Authorization.—1945 River and Harbor Act. Location and description.—A compacted earth embankment approximately 9,200 feet in length, including an uncontrolled concrete spillway 500 feet in length located in the left abutment on Clear Fork of the Trinity River about 10 miles southwest of Fort Worth, Tex. The dam has a maximum height of 130 feet above the stream bed. Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Partial excavation of spillway and partial construction of the embankment is underway. Work under this contract is to be supplemented by an additional amount of earth excavation and construction. Construction of the spillway and outlet works will be initiated during fiscal year 1948. The project is 4 percent complete, and will be 17 percent complete by June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $4,950,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: $2,199,000 to completion of the spillway and outlet works section; $1,010,000 to the continuation of the construction of the earth embankment; $1,173,000 to the relocation of the Santa Fe Railroad lines and other utilities; and the remaining $568,000 to land acquisition in the reservoir area. With the expenditure of funds allocated for fiscal year 1949 the project will be carried to about 57 percent completion at the end of fiscal year 1949. Justification.—The project is an integral unit in the comprehensive plan for flood control, conservation, navigation and allied purposes in the Trinity River Basin. It will afford complete protection to the leveed portions of the cities of Fort Worth and Dallas, Tex., from the maximum probable flood originating in the Clear Fork headwater areas and protection to the rich Trinity River Valley agricultural areas below the dam from headwater floods equal to those of record. It will provide low-flow regulation for navigation and pollution abatement, and recreational facilities in the reservoir area. The average annual benefits for the Benbrook Reservoir project and the Fort Worth Floodway project are estimated at $611,700, of which $538,900 is from flood control and $72,800 is from low-flow regulation. Mr. MAHON. When do you expect to complete that whole Benbrook Reservoir project? Colonel FERINGA. That should be completed in about 2% to 3 years about 3 years. We had appropriated last year for this project $1,600,000. The project is now under construction. It is an earthfill dam, and we are getting good prices. Mr. MAHON. Did you get any local contribution on that? Colonel FERINGA. On Benbrook, which is the one farthest upstream, there is no local contribution. LAVON RESERVOIR, TEX. Mr. ENGEL. Item No. 38 is the Lavon Reservoir, Tex. Total estimated Federal cost, $12,242,300; allotments to date, $694,900; tentative allocation in fiscal year 1949, $3,200,000; additional required to complete after 1949, $8,347,400. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 38. Lavon Reservoir, Tex.: Allotments to date.... Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949. Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949. 1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $500,000. Authorization.-1945 River and Harbor Act. $12, 242, 300 1 694, 900 3, 200, 000 8, 347, 400 Location and description. A compact earth embankment approximately 9,540 feet in length including a gate-controlled, concrete spillway 568 feet in length, located in the right abutment, located on the East Fork of the Trinity River at mile 56, about 22.5 miles northeast of Dallas, Tex. The dam has a maximum height of 69 feet above the stream bed. Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of a portion of the embankment section has been initiated and will be completed by June 30, 1948. Acquisition of lands in the dam-site area will be completed. Engineering studies and preparation of plans and specifications will be completed for spillway and outlet works. The project is 3 percent complete and will be 6 percent complete by June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $3,200,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: $2,000,000 to construction of embankment, spillway, and outlet works; $840,000 to relocation of the G. C. & S. F. Railroad; $360,000 to acquisition of land in the reservoir area. With the expenditure of funds allocated in fiscal year 1949, the project will be carried to about 32 percent completion at the end of the fiscal year 1949. Justification.-The Lavon Reservoir is an integral unit in the comprehensive plan for flood control and water conservation in the Trinity River Basin in the East Fork Valley, and other reservoirs authorized in the Trinity Basin, will protect 509,000 acres of agricultural lands in the Trinity Valley below the mouth of East Fork. Much of this land is protected by levees which are inadequate without upstream reservoir control and are frequently overtopped with resulting heavy crop losses and damages to the levees. The conservation storage will provide water for municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes. The average annual benefits are estimated at $544,100, of which $466,100 is from flood control, $78,000 from water conservation. Colonel FERINGA. $500,000 appropriated last year. The work is now under way. GRAPEVINE RESERVOIR, TEX. Mr. ENGEL. For the Grapevine Reservoir, Tex., the total estimated Federal cost is $10,760,000; allotments to date, $690,000; tentative allocation, 1949, $4,300,000; and additional required to complete after 1949, $5,770,000. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 39. Grapevine Reservoir, Tex.: Total estimated Federal cost__ Allotments to date____ Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949. Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949 1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $500,000. Authorization.-1945 River and Harbor Act. $10, 760, 000 1 690, 000 4, 300, 000 5, 770, 000 Location and description.-A compacted earthen embankment approximately 12,850 feet in length, including an uncontrolled concrete spillway 500 feet in length located in the left abutment at mile 12 on Denton Creek, about 20 miles northwest of Dallas, Tex. The dam has a maximum height of 137 feet above the stream bed. Operations, fiscal year 1948.