[Monthly Report on Impending Programs of Land Drainage and Water Storage; No.23, January 1, 1938] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov] MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING PROGRAMS OF LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE No. 23 January 1, 1938 NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE WATER RESOURCES COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, D. C. 13006 NATIONAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE Water Resources Committee MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING PROGRAMS OF LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE Number 23 - January 1, 1938 Si***************** CONTENTS Page I. Authorized, programs of the Works Progress Administration 2-7 13006 MONTHLY REPORT ON IMPENDING PROGRAMS OF LAND DRAINAGE AND WATER STORAGE. No. 23 - January 1938. The programs of work listed, herein have "been reported, to the National Resources Committee in accordance with the President’s memorandum of Feb-. ruary 1, 1936. Listing of a program indicates that the program is receiv ing serious consideration "by the sponsoring agency and may be undertaken within two years. It does not indicate that funds are available to begin work or that the sponsoring agency is committed to the program. Programs will be listed once only. Inquiries concerning the programs listed should be made directly to the field or Washington offices of the sponsoring agencies. The Federal and state agencies with which the respective programs have been checked are indicated by key letters as follows: A-Bureau of Agricultural Engineering B-Bureau of Biological Survey C-Bureau of Entomology and. Plant Quarantine D-Bureau of Fisheries E-Corps of Engineers F-State Department of Health G— State Engineer H-State Fish and. Game Commission I-U.S. Public Health Service J-Geological Survey K-Soil Conservation Service L-Bureau of Reclamation M-California Debris Commission N-FecLeral Power Commission O-State Department of Public Works P-State Department of Agriculture 13006 X* Authorized programs of the Works Progress Administration This is a partial list of programs which have received Presidential approval, and are being undertaken at the discretion of the state Works Progress administrators. It is probable that not more than one-quarter of all programs listed will reach the construction stage during the fiscal year 1937. The Washington office of WPA has no complete record of those projects which actually have been started. Inquiries concerning specific programs should be addressed to the Chief Engineer of the Works Progress Administration, Washington, who will secure the desired information from the appropriate state administrator. It has not been practicable to show the purpose of all programs, or the agencies with which they have been checked. The programs listed in this number include all malaria-control, wildlife conservation, water conservation, flood-control, irrigation, hydroelectric and navigation programs authorized by the Works Progress Administration prior to December 1, 1937, and not included in previous reports. The greater number of malaria-control programs involve ditching operations, and most of the fish and game protection programs involve dam construction. 2 13006 WHO - LD&WS #23 - January 1, 1938 Arkansas California Colorado Florida I daho Iowa Information furnished by Works Progress Administration County Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Arkansas Logan Reservoir improvement near Booneville $12,642 Water storage Arkansas Tuberculosis Sanatorium California Los Angeles San Bernardino San Joaquin Dam repair in South Pasadena 13,325 Improve and repair reservoir near San Bernardino 67,816 Levee improvement near Linden 9,393 Water storage Water storage Flood control South Pasadena Crest-Forest Co. Water District San Joaquin County Colorado Pueblo Dam improvement near Beulah 47,658 Water storage U. S. Forest Service Florida Duval Construction, of ditches and performance of work appurtenant thereto, at Atlantic, Neptune and Jacksonville Beaches 52,515 Mosquito eradication State Board of Health Idaho Ada Bonneville Construction of rock flume near Boise 10,660 Dam improvement near Idaho Falls 14,332 Land conservation Water storage County Commissioners City of Idaho Falls 13006 TOC LD&WS #23 - January 1, 1938 Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Minnesota Montana County Description Purpose Sponsoring Agency Kansas Lyon Dam improvement near City of Emporia $3,074 Water