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<br />000D33 <br /> <br />MISSOURI-SOURIS Ul~North Datota)(S) <br /> <br />Prol"'rUJ;l ')325.000: Preconstruction SUI'1fe~"s on this enomOl'S arca <br />of more than a million acres havo been progressing stencily during tho <br />yeer. The ~ajor job is to obtain detailed topogra~hy (scale 400:1) of <br />tho ontire urea. This tepoera)h:' io the basis upon llhich all land <br />elussifieatia:l \lork tlust co nadc and all paper studies on land Q1lnor- <br />shins, layout of distribution system, and ntll:lurOUS other itens llhich <br />must precode actual construction plans. All Ground control, both <br />horizontal and vertical, is now complote. Rectified aerial phato- <br />Gra~hs arc, or soon llill be, avail.able far the entire area. <br /> <br />By the end ef tho year approximately 50,000 acres had ceen con- <br />tour-surveyed or a?proxi'.>ltely 5 percent of the entire area. Over <br />20,000 acres have been classified. At this rate it \-lill ta]:o moro <br />tilan 20 yoars to fi:dsh tho job. T:1erc are three principal reasons <br />fer this a]:narDnt slo\l progress: (1) inadequate funds, (2) lack of <br />trained pe!'oonnel, and (3) inadequate housil'lG facilities. An averago <br />of about 65 non 'Ias on the job during the yoar. It '.Jill talcc 10 times <br />this force to bring tbJ Hork spce~il:' to a close. On tho othor hand, <br />?roaress durinc tleo ,"ear on the pri:'!Cipal on~inoori~ structuros in <br />the arc:! appears to have beon quite rapid. A stud~' of the monthly <br />reports rovoals that those enzinoorin[ foatures arc censiderably in <br />advance of the to!,oGra:,hy. Much twe Has s;?ont i!l gathering econo:.1io <br />data fOl" stud:"ina aGricultural conditiens in tho area. <br /> <br />TIle location for a development fam was selooted and tho land <br />prcpared for h"ricc'oion d'lrinr; the 1943 soason. This demonstration <br />fam required tho construction of a pipolino and pumpinG ;)lant freM <br />the Des Lacs River and considerable preparation of the land itself. <br />The si te3 for the Grenora pumpL1[; plant, Crosby pOlTorplant, and Des <br />Lacs pm/er drop wore surve~rod in detail and i'oundatie:1s prospected. <br />Prel:ir.1inory lines lTero run for thc canal lThich uill refill Devils <br />and Stump Lakeo frOM the Sheyenne ruservoir site. Cost~ for the <br />:"oar 'Icre ~'..213,676. <br /> <br />HORTH DAKOTA Pln1PIHG UNIT(19) <br /> <br />Pror.ra," ..I~OO.OOO: Hor!: ,~as in progress during the ycar toward <br />perfecting plp'i.;s fer Fort CIerI:, Oliver Sanger, Paintec1 Woodn, and <br />H~ncock Flats Units on tho Nissouri IUver in Horth Dakota. Plans <br />wero practicallY crn~ploted for the Fort Cla~: Unit. In April petitions <br />uor'J eirculated for thu organizution of an irriGation distriot and the <br />required ~icnotures obtained. The final report on the Fort Clork Unit <br />is beinG roviellcd in the rer:;ional offico. P~'acticall:r all field "ork <br />in tho ?:!intcu Woods and Hancock Flat~ Units has beon oor.~leted, but <br />tho ro~ort Ha~ not yet ready for transmittal at the ond of the yeor. <br />On the Paint:od Woods U:J.it detailed land cla3:'lificatio:1 is only about <br />60 !lCrcont cOllp10tU. Costs daring the year Here J77,63G. <br /> <br />63 <br />