth to Fifteenth Street, McKeesport, Pa. There were no costs or expenditures. Condition at end of fiscal year.—No canalization work has been done on the existing project. The effect of pool No. 2, Monongahela River, on the dredged channel at the lower portion of the Youghiogheny River permits movement from the mouth to Fifteenth Street, McKeesport, Pa., by commercial tows. The total cost and expenditures since the adoption of the existing project were $74,635.54, all for maintenance. Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended on June 30, 1945, amounting to $4,103.71, will be applied to hired lábor maintenance dredging of a 9-foot channel between the mouth and Fifteenth Street, McKeesport, Pa. The additional sum of $5,100 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947, to be applied to maintenance dredging of the 9-foot channel from the mouth to Fifteenth Street, McKeesport, Pa. 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_ Net total expenditures.. Unexpended balance June 30, 1945--- Total amount appropriated to June 30, 1945. $47, 194. 75 76, 335. 54 123, 530. 29 123, 530. 29 4, 103. 71 127, 634.00 Balance unexpended July 1, 1944. Amount (estimated) required to be appropriated for comple- Amount that can be profitably expended in fiscal year ending 1 $4, 103. 71 4, 103. 71 4, 197, 000. 00 5, 100.00 1 Exclusive of available funds. 6. TYGART RIVER DAM, W. VA. Location. The dam site is located on the Tygart River in Taylor County, W. Va., about 22.7 miles above the mouth of the river at Fairmont, W. Va. It is 2.25 miles upstream from Grafton, W. Va., and about 78 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pa. The reservoir is located in Taylor and Barbour Counties, W. Va. (See U. S. Geological Survey charts for Fairmont, Thornton, and Belington, W. Va.) Existing project. The construction of a concrete gravity dam was authorized by the Public Works Administration January 11, 1934, and adopted by the River and Harbor Act approved August 30, 1935. This dam is 1,896 feet in length at the top and rises 207 feet above the river bed at the uncontrolled center spillway section, which is flanked by abutment sections 23 feet higher. The structure provides for the gross controlled storage of 289,600 acre-feet of water from a tributary drainage area of 1.183 square miles. Approximately 278 400 acre-feet of this controlled storage are available for flood prevention in the Monongahela and Ohio Valleys, while the remaining 11.200 acre-feet are conservation storage. Low water control is also provided by storing 100,000 acre-feet during the spring months for release during low rainfall periods to make up the deficiency of water in the Monongahela River. Two penstocks are contained in the dam for possible future generation of hydroelectric power. The estimated cost of new work, revised in 1940, is $18,500,000 with $45,000 for annual maintenance and operation. Operations and results during fiscal year-New work.-Due to non-conformity with Public Law No. 158, Seventy-seventh Con gress, first session, authorizing the transfer of certain lands to the State of West Virginia, the State act enacted in 1943 by the legislature of the State of West Virginia was amended and reenacted. State Senate Bill No. 216, introduced in January 1945 for enactment by the legislature of West Virginia, was signed by the Governor on March 10, 1945. This bill provides for the conveyance by the Federal Government to the State Conservation Commission of approximately 1,732 acres of land adjacent to the Tygart River Reservoir, to release all claims of the State of West Virginia for damage to roads and highways caused by the construction, operation and maintenance of the reservoir, and permits the sale of adjacent land to any former owner or other person, any part thereof not to exceed in the aggregate of 1,000 acres. Negotiations to effect an agreement between the State Act and Public Law No. 158, Seventy-seventh Congress, first session were concluded, and land adjacent to the reservoir transferred to the State of West Virginia. Maintenance (operating and care).-The reservoir was operated effectively as required, and necessary repairs were made to the dam and related structures. A survey was under way to determine sedimentation in the reservoir, vertical and horizontal controls and range lines being established to date. In addition to ordinary repairs to structures and plant, repairs were made to two needle valves by hired labor. During July, August, and September of 1944, run-off was deficient in the Monongahela Basin so that normal navigation pool stages were maintained in the Monongahela River only by the release of an average daily flow of about 400 second-feet from the reservoir. During the remainder of the year, routine operations were made in accordance with the storage schedule, except on the occasion of several minor rises when some water was stored and released as river conditions permitted. The Ohio River at Pittsburgh was above flood stage three times during the year. On four other occasions rises occurred which crested between 20 and 25 feet. The three largest floods, on February 28, March 4, and March 7, 1945, crested at 27.7, 26.9 and 33.4 feet, respectively. Storage was made during each of these floods, but as the intervals between floods were short, total release of the impounded water could not be effected until after the last flood. The reservoir water surface reached levels 99.2, 122.5, and 124.4 feet above minimum pool on March 2, March 5, and March 8, respectively. The highest level reached during the year, on March 8, represents an impoundment of 183,100 acre-feet, or about 66 percent of the usable capacity. Tygart Reservoir, together with the five other completed flood control reservoirs above Pittsburgh, Pa., including Tionesta, Crooked Creek, Mahoning Creek, Loyalhanna and Youghiogheny Reservoirs, effected reductions on these rises of about 2.0, 1.1, and 1.8 feet, respectively at Pittsburgh, Pa. During the corresponding periods, rises on the Ohio River at Wheeling, W. Va., crested at 37.1, 36.6 and 47.3 feet respectively. Tygart Reservoir, together with the five other completed reservoirs above Pittsburgh mentioned above, in conjunc 672607-46-pt. 1, vol. 2-26 |