-Partial excavation of the spillway and partial construction of the embankment is under way. Acquisition of land in the dam site area has been completed. Preparation of plans and specifications for additional work is in progress. The project will be 5 percent complete June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $4,300,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: $2,499,200 to construction of the spillway and outlet works; $996,200 to continuation of the construction of the earth embankment; and $804,600 to land acquisition in the reservoir area. With the expenditure of funds allocated for fiscal year 1949 the project will be carried to about 39 percent completion at the end of fiscal year 1949. Justification.-The project is an integral unit in the comprehensive plan for flood control, conservation, navigation, and allied purposes in the Trinity River Basin. It will afford complete protection to the highly developed leveed portion of the city of Dallas, Tex., from the maximum probable flood originating in the Denton Creek headwater areas and a reasonable degree of protection to the agricultural lands below the dam on the Elm Fork and to the levee districts on the Trinity River below Dallas. The Grapevine Reservoir in conjunction with the proposed Garza-Little Elm Reservoir will provide similar protection to these areas from floods originating on the Elm Fork. The Grapevine Reservoir will help to alleviate 70546-48- -21 the critical water supply problem now confronting the Park Cities and the city of Dallas, and in addition, provide low-flow regulation for navigation and pollution abatement, and recreational facilities in the reservoir area. The Grapevine, Garza-Little Elm, and Dallas floodway projects have combined estimated average annual benefit of $2,486,780, of which $1,914,280 is from flood control, $572,500 is from low-flow regulation and water conservation. Colonel FERINGA. There was appropriated last year for this project $500,000. The work is now under way. This is a reservoir for which the local interests have made a contribution, because they are going to get benefits from the water supply for the city of Dallas and, I think, Highland Park. Mr. MAHON. What will be the total local contribution? Mr. MAHON. Is there any reason why you cannot progress rather substantially on that project with the $4,300,000 you are requesting? Colonel FERINGA. No, sir; $4,300,000 will show a good engineering advance. On the point of the local interest, the total local contribution required is $2,174,000, the local interests, in order to push the work along, have already contributed $1,000,000, and we are using that $1,000,000, along with the appropriation last year, to push the construction. Mr. MAHON. On Grapevine, you have utilized some $690,000 appropriated by Congress last year? Colonel FERINGA. That is right. Together with some money contributed by the local interests, we have $1,600,000 outstanding in the hands of the district engineer to use this fiscal year. WHITNEY RESERVOIR, TEX. Mr. ENGEL. Project No. 40 is for the Whitney Reservoir, Tex. Total estimated Federal cost, $33,148,700; allotments to date, $7,725,000; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $5,172,000; and additional required to complete after fiscal 1949, $20,251,700. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 40. Whitney Reservoir, Tex.: Allotments to date___. Tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949.. Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949 * Includes 1948 appropriation of $5,200,000. Authorization.-1941 and 1944 flood control Acts. $33, 148, 700 1 7, 725,000 5, 172, 000 20, 251, 700 Location and description.-A concrete dam and power plant located on the Brazos River about 442 miles above its mouth and about 38 miles upstream from Waco, Tex. Operation, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of access railroad and highway, construction of field offices, and partial construction of the embankment is under way and will be completed by June 30, 1948; construction of the concrete dam and embankment will be initiated during the fiscal year 1948 as well as the procurement of pertinent equipment and the construction of miscellaneous appurtenant works. The project is 8 percent complete and will be 16 percent complete by June 30. 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $5,172,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: $2,350,000 to continuing contract for construction of the dam and earth embankment; $1,988,000 to partial relocation of the Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway by continuing contract; and $834,000 will be applied to land acquisition. With the expenditure of funds allocated for the fiscal year 1949, the project will be carried to about 41 percent completion at the end of the fiscal year 1949. Justification. The project is an integral unit in the comprehensive plan for flood control and other purposes in the Brazos River Basin. It will afford a high degree of flood protection at Waco, Tex., and assist materially in reduction of floods along the Brazos River for a distance of 404 river miles below Waco, wherein the occurrence of floods have caused large agricultural losses on 1,200,000 acres of land and the loss of human lives. It will provide low-flow regulation for municipal and industrial uses, for pollution abatement, for irrigation uses within and adjacent to the lower reach of river, and provide benefits from recreation and wildlife conservation. The power to be produced will help to fill the needs of a rapidly growing power market. The average annual benefits are estimated at $1,679,600, of which $1,082,300 is from flood control, $398,200 from power production, and $199,100 from stream-flow regulation. Mr. ENGEL. What is the 1948 appropriation? Colonel FERINGA. $5,200,000 appropriated last year. Mr. MAHON. I note you have stated in your justification, of course, just what you will do with the money; but is that an economical sum to spend on a project of that magnitude? Colonel FERINGA. We could use more money, but this money will further the dam in an economical way. Mr. MAHON. It seems to me when you get these big projects going, you ought to build them as fast as you can, taking into consideration all sides. I was wondering if you were really getting enough money under this budget estimate. General WHEELER. With the amount of money requested we shall advance from 16 percent completion to 41 percent, which is a very substantial advance. HORDS CREEK RESERVOIR, TEX. Mr. ENGEL. For Hords Creek Reservoir, Tex., the total estimated Federal cost is $2,460,200; allotments to date, $1,920,000; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $280,000; and additional to complete after fiscal 1949, $260,200. