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<br />MISSOURI RIVER FROM KANSAS CITY, MO., TO THE MOUTH.
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<br />limits, transferring to and from the boat, assuming carriers'risk in
<br />. lien of marine insurance and transporting between terminals, all at It
<br />rate of 80 per cent of the corresponding rRIl rate. It has been building
<br />, up a traffic and operating at some loss upon a river that is largely
<br />unimprovcd, but it claims that the results already attained show thllt
<br />the trnlTic would be eminently !mccessful upon an improved river.
<br />5. Another change in commereial conditions since the adoption of
<br />Ihis project, upon which considerable stress is laid, is found in the
<br />readjustment of transcontinental rail rates, resulting from traffic
<br />through the Panama Canal. It is claimed that this handicaps the
<br />munufacturers in the interior of the country and that they need the
<br />compensating advantage of cheal? water routes to the sea.
<br />6. The hoard states that a review of the entire situation indicate"
<br />t hnt the present ground's for continuance of this project arc strongl'1'
<br />than those which led to its adoption, and it therefore coneludes thlll.
<br />it is ndvisnble for the United States to continue tho improvement of
<br />I he Missouri River between Kansas City and the mouth III accordance
<br />\\"1lb the existing project.
<br />. 7. After due consideration of the above-mentioned reports, I concur
<br />III the views of the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors, nnd
<br />t hl'rl'forp report that it is not deemed advisable to abandon the exist-
<br />mg project for improvement of Missouri River, Mo., mouth to Kansus
<br />City. The occasional use of dredging as suggested by tho bonrd i.s
<br />l'onsidered advisable, and it is therefore rocommended that such work
<br />he uuthorized in'.conneetion with this project.
<br />DAN C. KINGlIfAS,
<br />Chi~f of Engineers, United States Army.
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<br />BOAUD OF ENGINEERS FOR Rlv.;R.~ A:>1[) HAnnOH.s.
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<br />'1'.. tho CIIIEF OF ENGlNEEnS, UNITED STATES An~IY:
<br />.1. The following is tho review of tho district ('mcer's rl'pnrl- suh-
<br />Illll-teu under aut.hority of sret-ion 14 of the rivpr and harbor lid of
<br />~[al'ch 4, 1 915, on reexamination of" Missouri Hivl'r, mouth to Kunsll.s
<br />City," with a view to dotermining whether the project shill ho
<br />modified or the improvement abandoned.
<br />2. Tho existing project was formally adopted hy the act d .Julv :!5,
<br />1 [l I 2, nit houl?h. tlw first appn!pri.ation was m~t!e hy tl~e act of '~U1io :!5,
<br />lfll 0,. IL~ l'.xplulllen by tlw dlstnct officer. fhe project prondrs hI'
<br />"'C1U'I1lg lL permanent channel 6 feet deep hotween Kansa.'i Citv lint! tlw
<br />Illonth, lit an t'stimlltod cost pf $20,000,000, to be complete;l, l'Xl'l'pt.
<br />rOI'n.11lintenIllICe, in 10 Yl'ars. Tho work indudps tho removal of snlll-'>;
<br />IInd tho l'('guloLtion and cOIlt.ract.ion of till' chllnnel by IlH'ILns of hallk
<br />l"('vetl1ll'nt unci dikes. Tho pstimated cost of tl1l' mu.intellllll<'.l' or till'
<br />l'omploted project is $500,000 per year.
<br />:3. There has been appropl'iatpd or Illlotted for this work Il totlll of
<br />%6,'250,000 in 6 yelLrs, or at the' rate of a little mol'(. thaLll $1,000,000
<br />n yenr, while the project call'! for $'2,000,000 11 .vl'nr. Thl' pXIll'ndi-
<br />tures to M1LI'ch 4,1915, Werl' $2,577,2!J0.8S, of which stlln $2!J1,208.:!6
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