COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS CHARLES A. BUCKLEY, New York, Chairman GEORGE H. FALLON, Maryland JAMES C. AUCHINCLOSS, New Jersey CLIFFORD DAVIS, Tennessee GORDON H. SCHERER, Ohio JOHN A. BLATNIK, Minnesota WILLIAM C. CRAMER, Florida ROBERT E. JONES, Alabama JOHN F. BALDWIN, JR., California FRANK E. SMITH, Mississippi FRED SCHWENGEL, Iowa JOHN C. KLUCZYNSKI, Illinois EDWIN B. DOOLEY, New York T. A. THOMPSON, Louisiana HOWARD W. ROBISON, New York IRIS FAIRCLOTH BLITCH, Georgia PERKINS BASS, New Hampshire JIM WRIGHT, Texas WALTER L. McVEY, Kansas W. R. HULL, JR., Missouri CARLETON J. KING, New York KENNETH J. GRAY, Illinois WILLIAM H. HARSHA, JR., Ohio FRANK. M. CLARK, Pennsylvania JAMES HARVEY, Michigan ED EDMONDSON, Oklahoma JOHN C. KUNKEL, Pennsylvania LOUISE G. REECE, Tennessee MARGARET R. BEITER, Chief Clerk RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT FRANK E. SMITH, Mississippi, Chairman CLIFFORD DAVIS, Tennessee WILLIAM C. CRAMER, Florida T. A. THOMPSON, Louisiana JOHN F. BALDWIN, JR., California IRIS FAIRCLOTH BLITCH, Georgia FRED SCHWENGEL, Iowa JIM WRIGHT, Texas HOWARD W. ROBISON, New York W. R. HULL, JR., Missouri CARLETON J. KING, New York KENNETH J. GRAY, Illinois WILLIAM H. HARSHA, JR., Ohio JAMES HARVEY, Michigan II CONTENTS Statement of: Behle, Calvin A., member of Utah State bar and bar of the U.S. Page 84 83 Bingham, Jay R., executive director, Utah Water and Power Board.... 21, 29, 118 Blackham, Clifford S., Moroni, Sanpete County, Utah, chairman, Six County Organization, and member, Board of County Commis- 109 17 Fisk, Allen, Soil Conservation Service staff.-- 7 Hansen, Keith S., Fairview, Utah, county commissioner, president, Sanpete Water Users Association, and chairman of the North 105 103 Johansen, Grant, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, appearing for the Sanpete County Soil Conservation District. 107 Jones, Hon. Robert E., Representative in Congress from the State of Alabama 7 Kosec, Louis, chairman of Carbon County Commission, Utah.--- 119 Landrum, Hon. Phil M., Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia 1 Lane, Neil, Soil Conservation Service staff_ 4, 131, 146 Larsher, Richard, hydrologist, Salt Lake City, Utah., 112 Nielsen, Arthur H., attorney at law, Salt Lake City, Utah_ 33, 113 O'Connor, W. J., president and general manager, Independent Coal & Coke Co., Salt Lake City, Utah.. 82 Pappas, Luke G., city attorney for Price Municipal Corp., of Carbon County, Utah.. 76 Skeen, E. J., attorney at law, Salt Lake City, Utah. 28, 52 Stephens, Hon. Robert G., Jr., Representative in Congress from the State of Georgia. 2 Swigart, Charles, Soil Conservation Service staff. 6, 133, 143 Templeton, Win, president, Templeton & Linke, consulting engineers, Salt Lake City, Utah.- 65 Waterman, George W., chairman, Price River Distribution System.- 86 Welsh, William J., Jr., mayor of Price City, Utah. 87, 120 Wetzel, John H., Watershed Planning Division, Soil Conservation Service. 3, 16, 136, 145, 149 Williams, Hollis R., Assistant Administrator for Watersheds, Soil Conservation Service... 16 Projects: Brandywine Creek watershed, Delaware and Pennsylvania 136 Boulder Lake watershed, Wyoming - 149 Box Elder Creek watershed, Montana. 7 Cottonwood Creek watershed, Oklahoma 146 Delaware Creek watershed, Oklahoma.. 148 Florence Area watershed, Arizona 11 Hurricane Creek watershed, Alabama 6 Middle Fork Broad River watershed, Georgia, Marbury Creek watershed, Georgia. 1 North Branch Forest River watershed, North Dakota 9 Projects—Continued Page North Sanpete Watershed, Utah---- 15, 103 Salado Creek watershed, Texas. 144 Sandy Creek watershed, Pennsylvania... 142 Tobesofkee Creek watershed, Georgia - 145 Thicketty Creek watershed, South Carolina.. 135 Town Creek watershed, Alabama 131 Twin Caney watershed, Kansas 138 Upper Blue River watershed, Oklahoma 133 Valley Creek watershed, Texas- 143 Additional information: Battin, Hon. James F., a Representative in Congress from the State of 8 Bingham, Jay R., executive director, Utah Water and Power Board, statement 30 Blackham, Clifford S., representing Sanpete County and Six County Organization, statement. 45 Burdick, Hon. Quentin N., a U.S. Senator from the State of North Dakota, letter 10 Carbon County Commission, Utah, statement by Louis Kosec, chairman. 91 Clyde, George Dewey, Governor of Utah, letter, March 22, 1962---- 48 Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, studies: North Sanpete. 95 Price River 98 Hansen, Keith S., representing Sanpete County and the Sanpete Water Users Association, statement 47 Hemphill, Hon. Robert W., a Representative in Congress from the State of South Carolina, statement, re Thicketty Creek. 136 Interior Department letter, September, 19, 1957, re Gooseberry project. 75 Jensen, T. W., secretary-manager, Utah Water Users Association, statement.. 44 Johansen, Grant, district supervisor, representing Sanpete County Soil Conservation District, statement 50 Kaiser Steel, statement by Ted Newell. 123 Kinnaman, Thad, statement re Twin Coney watershed.. 140 Libby, J. A., State conservationist, Soil Conservation Service, Salt Lake City, Utah, re Narrows Storage Reservoir on Upper Goose- 101 McConkie, Oscar W., Jr., attorney, Salt Lake City, Utah, statement - 51 Nielsen, Arthur H., attorney at law, Salt Lake City, Utah, statement - 37 North Sanpete watershed project summary 92 North Sanpete watershed work plan. 15 Nygaard, Hon. Hjalmar C., a Representative in Congress from the State of North Dakota, statement-- 10 Short, Hon. Don L., a Representative in Congress from the State of North Dakota, letter 10 Skeen, E. J., attorney, Salt Lake City, Utah, statement 53 Templeton, Win, president, Templeton & Linke, consulting engineers, review of North Sanpete watershed project 67 Tidewell Canal Co. v. Pioneer Ditch Co.: Decree.. 