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<br />February 4th, <br /> <br />~ <br />/~. "'1S7\'?7;>f/7;;]~ <br />,\,:1' ";J; ,7, <br />. - ~ ,)-, <br />,\. ,,'" io.o: ./ / <br />. ;;v ',;;r:-'11 "",,\ <br />.~~ f,. '," bI ill uJl <br />:\~.~ /i~):;;: ;. ;~.j <br />-- JJ &-......... -, ' <br />ls"n>? .~; <br />. - \'Y ~ <br />'YIt.,;. _,,, (\\~., <br />~,' <br /> <br />o~c 680 <br /> <br />j <br /> <br />C.L. PATTERSON <br />CONSULTING CIVIL E;:NGINEER <br /> <br />PUEBL.O,COL.ORADO <br /> <br />St~te En~ineer's Office, <br />Ca:pitol Building, <br />Denver, Colorado. <br /> <br />De8.T Sir: <br /> <br />Att: Mr. Tipton. <br /> <br />Enclosed find certs.i n notes rep~3.rdi n"" dis charQ:e of <br />Ark:'cnsas River at La Junta, as promised in 8. recent conversa- <br />tion. <br /> <br />We also attach the recor~ of diversions by the Amity <br />C,9ne.l, as kept by the company. for the s".me yeo.r8. Thi s com- <br />pany record has been checked durin~ the ceriod since automatics <br />we~e esteblished an~ found eccurate. Ten year means 1894-1903 <br />av~ra[e 75,186, which declines to 6~,805 for the period 1697- <br />1906, increases to 93.527 for 1907-1916 and thereafter decreases <br />to obout 20,000 where it has remained durin~ recent years. <br />Management durin~ 1007-1917 resulted in 1Br;e diversions, much <br />of which were wasted, which policy has been discontinued account <br />expense. <br /> <br />Studies of river gain sug~est thRt durin~ 1897-lg04 <br />tlle g'ain L<1 Junt8-Lemar wa.s about 54 cfs while ill 1<;;22-25 it <br />Via s a.bou t. 127 cfs, while between L2mar ".nei Ho lly it incree sed <br />from 27 0fs durin,,' thE' early '(jerioe to About 69 cfs in the <br />recent Deriod. <br /> <br />The Fort Lvon CAnal record sho~s feirlv constant <br />divel'sioM, for dil'e0t use anc' Gre".t P12in", storcc0'e from 1894- <br />to d'l.te. But the 12 Junta (USChATp:e has b"en "effected by the <br />Fort Lyon StorB~e CaD91, which d&tln~ in 1906 bec8me effective <br />in 1909-10 to tSe extent of uerheps SS,OOO acre-feAt annually. <br /> <br />,) <br />; <br />~ <br /> <br />Considerin~ the La Junta dischar~e and the diversions <br />in ColoT8~0 below th~t point the dependenc~ of the flow at <br />Holly upon the erratic run-off from the 3.rea below L2 Junts> is <br />indicClted. <br /> <br />Very truly yours, <br /> <br />CLP/bm <br /> <br />~- t,Arl'i; .-- <br />Consultinf Civil En~ineer. <br /> <br />