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<br />:.....:; <br /> <br />..--..., <br /> <br />.. . , . <br /> <br />002DQ? <br /> <br />22 <br /> <br />Kansas State Board of Agriculture <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />floods on this watershed. The prospect of any action dealing with <br />the situation as a result of this report was disappointing and seemed <br />considerably remote. <br />In 1936, congress authorized the construction of eertain flood con- <br />trol works. lnduded in this bill were provisions for levees to protect <br />the cities of Florence, Cottonwood Falls, Emporia, Neosho Rapids, <br />Hartford, Le Roy, Neosho Falls, lola and Chetopa in the Neosho <br />valley. The plan called for federal funds to eonstruct the levees, <br />while the benefited areas were to provide the rights of way and <br />assume all liabilities incident to construction. The works were to <br />be maintained and operated by the local agencies. <br />At public hearings held by the U. S. War Department in several <br />towns in the Neosho valley in the late summer of 1936, relative to <br />local cooperation, it was determined that with the exception of the <br />city of lola, local interests did not desire the eonstruction of the <br />proposed levees and would not provide the rights of way needed. <br />The general sentiment expressed at the hearings was in favor of <br />reservoirs for the storage and control of water. <br />The Flood Control Committee of the Burlington Commercial Club <br />submitted a statement at the hearing held in that city expressing the <br />consensus of opinion of local people and others in the Neosho valley <br />in these matters. It is typical of statements made at the hearings <br />held at other points in the valley. It was expressed as being "the <br />unanimous opinion of the community that the city' of Burlington <br />would be injured by levees about the city rather than benefited." <br />After some further discussion of this, the conclusion is stat,ed that, <br />"The people of Burlington do not want levees." In addition to thus <br />expressing the opinion of the community as to the proposed levees, <br />the statement also included suggestions as to the kinds of improve- <br />ment which would be regarded as being desirable. It was "respect- <br />fully suggested that reservoirs on the headwaters of the Neosho and <br />Cottonwood rivers and of the creeks emptying into them would re- <br />tain sufficient water to lower the crests of the floods to such an extent <br />that very little damage would result." <br />Attention was also directed to other advantages of reservoirs, <br />pointing out that they- <br /> <br />. .,...... ..:;; <br />..' , _..:~..;. <br />;~:":~,",:,:,',',',>,',',',',"';,""". .' .. <br />.:". . - ';.'~' >~i":\A~~.'-~{\ <br />'....: :..:: '.: '?:_-:~:-.\;~"<~.: .~'.:::<: .<~~: <br /> <br />........:-.; <br /> <br />........ .. <br /> <br />.....' . <br /> <br />.... <br /> <br />. .': .'.: <br /> <br />:........:.. <br /> <br />. -;. <br /> <br />.-..... <br /> <br />.. .~. <br />:." <br /> <br />......:'.-.....: <br /> <br />-.. .... <br />..... .~;~:\~::,.~::::.:,.:. <br />.. ...~.- '-. <br /> <br />',.' ..:..... <br /> <br />.... -' <br />....~. <br /> <br />...... ~.... <br /> <br />'.- ..' <br /> <br />....,-;- <br /> <br />~. .... <br /> <br />...' ". '.:::: ';:.> :.: :.. :.. "';:.:. >:~.~ <br /> <br />~i~~~i~i <br /> <br /> <br />.. .. -'..; :~:.. -:': :. -..... . <br />. .-. "",.". ~>...:....f-:..,--.-;.. <br /> <br />..- .'........:-::. <br /> <br />'.,:.':.::.,:';;:~:':,:~?\'::;!,:~ <br /> <br />:::~;)..:\:;'....:' <br />." - <br />..'.... <br /> <br />~.': <br /> <br />..- ~ . <br /> <br />...... <br /> <br />.... ...,'-' <br />:~':: :.:..:;.:t :~:' <br /> <br />"W ould retain water during flood periods, would help in flood control, and <br />if released at intervals during the hot, dry summers for stream control would' <br />provide an abundant wat"r supply for the cities which rely on the river for <br />theiT city water supply, and at the same time would be a great benefit to the <br />health of the communities by providing sufficient flow at all times to dilute <br /> <br />'. .,.,-.'..... ., <br />/:-~~~~......-:C ~:>":':. -,.;;::< '. <br />.;. ..;.<......'...:.:><.~ ';:'> <br /> <br />.,. ':'-.: ....:....: ..,.-. <br />.. . '-"'-"-'.':. <br /> <br />..:.'." <br />'....::....,.. <br /> <br />. ._-.... <br /> <br />'-... <br /> <br />. '., '-'-'.'.'. <br />. ":'..J'. ..:,-".;. <br /> <br />.',. <br />.....'. <br /> <br />.'.: : ,:.;'.' .:~- ..- ~ <br /> <br />-,.'- <br /> <br />,..... .' <br /> <br />--. .- - ...... <br /> <br />,.-,,:._.;. <br />