57 Supplemental decree. 63 Udall, Hon. Morris K., a Representative in Congress from the State of Arizona, statement 13 U.S. Department of the Interior, Geological Survey, Water Resources Branch, five charts on Gooseberry Creek.- 125 Utah Power & Light Co., letter, August 11, 1962 89 Welch, Frank J., Assistant Secretary, Department of Agriculture, letter, February 14, 1962, with inserts--- 56 Young, Hon. Milton R., á U.S. Senator from the State of North Dakota, letter.. 10 WATERSHED DEVELOPMENT—1962 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1962 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m. in room 1435, House Ofice Building, Hon. Frank E. Smith (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. SMITH. We shall hear the two projects in Georgia first since Mr. Landrum and Mr. Stephens are here. STATEMENT OF HON. PHIL M. LANDRUM, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA MARBURY CREEK WATERSHED, GEORGIA, AND MIDDLE FORK BROAD RIVER WATERSHED, GEORGIA Mr. LANDRUM. I have two projects in Georgia in which I am directly concerned, and in which Congressman Stephens is concerned. The first one is Marbury Creek watershed, located in Barrow County, Ga., and part of which is in Oconee County, Ga. Barrow County is the present home county of Senator Richard Russell. This watershed plan has been in the making for many, many years, and in addition , to the usual flood prevention and watershed protection that this particular watershed plan carries, you have the additional need for a municipal water supply or reserve for municipal water supply which we think may be necessary in the future, and also an additional support for wildlife and fish in the area because in it we have a State park with a considerable number of acres. This watershed involves almost 16,394 acres. Its cost in Federal funds will amount, over a period of 5 years, to about $425,337, and as in all instances of our watershed programs down in Georgia we have the very ultimate in cooperation from the local organizations. Here we have the cooperation from the county governments, and in addition to that indirect cooperation of many of the civic organizations. As to the Middle Fork Broad River watershed plan, we have there almost 51,000 acres of land involved in it, and the principal purposes here are usual to watershed protection and flood prevention. Three of the counties in my district, and one of the counties in Congressman Stephens' district, are involved. Again we have the very ultimate in cooperation from the local organizations, including a number of newly formed organizations in recent years to promote river development and to promote land and water conservation, such as the upper Chattahoochee River group which has been very active over the years in development of the Buford Dam and other conservation purposes. I spoke of the Marbury Creek watershed being in Senator Russell's home place. This is my “briar patch.” I was born and reared in a corner of this, and frankly I have personally walked over about 75 percent of it, either fox hunting, fishing, or doing something else. I can testify from personal knowledge that there is perhaps no single watershed—I live about 100 miles from there now—there is no single watershed that will give as much real value to all of the landowners and conservation interests in the immediate area and below there as this particular watershed will. You will note from the topography there, as indicated on the project map, that it is a very mountainous territory. A lot of timber has been removed from this area and many farmers are trying to dig out a living and they dug out the soil instead. Now we have to go back and protect this land, reimprove it, and save this water. We have about 70 percent of all the rivers in Georgia originating within an area of about 50 miles of this watershed, all on that side of the State. These two projects have the endorsement of all of the local people. The Federal Government officials tell me that they have had every possible cooperation, and I hope the committee will approve them as they have been set up by the Budget Committee. Mr. SMITH. Thank you, Mr. Landrum. STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT G. STEPHENS, JR., A REPRESENTA TIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF GEORGIA Mr. STEPHENS. Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I shall not take the full time that I ordinarily would since Mr. Landrum has so adequately covered the projects. I am very much interested in the approval of these two projects. The first one deals with Franklin County. That is the only county of the four counties actually in my district, but it is one of the important items in the development of that area. Mr. Landrum did not tell you that Franklin County, which is the county which I represent, is the original county for all of northeast Georgia. It was taken away from the Cherokee Indians in 1783 and made a county in 1784. Stevens County, which I wish was in my district, Habersham County, Banks County, and the counties in this other project were taken from the Cherokee Indians. I suppose from what you have just heard that Indians did better than we did because we now need to restore fertility to the soil which we have depleted, but I deeply urge you to approve these two projects because they will be of immense benefit to the areas covered here. One of the great poets of Georgia, and of America, Sidney Lanier, wrote the Song of the Chattahoochee. He starts out “Out of the hills of Habersham down through the valleys of hoe.” He is talking about Habersham County here, the origin of the Chattahoochee River which flows down and becomes the border between Georgia and Alabama. |