Report of the Chief of Engineers U.S. Army

East Chicago, Ind.; construction of a lock about 80 by 800 feet, and appurtenances in the Little Calumet River; rebuilding or otherwise altering all obstructive railroad bridges across the CalumetSag Channel, and the proposed Illinois Waterway portions of the Little Calumet River, Calumet River, Grand Calumet River, and Indiana Harbor Canal, to provide suitable clearances, except the Illinois Central Railroad trestle bridge at mile 11.20 of the Little Calumet River.

The total cost under the existing project to June 30, 1945, with regular funds, was $29,191,249.55, of which $20,031,327.38 was for new work, $4,393,985.66 for maintenance, and $4,765,936.51 for operating and care of locks and dams. The total expenditures were $28,891,491.36. The above includes the sum of $1,735,890.36 expended between 1927 and 1936 on the operation and care of the works of improvement under the provision of the permanent indefinite appropriation for such purposes.

With Public Works funds the costs and expenditures were $3,960,734.75 for new work. With Emergency Relief funds, the cost and expenditures were $1,858,936.13, for new work.

The grand total cost, all funds, was $35,010,920.43, of which $25,850,998.26 was for new work, $4,393,985.66 for maintenance, $4,765,936.51 for operation and care. The grand total expenditures were $34,711,162.24.

Proposed operations.-The balance unexpended at the end of the fiscal year, plus additional anticipated allotments will be applied as follows:

Maintenance:

Hired labor, miscellaneous surveys, including discharge observations and maintenance of gages, July 1, 1945, to June 30, 1946Hired labor, sweeping all pools, July 1, 1945, to June 30, 1946.

Navigation aids

Hired labor, removal of channel obstructions, mile 0 to mile 291.1, July 1, 1945, to June 30, 1946

Hired labor, bank protection below La Grange lock and dam with derrick boat No. 3 and attendant plant to begin about July 15, 1945, and to be completed about Aug. 30, 1945

Hired labor, bank protection below Peoria lock and dam with derrick boat No. 3 and attendant plant to begin about May 1, 1946, and to be completed about June 15, 1946___ Dredging by existing contract, mile 0 to 80, July 1 to Oct. 30, 1945____.

Dredging to maintain channel depths, mile 80 to mile 229, by contract to begin about Aug. 1, 1945, and to be completed about May 30, 1946

Intermittent dredging by contract and hired
labor, mile 0 to mile 80 July 1, 1945, to
June 30, 1946_.

Hired labor, dredging to maintain channel
depths, mile 229 to 321, with derrick boat
No. 1 and attendant plant, to begin about
Mar. 1, 1945, and to be completed about
June 30, 1946----
Derrickstone protection below La Grange
dam, by contract and hired labor, to begin
about Apr. 1, 1946, and to be completed
about May 1, 1946-

Derrickstone protection below Peoria dam,
by contract and hired labor, to begin about
May 1, 1946, and to be completed about June
1, 1946

Hired labor, remedial bank protection and
riprapping, mile 313.2 to mile 316.5, with
derrick boat No. 1 and attendant plant, to
begin about July 1, 1945, and to be com-
pleted about Sept. 30, 1945__

Total maintenance

Operating and care of locks and dams:
Operation

Ordinary maintenance and repairs.

62, 900.00

Improvement and reconstruction_

111, 300. 00

Total, operating and care of locks and dams_

490, 000. 00

2,097, 806. 00

Total for all work

The sum of $1,540,000 can be profitably expended during the

fiscal year 1947 as follows:

Miscellaneous surveys, including cross sections, dis

charge observations, and maintenance of gages__ Removal of channel obstructions

$160,000

500,000

15,000

35,000

$710,000

$95, 000

24,000 168, 000

23, 000

20,000

330,000

$320, 000
60,000
120,000

500,000

Total for all work

1,540, 000

Cost and financial summary

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

$28, 420, 100.30 10, 188, 389.79

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

38, 608, 490, 09 172, 478.25

38, 436, 011. 84 1, 528, 837.37

39, 964, 849.21

Outstanding liabilities June 30, 1945
Amount covered by uncompleted contracts___

$162, 503. 82
217, 256. 28

$379, 760. 10

Balance available June 30, 1945

Amount allotted in July 1945

Unobligated balance available for fiscal year 1946___

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 1

For maintenance

Total1

1 Exclusive of available funds.

1, 149, 077. 27 200, 000. 00

1, 349, 077. 27

26, 723, 700. 00

710, 000. 00 830, 000. 00

1, 540, 000. 00

9. EXAMINATIONS, SURVEYS, AND CONTINGENCIES (GENERAL) The cost of work during the year amounted to $40,531.57. The balance unexpended June 30, 1945, $137,772.04, will be applied as needed during the fiscal year 1946 to liquidate outstanding obligations and to payment of expenses to be incurred under this heading. The additional sum of $75,000 can be profitably expended during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1947.

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---

$1, 294, 632.60

1,294, 632. 60 2,080. 23

1, 292, 552. 37 137, 772. 04 1, 430, 324. 41

Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap-
propriation Act approved June 26, 1944----
Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap-
propriation Act approved Mar. 31, 1945------- 103, 000. 00
Amount allotted from War Department Civil Ap-
propriation Act approved May 23, 1941----

Amount to be accounted for.__.

5, 608.84

174, 608. 84

188, 349. 30