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<br />. <br /> <br />"1-\ <br />, '.1 <br /> <br />,~\ <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />extent 8[1d oature C'f "IDIOt ha3 been accomplished in th9' drain- <br /> <br />age basin of Colorado upon ~lje 1[.n0, which is nolV ti8velo,!ed, <br /> <br />but we have attem,ted to Sh0W what mey be reasonably forcast <br />aCl'eage; the curve <br />in the future. We deal first with th~/(!ndicEti~g curve "Acres <br /> <br />Cultivated" on ~xhibit B, A~pendix Grand Junction Hearings) <br /> <br />shows up to the pTesent time we have put in aevelopffient on the <br />\~estern Slo3lu 825,000 acres. The ultioate possible amount of <br /> <br />2,325,000 acres will probabl;,' not be reachea lOt the end of Qne <br />hundred ye~rs, but we will have a curve of settleMent rIndi- <br /> <br />cating curve "Grm/th of PopuJ.atiol1", .r;xhibi t B, A-o"!el1dix Grand <br /> <br />Junction Hearings) which tends to fallout p[ rallel to the mai1.1- <br /> <br />mum a~d remain so. <br /> <br />The division of the high lands 8.nQ, the low lands is, we feel: <br /> <br />an irnDort~nt contrubtion for the State of Colcrado in the matter <br /> <br />of infDrffi- tien aud b9sring to the who2.e qU9~tion of the Colo- <br /> <br />rado liver. 1'he low lands are similar to the ones around Gn~nd <br /> <br />Junctien, where the rainfz=ll is of no value in agriculture, and <br /> <br />they c~nsist of one-third. of the total area, about 250,000 <br /> <br />acres, while the high lands constitute 575,000 acres of the <br /> <br /> <br />tetal (Indicating lowest curve, Bxhibit B, Appendix Grand Junc- <br /> <br /> <br />tion Hearingsl. The upper half of the curve, (Indicating samB <br /> <br />curve), howe~-er, develops a very peculiar condition, which is, <br /> <br />that the increase in low lands will be relativ91y small, while <br />the increase in the high lacd.s will be consider8.o1y gl"eater, <br />and because of that ~'act the future net delivery of WLter 'Per <br /> <br />G.J. <br />