Mr. EvINS. I will withdraw the request as to the newspaper articles leave it with the committee. CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS MARKLAND LOCKS AND DAM T. We will now take up construction, page 7, Markland tion, we will put pages 7, 8 and 9 in the record. DAM, OHIO RIVER, KY., IND., AND OHIO (CONTINUING) 1909 River and Harbor Act. EXHIBIT G COMPARISON OF TRAVEL TIME TYPICAL CUMBERLAND RIVER TOW LOWER CUMBERLAND LOCK SITE (Mile 30.5) TO CHEATHAM LOCK (Mile 148.7) LOCK AGE TIME TOWING TOTAL 'Average tonnage over 50-year life based on initiation of construction in fiscal year 1957. Investment: Investment and annual cost First cost (1955 base) Interest during construction. Unamortized portion of existing structures based on completion of lower Cumberland project in 1962 (6-year construc tion initiation fiscal year 1957): Lock and dam B.. Lock and dam C. Lock and dam D. Lock and dam E. Lock and dam F. $28,000 44, 000 Total investment... 1, 845, 000 4, 495, 000 500,000 6, 840, 000 Annual costs: Sinking fund deposit (50 years sinking fund at 2.5 percent).- Operation and maintenance of structures.. Total annual cost----- SAVINGS IN LOCKAGE TIME The estimated savings in lockage time of the lower Cumberland lock over the 5 obsolete locks presently in use is 19.5 hours per average tow. Estimated savings: 19.5 hours X2,775,000 tons 1 3,000 tons per tow 'Estimated capability of existing locks. at $70/tow/hour=$1,263,000 Mr. EVINS. I also ask unanimous consent to have placed in the record another statement, regarding the importance of this project and need for it. Mr. RABAUT. Without objection, it will be inserted in the record at this point. (Information referred to follows:) Hon. JOE L. EVINS, Washington, D. C.: CADIZ, TRIGG COUNTY, KY., March 17, 1956. Believing as we do that the development of the lower Cumberland River by the building of a high dam as proposed by the Corps of Army Engineers forming a new lake to be coordinated with the present Kentucky Lake on the lower Tennessee River, we the citizens of the Cumberland River Valley being assembled in mass meeting in Cadiz, Trigg County, Ky., on this the 17th day of March 1956 do resolve as follows: 1. That we not only believe this development to be best for us who live in this immediate area but that we believe it to be best for the entire States of Kentucky and Tennessee, and best for the Nation. 2. That copies of these resolutions be sent to each of the Congressmen representing Kentucky and Tennessee earnestly requesting them to do their utmost to secure an appropriation in the present Congress of $2 million to start actual construction on this project at the earliest possible date. POLLARD WHITE, Chairman. J. R. HOPSON, Secretary. Resolutions passed with one dissenting vote. Mr. EVINS. Mr. Chairman and my colleagues of the committee, this project, the lower Cumberland, is the most important link in the chain of dams on the Cumberland. It has the support of all the Governmental units in the area. The States, the counties and municipal governments-the chambers of commerce, business interests and the press-all are practically 100 percent in favor of an early construction start on this project. Resolutions could be supplied in great volume in support of the need, importance and support for the lower Cumberland lock and dam project. I have personally visited and viewed the area and am familiar with the local position and I cannot too strongly urge upon my colleagues approval of funds for construction I should like to have placed in the record a report from the Louisville Courier-Journal. Mr. RABAUT. What is that about? Mr. EvINS. A report on the project appearing in the Louisville Courier Journal and I would like to show this to the members of the committee. This project is largely to be located in Kentucky. It extends into the Ohio River before entering the Mississippi, right here is the location of the project [indicating]. There is also a plan for a connecting canal between the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers which would tie those two basins together and make it economically very feasible, worthwhile and justifiable. With the chairman's permission I would like to have it included in the record. The tonnage is greatly on the increase and this is the key dam to complete the system and is very important. Colonel PERSON. That is correct. Mr. DAVIS. Off the record. (Discussion off the record.) Mr. EVINS. I will withdraw the request as to the newspaper articles and leave it with the committee. CONSTRUCTION, GENERAL, CORPS OF ENGINEERS MARKLAND LOCKS AND DAM Mr. RABAUT. We will now take up construction, page 7, Markland locks and dam. Without objection, we will put pages 7, 8 and 9 in the record. (Information referred to follows:) MARKLAND LOCKS AND DAM, OHIO RIVER, Ky., IND., AND OHIO (CONTINUING) Location. The Markland locks and dam will be located in the vicinity of Markland, Ind., 61 miles below Cincinnati, Ohio. Authorization.-Section 6, 1909 River and Harbor Act. |