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 41. Hords Creek Reservoir, Tex.: Total estimated Federal cost__ Allotments to date.......... Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949. Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949. 1Includes 1948 appropriation of $1,303,800. Authorization.-1941 Flood Control Act. $2, 460, 200 1 1, 920, 000 280, 000 260, 200 Location and description.-A compacted impervious earth-fill dam located on Hords Creek about 27.8 miles above the mouth and about 13 creek miles upstream from Coleman, Tex. The reservoir will have a storage capacity of 48,600 acre-feet. Operation, fiscal year 1948.—Construction of the dam is under way and will be 87 percent complete by June 30, 1948. Reservoir clearing and relocations will be 100 percent complete. The total project is 72 percent complete, and will be 79 percent complete by June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $280,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: $244,600 for completion of dam and $35,400 for completion of general clean-up work. The project will be carried to 93 percent completion at the end of fiscal year 1949. Justification.--The maximum floods on the Hords Creek watershed were those of July 1900, September 1900, and July 1932. The flood of July 1932 is the maximum of record. It is the only flood for which high water marks could be recovered. Local interests testify that the flood of September 1900 was slightly higher at Coleman than the flood of July 1932. The flood of July 1900 was reported to have taken the lives of 10 persons residing in the lowlands adjacent to Coleman and to have caused considerable property damage. It is estimated that more than $1,000,000 worth of property, including 89 acres of the city of Coleman, are in the flood plain of Hords Creek below the proposed project. The project would afford substantial flood protection to the city of Coleman and to agricultural lands in the Hords Creek Valley. There is a general need for conservation of surface water throughout the watershed to provide water for domestic and municipal supply, and for watering livestock. The project would provide municipal water supply for the city of Coleman, which, because of prevailing drought conditions, is without needed water. The project would provide valuable facilities for recreation and wildlife conservation. The average annual benefits are estimated at $73,900. Mr. MAHON. What is the use of carrying over until fiscal 1950, on a little project like this, the sum of $260,200? I notice you have done that in this project and have done it on a lot of other small projects. What is the idea? Colonel FERINGA. This small amount of funds is necessary to take care of the recreation features of the project. When we appear before the Bureau of the Budget, we go through an inquisition much like when we appear before you, and we have to explain what every item is for. The Bureau of the Budget felt the $260,200 could be postponed to some years in the future, as it was not necessary for the flood-control features of the dam. SAN ANGELO RESERVOIR AND FLOODWAY, TEXAS Mr. ENGEL. Item 42 is the San Angelo Reservoir and floodway, Texas. The total estimated Federal cost is $18,525,000; allotments to date, $3,245,100; tentative allocation, fiscal year 1949, $5,360,000; and additional required to complete after 1949, $9,919,900. (The justification is as follows:) Item No. 42. San Angelo Reservoir and floodway, Texas: Total estimated Federal cost__ Allotments to date___ Tentative allocation fiscal year 1949 Additional to complete after fiscal year 1949 1 Includes 1948 appropriation of $1,000,000. Authorization.-1941 Flood Control Act. $18, 525, 000 13, 245, 100 5, 360, 000 9, 919, 900 Location and description.—A compacted earth-fill dam, two gate-controlled outlet, conduits, and an uncontrolled concrete spillway located on the North Concho River, 6.6 miles above its confluence with the Concho River near San Angelo, Tom Green County, Tex. Operation, fiscal year 1948.-Construction of a portion of the embankment section, relocation of Lone Star gas pipe line and transmission lines are under way and will be completed by June 30, 1948. Construction of outlet works is being initiated during the fiscal year 1948 as well as procurement of pertinent equipment and the construction of miscellaneous appurtenant works. The project is 5 percent complete and will be 15 percent complete by June 30, 1948. Proposed operations, fiscal year 1949.-Funds are needed in the fiscal year 1949 for continuation of construction of the project. The allocation of $5,360,000 for the fiscal year 1949 will be applied as follows: $1,592,900 to the completion of continuing contract for construction of the outlet works; $630,200 to completion of relocation of the Humble Oil Co. pipe line; $2,478,300 to the construction of an earth embankment by continuing contract; and the balance of $658,600 to relocations, and acquisition of necessary lands and rights-of-way. With the expenditure of the funds allocated for the fiscal year 1949, the project will be carried to about 47 percent completion at the end of the fiscal year 1949. Justification. The flood of September 1936 caused great damage to property in the city of San Angelo and on the flood plains of the North Concho and Concho Rivers. It is estimated that there is more than $19,000,000 worth of property in the 1936 flood plain. A recurrence of the 1936 flood, under the present state of development of the flood plain, would cause damages estimated at more than $3,000,000. In addition, thousands of San Angelo residents would be endangered, |