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<br />.' ......:<':.,\..:>})\':::'. HOl\s,~ DOCllHlt'nt X o. 1120, Sixtieth Congrt'ss. second sessi?n. This
<br />..' . '('::"'~:,,':'}':'>'::.,,;i::::";: report wus fu\'orllble to impron'lIIent, llnd fonned the hasls for the
<br />\:\:.:::>:.,.'.:,;.:...'.:,::;.:::...>>..:,,:::, project adopted by Congress .July :!5, 1912, fOl' a G-foot channel
<br />:" :.: ,.,' :':'::,:j/{,:':,::'/"".<: frilm Kansas City to the mouth, at an estimated cost of $20,000,000,
<br />,::.:::".:::",:>,,/,-::::.;:'.;:;:::;-:;::.',:.:': with !j;:iOO,OOO a year for maintenance after completion. A report
<br />..,::,.:.;':-:.,,"..:..;,::.::'\.'::'.';:';'.., on the river in the vicinitv of Omaha. South Omaha. Florence,
<br />'::',";::,,,,:"":::':",,:"',:,::':{:',,:"?{(\; llnd Dundee, ,,'as puhlished 'as HOllse Documt'nt Xo. 8G~, Sixty-~ec-
<br />.\,.::::(::..:.\:;..~}..':..t:::'::'::,'::'::':,:, nnd Congre~s, st'cond session. Tht' I'l'port was 11nfa\'orahle to 1111-
<br />..,:::).:.,...'}:.:i:..':\,:::.:.:.':.~::::::' pl'O"ement. A repol't on the :\'Iissollri Ril'el' from the mouth of .tht'
<br />:;:\:.;};<;:':.:::::::~:{':.:r:\:> I~nl\'as Rin'" to a point at or nt'al', the \Yes_tcl'll limits o.f Kansa.s ('It.\'.
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<br />,::/:;:,::':,.:,,,?..>:',:;r:::")':;:;...:::'.>:: HOllsP Docllmpnt Xo. ~H:l. Sixty-third ( 'onl!l'l'ss. sl'l'ond :-opsSlon.
<br />.>.. t:;'::i,\.:':,{;:,\,,::::<:::,,::y/: Thl' rL'pOl'l was unfaH)I'a~llp to thc impro\'PlIll'nt to anY !!rl':lt.er ex-
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<br />"'::::"'.,'<'::..::,':'..,:\,;.i:::.':~:;:,::~.::::::"/ lil'e plI],lishel! in llollse I)(,cllmt'nts Xo. S~4. :'-;i xt il'th ('ol\l!ress,. fil.~t
<br />.:...::.{;::.'.., }:,.".::,::.)\::.::;::::: .c, be-.sioll; i'lo. 750 Sixt v-fh'st CongTess, second sl'ssion: X o. U. Slxty-
<br />\>/.:.:<;':/.:;~H':'::~},:~::::" th}r<l Congrl'ss. first . session : anll DOl'lIllwnt Xo.. ,'1, CO.l.nlllittl'e 011
<br />'::/;;':::~:.:,.;-::.,:"',::':',.:::,"":i":".,:""':.:: RI\'('/,s and H:lrhol's of t!lt' lIonse of Hepl'l'Scntatln's, :-ilxty-seconll
<br />:-!'>::':':::::'::'::/:)>:~;:..<::'>:.;;. ':'.::-:: Con,zl'l'ss, second st'ssion. The re)lOl'ts in I )oellllll'nts X os. R~-!, 7;,0.
<br />:::.:,:;/:,:).:.;,,:.,<.::',:'\::::,,\,::y;\: and ij, recommende'! re"t'tment of the hank Il,t on estilllatell cost of
<br />:',:<.',:..):::'~:;;:";:~:"i~;;:.:;:-,\',:x::...'\': $l:iO,OOO, contingent lIpon local coopt'ration. The latt'st repol't, in
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<br />elite. the I'ivel' is in its natlll'al cOIlflition. This means that 'thl' chan-
<br />nel is subject to frequent cbllllges, banks al'e el'oded. hal'S al't' fonilt',l.
<br />Snags accumulate. and low bottom lllnds are O\'erflowed, The nll\'-
<br />Igllble depth of the ri "er ('an be placed at about :1 fel't. The snag
<br />hollt A!c/'hc/'-'oll. dl'llwing 21 feet, tl'llvels on'l' this plll.t of the I'inl' a
<br />!!IIIHher of times cal.h year. In 1!H3 the towhollt Lit:"t. [,,,wi,, ,Iraw-
<br />Ing about 4 fl'et. tl'aveled from Conncil Blull'!', to Kansas City in
<br />~O\'Cll1hCl', wlwn the l'iver was at a low stag.,. She found consldel'-
<br />able difficulty in navigating the ri\'el' at that stage, 'fhl' 1Il0st unfa-
<br />Yot'able time foj. naYigation. according to well-spttlcd l'xllt'ril'IJ(~e on
<br />the Missouri. is when the l'i\.et. is falling after a con~i!!erabh' rise,
<br />'\tthat time the channel has not bCl'ome fixt'd in its !ow-waLel' p....;i-
<br />~lon and hn.s not ha,.l time to SCOUI' its way through tIll' high hal'S
<br />o~'nle<l dUl'llIg' the 1'lSe. .\s a g.'nl'I'al statl'ment. I should say that
<br />!hls part of the I'i "er is reasonably easy to na ,'ignte with honts <Ira w-
<br />~n~ .:: feet 01' Il'ss. and that boat~ dr!,wing 1II00'e than :l fl'l.t will linll
<br />It dIfficult. Navigation is stoppp!! b,- ice in the wintel', tll\' Ill'ri..d of
<br />8U~(lension being three to foul' months.
<br />k' I. The riyer is subjt'ct to the fluctuations found in stl'eaUIS of this
<br />Ind. In the winter the stI'eam is low. Thl'l'e is usualh- a rise in
<br />April wlwn the ice brt'al,s in thl' lippeI' rin~r. t1wn a 1'l'l'i;'ll of 1110<1-
<br />eratl'!.v low stngl'. foIlO\\'p<l hv a J'ise in .Iunl' eausl'<! h,. UIl'ltilW snow
<br />at the hell<lwatel's lln!! afft'etl'rl h\' the I1mount of I'ain ;lIong th.':'lowl'l'
<br />reaches. A fter the .J line rise tIll' l'i "t'r falls to a low stagl' thnt "l'II-
<br />erall~ lasts thl'ough the late Slllllmer, the full. and the wintl'I'. with an
<br />~caslonal small l'ise about No\'emuel'. The range betwcl'n stlulllard
<br />ow llnd standard high water is abollt 1:! fl'l'!. Tht' bl'd I1n<l hanks of
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