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<br />.. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />vi. Two fliGhts were ma~de and aerial pictures tclten of free ~~ter <br />surfaces along tho line of the present lOC2.tion of the ~rain. These flights <br />will be continued at l'reekly intervals until the sprL1g flood W2.ters hc.ve <br />d.i sal')peared.. <br /> <br />vii. An interim report is scheduled for completion ~( June 30, 1949. <br /> <br />Total L~~C~S worked ....... .... 100 <br /> <br />II. Conejos Division (Field Preconstl~ction Activities 90% Complete) <br /> <br />i. The pro~)osed. ','lorks of the COl1ejos Division 2.re to provide a <br />SUP1Jlemental 'r~"ter supply t;lroU€h storage facilities for 116,000 acres gross <br />in Cone,jos Cou.,tJr, Colorado. <br /> <br />ii. The ~resent ple~1 provides for stace development cf t2e Canejas <br />Division. The first stage will be the construction of ap~roJdma,tely 60,000 <br />acre-feet of storE;.G8 at t~:.e Ple.toro site and, secon(l_, '!;_r~!.en econo!:lical1y <br />justified, the construction of adc~itional storage necesse.ry for t;le full <br />utilization of t~le ~,,1e..tcr resources of the Conejos Basin. <br /> <br />iii. <br />the project <br /> <br />The foll~4!1g activit ios are :912,1111eo. and ",ill be undertaken <br />office: <br /> <br />by <br /> <br />(a) Prelin:inary designs 1'_11.0. esti,mates of t'le HoGo toe inlet <br />c~1al at a Dore. economical locatio~ (at some inC~efinite <br />future 0...s,.-tC). <br /> <br />iv. Work 11;;'.8 continued \,:i t!l the plotting of the cross-cecticllS of <br />Pl[;.toro Dan. Lists of eQ.uilJ2ent reQuired for P~.s.toro T;:ere cOIITpiled.. <br />Loce,tion surve~rs of the Governr.ent c2~l') site at kJ.tonito 1"."el"e bein,,:; made. <br /> <br />v. This office assisted a l"e:presentative of Nr. R. J. Tiptonts office <br />in locatii:ag the cc.!L?,ls, lE~tere~ls Ci-D.cl t~'le land irrigated b~l each 1X'..ter ctecree <br />on the aerial photobra~11s. ~hps ~ill be d~~,vn fram the yhotocra~hs and this <br />inforrnation together Hit11 the J.e..l1d clus-sificE'ution \>Jill serve as [';. basis for <br />allotting ~~ter cllarges. <br /> <br />vi. Bids were opened 2~ t~e Jroject office for constr~ctioll of <br />Ple.toro Dam on April 12. SevG!l 'oids vere receivecl, t:1e 10\! bidc.er bei11€ <br />Hi=.l1 Brothers Cm::struction Com?'~ny ($2,727,792). The )roj ect ''C.s reCOcl'lOnd.- <br />ed G,ccept2.l1ce of thi s "bie._ A1-7a.rcl ldlJ.., be J'Tle,ue 'b~,~ the COJ:Ilrc!is SiOD.G2", ~'lSS~lil1stoT.:.t <br />D. C. <br /> <br />V~~. A report, supple~enting House Document Ho. 693. 76th COJ~ress, <br />3rd. Di vi..siol1t recon'-.lend.ill{; stj8"ge d.evelo=,x'le11.t for the Cor..ejos Division, \l1aS <br />c,P?"'oved. b~- the Secrete!"'.r of Interior on October ), 191~7. <br /> <br />Tote.l =Gn--c..e"~;'"s 't,,rorl:ec. <br /> <br />. . ~ .. .. . .. . <br /> <br />200 <br /> <br />r. -, oi .> .: 0 <br />,_" A/~....rj <br />