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<br />. <br /> <br />J" <br /> <br />~\ <br /> <br />acre will, instead of increasing f~r the C010yadO ~1ver end <br />its tributaries, d~crease. So that whilq we 3~e n0~ ~sing <br />u'[lon the Jow lSl,ds '.l'j com;l''f,pt:;'t'e l1se, probab2.y morlJ than we <br />shall ate ft'tClye neriod on t!le lo',v lan ds use, snothe r fac tor <br />interposes itself, because of ~he C~&n8ing proportion between <br />the two iwrts oi terTi tory, t'nd it C8E t"erefore be safely <br />Scid tJ12t vlhile we shew::! r:et COtlscl'Y1TJtion of water per acre on <br />the averFge of 1.5 - 1.7 f.'.cr,,-"'eet :;s a ~[;XimnJ:l, wh8reas on the <br />low lands we show a net 'lol'sumption of ~,'obatl:! 2 acre-feet, <br />and the a7eragc consumption on the hirh l[;nds of possibly 1. <br />to 1.3 acre-feet, thc ultimate use of 1. - 1.3 ecre-feet for the <br />",hole ereI'. \'iill probbbly be' a'maximum from the river. lie Sh0~1 <br />here abou~ 2,9.10,000 acre-feet (Indicating curle "iuture Het <br />Consumption," r;:,hibit B, Appcndix GTand Junction Hearings)when <br />we h2ve reached up to the condition lying under the Maximum <br />acreage invclvQ'd. It is 0::: a t least p&ssing interest to show <br />that we ~ave 30 far in our curve of population (Indicating <br />curV'e "growth of Po'::,lation." J>xtJibit B, Appendix Grand Junc- <br />tion hec,rings), had one sl'&':of mining growth from 1870 to 1880. <br />so-culled, ar.d the aGricultural era from 1000 to 19l0 shows a <br />steen sloue due to increasing a~ricultural po]ulation. We think <br />such thin7s sa these cay hnve some effect on our present and <br />ultim2te use of water and u~on the total delivery of the Colo~ <br />aado 3iver proaer and of its tributaries at the state line of <br />Colorado. j'his is attempted to be demonstrated by this chart <br /> <br />G.J. <br />