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<br />MISSOURI RIVER FROM KANSAS CITY, MO" TO THE MOUTH.
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<br />were applied to maintenance and about $597,000 were uscd in pro-
<br />curing suitable plant, Experience leads the district officer to belIev('.
<br />t hat the> project can be complete>d at the estimatcd cost, if appropria-
<br />tions nre 111Mle at the rate of $2,000,000 a year for constructiun with
<br />suffident amounts for mainte>nancc, but t)lat at the prescnt rate it
<br />will rcquirc OWl' 20 yeurs to finish the work. .
<br />4. The ('omlIlcrce for 19]3 is re>ported ns ulIlounting to 347,235 t.ons,
<br />of which 30\),684 tons consisted of sand, gran'], and logs, rl'portpd liS
<br />not being benefited by improYe>ment, IClt\-ing 37,537 tons of water-
<br />borne commerce afTe>cted by the> project.
<br />5. The district of!iepr tUl,u,n:ps the project on the basis of cost and
<br />he>nefit, and expresse>s the opinion that prese>nt and reasonably pros-
<br />jJective commerce is not sut!ieie>l1t to warrant its continuance, .He
<br />re>peats what has been stnter! in fO!'llH'r reports, that any attcmpt at
<br />pl\I'tial improve>mcnt will bc futile>, and if the river is improved at all,
<br />the work should be compkte as to the protpction of hanks and control
<br />of chall1wl. lIe be>lil'n~s that snagging should bl' continucd, and
<br />recoll1I11e>Illls thllt the prpsl'nt projeeI 1)[' 'lllOdifil'd so ,IS to provide for
<br />snugging nimH', at an l'stimated cost of !!.\-1U,()()() per Yl'llr, nnd that all
<br />othN work he stopped.
<br />6. The division e>ngiIH'pr is in IIccord wit h the dist rict officer liS
<br />to the discuntilluaUCl\ of the> pn's('nt projPl't for pe>rmane>nt work, but
<br />helieyl's that t hl' work alr<'ad.\- dO/it' shuuld 1I0t hI' compl<'ldy aban-
<br />cloned. He rpcomm"IHls nn IInnu,Ll appropl'iat ion of $ I 50,000 for
<br />snagging and till' II1l1inte>nllnce of Hxisting works,
<br />7. I n1<'I'1'st('d pm'l iI'S \\"('1'(' informed of t hp ,Iistrict ofJicer's un-
<br />favol'ahle I'Hport IIncl Wl'rl' gi ,'('n all opport uni ty of sublnil ting tlll'ir
<br />vil'WS to the hoard. A number of comllluniealions wpre rocpin.d,
<br />and rl'([Ul'st WIlS mar!e for a Iwnring, whieh WIIS gin'.ll by tho hoard at
<br />Knlls11s City, on Octol)('.r 1 f) and ~ll, afte>r /1l'rsonul examination of
<br />the> riv1'l' from Kansas City to 'Vashington, a distance of ahout 320
<br />mill's. This he>nring was attpnoed by Il lllrgl'. numher of d"l'ply in-
<br />tl'l'estl'u persons, including l'e>prpsontatiYe>s from Nebruska, Kansas,
<br />Missomi, l\-1innpsot,..., IllinOIS, and Louisiana. ;\ record. of t]w hearing
<br />is nppe>ndl'd hereto.
<br />S. Tl\(' nll't hod of improYl'nwnt undl'r the prcsl'nt project is the
<br />rpsult of I11l111Y YOllrs of l'xperimontal work at considl'l'lLble (:ost.. The
<br />simpl('st nnd most ine>x!wnsi,e> structurl'S wcn' first t.ril,d and gmdually
<br />througl.1 ,'xperil'nce t.hese Wl'l'<' ~lOdifi.ed and stn'n~tlwned, rpsulting
<br />finally m II standard form that. wlt.h slight. changos lIus bl'l'n followed
<br />in re>ce>nt Yl'urs wit It a rpu.';onuble measure> of success. It is bclieveo
<br />that t I\(' s.\-stpmatic application, under aoequate nppropriation~, of
<br />tIlt) "'e>noml prineiples lUld met.hods followed under the existing
<br />proj(~t, wit h sUI.'h modificl1tiom; of detail lIS furthe>r exporiencemay
<br />dl'\'dop will rl'sult ill a l"ontinu~JUs ILlllI pe>rn!n.ne>nt e~anne>l 6 fcot 01'
<br />morl' in depth, It mny bl' uoslI'lLble from tl~UO to tll1ll' not only t.o
<br />11lodifr dl'lails of l'Ollstl'\u:tion, hut also posslhl,v to suppknll'nt th,'
<br />IWrJlllinl'nt work whitl' unrler l'Ollstrnctioll hy tl\(' tem[>orar,\' use of a
<br />shullll\\' c1mft dn'd"l' to cut through IL few of tlw most obstructi,l'
<br />I'rossill"s in ol'dl'r \11 !:l<.'.ilitatl' low-watnr nl1vi"'ution. It is unde>r-
<br />stoo,j tllllt tlw ('xistin~ projl'('( is sutricient.ly 1'1l..st.ic to pe>rmit such
<br />minor moclilieatiolls WIth tl\(' llpprO\'nl of thn Chid of Engineers, It.
<br />hus oftl'lI bl'l'lI rl'portl'c1, nnd till' Board l!.'sirl's to rl'pl'at Ill're, tlIut
<br />nil,\" projl'e( uf kss S('Opl' would bl' illudeqllat (' to SI'OUl'(' .1 ]ll'rll11L11l'1lI
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