storage Emporia K en tucky McCracken Waterworks improvement City of at Paducah 6,054 Water storage Paducah Massachusetts Hampden Reservoir improvement at Board of Palmer 6,854 Water storage Selectmen Norfolk Watershed improvement at Town Manager - Stoughton 4,197 Water storage Water Department Worcester Enlarge waterhole and perform incidental work, including excavating, riprapping, etc. Board of in town of Mendon 1,162 Water storage Selectmen .. Minnesota Becker Construction of dams - State Department county-wide 39,155 Water storage of Conservation Olmsted Dam construction at Oronoco 10,217 « » Board of County Commissioners Otter Tail Construction of dams - State Department county-wide 49,472 Water storage of Conservation Roseau Construction of small dams - Department of county-wide 47,642 Water storage Conservation Stevens Dam construction in Swan State Department Lake Township 4,191 Water storage of Conservation Montana Chouteau Construction of small reser- State Water Con- voirs - county-wide 26,157 Water storage servation Board 4 13006 WRC - LD&WS #23 - January 1, 1938 Nebraska New Jersey New Mexico New York Oklahoma County Description of Program Purpo se Sponsoring Agency Nebraska Hitchcock Complote construction of public lake near Stratton $11,805 Water storage County Commis-sioners New Jersey Camden Construction of earthen dike in Pennsauken Township 7,893 Flood control Township Committee New Mexico Bernalillo Sandoval Improvement of drainage Systems near Albuquerque 35,461 Improvement of drainage System near Alameda 36,186 Land Land conservation conservation Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Board Middle Rio Grande Conservancy Board New York Broome Erie Onondaga Oswego tr Wyoming Drainage improvement at Johnson City 12,368 Channel deepening at West Seneca 9,848 Creek improvement at Syracuse 66,499 Creek improvement at Pulton 8,339 Improvement of water storage tank at Oswego 1,395 Deepening of creek at Java 2,463 Land Flood Land Land Water Flood conservation control conservation conservation storage control Johnson City City of West Seneca Syracuse Department of Public Works Fulton Department of Public Works Oswego City Water Department City of Java Oklahoma Delaware, May es Improve grounds adjacent to Spavinaw Lake, which is a part of the water supply System of the City of Tulsa, by cutting and burning timber, removing débris from lake, landscaping and grad-ing around dam site, and performing incidental work 10,205 Water storage City of Tulsa 5 13006 WRC - LD&WS #23 - January 1, 1938 Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Dakota Texas County Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Oregon Lane Construction of storm sewer at Cottage Grove $6,151 Flood control City of Cottage Grove Pennsylvania Chester Improve grounds adjacent to Water storage West Chester Boro Fern Hill Reservoir Goshen Township, by vating ditches and channel, etc. in West excastream 16,856 Northampton Improvement of reservoir site at East Bangor 939 Water storage Borough Council Rhode Island Providence Change course of Cranston Brook at 4,605 Flood. control Division of Forests, Parks and Parkways South Dakota Roberts Tripp Construction of voirs at Ortley Construction of county-wide fire reser- earth dams - 1,367 64,250 Water Water storage storage City of Ortley Tripp County Texas Tom Green Fish hatchery improvement near San Angelo,.by constructing and improving dikes, U. S. Bureau landscaping, etc. 6,256 Fish conservation of Fisheries Walker Fish hatchery improvement near San Angelo, by lining main canal with concrete, building Texas Fish, holding troughs, repairing Game and spillway, improving dam, Oyster etc. 2,482 Fish conservation Commission 6 13006 WRC - LD&WS #23 - January 1, 1938 Virginia Washington Wisconsin County Description of Program Purpose Sponsoring Agency Virginia Henrico Drainage of swamps, ponds Mosquito State Health and. pools - county-wide $20,557 eradication Department Washington Lewis Creek improvement near County Com- Chehalis 10,965 Land conservati on missioners it Drainage improvement near City of Centralia 8,765 Flood control Centralia Pierce Ditch construction at Tacoma 11,499 » » City of Tacoma ti Improvement of water system City of near Buckley 9,030 Water Storage Buckley Snohomish Improvement of dikes near Diking District Everett 2,084 Flood control No. 2 it Improvement of dikes near Diking District Everett 4,380 Flood control No. 4 . _ Wisconsin Burnett Construction of reservoirs Village of at Webster 1,650 Water storage Webster 7