stone from the toe of the bluff to its top at elevation 8 feet above low 

 water datum, and that no public interest is involved in the considered 

 plan of improvement, since there is no publicly owned property within the area 

 studied. They recommended that protective measures vihich may be undertaken 

 from time to time by local interests, based on their own determination of 

 economic justification be accomplished in accordance with the plan for 

 stone revetment proposed in the report. They further recommended that con- 

 tinuous sections of shore be protected at one time, where possible, to 

 take advantage of the saving in construction costs, as well as to prevent 

 flanking of the protective works where adjacent unprotected frontage would 

 continue to erode. 



In accordance with existing statutory requirenents, the Board stated 

 its opinion that: 



a. It is not advisable for the United States to adopt a project 

 authorizing Federal participation in the cost of protecting and improving 

 the shore of Ohio within the area studied; 



and 



b. No public interest is involved in the proposed improvements j 



c. ^o share of the expense should be borne by the United States. 



The Chief of Engineers concurred in the foregoing conclusions and 

 recommendations • 



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