IN RESPONSE TO SENATE RESOLUTION OF JULY 13, 1914 (S. RES. 414), DATA RELATIVE TO LOCKS AND DAMS CONSTRUCTED AND OPERATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. JULY 27, 1914.-Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed. The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, July 23, 1914. SIR: In compliance with Senate resolution dated July 13, 1914, requesting a list of locks and dams constructed and operated by the Federal Government with the respective rivers or channels in which they are located, including the cost of construction of each, the cost of maintenance to date, the cost of maintenance for the last year for which figures are available, the distance of each from the mouth or source of the river, the date when each lock and dam was finished and made available for use, and the tonnage passing through each lock for the last year for which statistics are available; also a list of locks and dams now under construction, I have the honor to transmit herewith two tables, republishing the data contained in Senate Documents Nos. 470 and 483, Sixty-third Congress, second session, and containing the additional data requested by above-mentioned resolution. The data contained in the above-mentioned documents and the additional data furnished herewith is the latest obtainable. The reports for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, have not yet been compiled. Very respectfully, HENRY BRECKINRIDGE, SD-63-2-vol 28-57 TABLE NO. 1.-Statement showing location, number, miles from mouth, number of men employed, cost of construction, cost of operation for fiscal year 1913, and tonnage passing through each lock and dam in operation July 1, 1913, called for by Senate resolution dated July 13, 1914. year. 123 299.00 308. 70 278,782. 07 9,851.38 15, 624.03 4, 135 13, 882 7,451.17 5, 191 Lock and dam out of commission owing to damage by flood; no commerce passed through during the a Distances are from mouth Mobile River. Keystone Lock. 7 Placed under operating and care July 1, 1913; no expenditures made or record of tonnage prior to that date. 8 Schooner Bayou. Locks located in upper section of river; no navigation and no commerce passed through them. 10 No commercial tonnage passed through these locks during fiscal year. TABLE NO. 1.-Statement showing location, number, miles from mouth, number of men employed, cost of construction, cost of operation for fiscal year 1913, and tonnage passing through each lock and dam in operation July 1, 1913, called for by Senate resolution dated July 13, 1914-Continued. * No dams in operation during fiscal year. Masonry only. Nos. 1-7 were purchased in 1897 from Monongahela Navigation Co. for $3,761,615.46, including floating plant. Subsequently $21,465.10 and $89,159.19 were expended for improvements at Dams 3 and 6, respectively. Estimated cost of reconstruction-not completed. •Cost of new locks and dams. TABLE NO. 1.-Statement showing location, number, miles from mouth, number of men employed, cost of construction, cost of operation for fiscal year 1913, and tonnage passing through each lock and dam in operation July 1, 1913, called for by Senate resolution dated July 13, 1914-Continued. Cost of lock only. The total cost of lock, canal, dam, and rapids improvement is about $5,578.000. Grand Rapids. TABLE NO. 1.-Statement showing location, number, miles from mouth, number of men employed, cost of construction, cost of operation for fiscal year 1913, and tonnage passing through each lock and dam in operation July 1, 1913, called for by Senate resolution dated July 13, 1914-Continued. 1 Original locks and dams purchased from State of Ohio, 1887. First cost approximately $1,300,000. 2 Cost of new lock enlarged to admit Ohio River boats. Cost of new lock. |