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<br />1_- ,,~-- -, By ROBERT L, PERiu;---- . ;~
<br />, ' .' Rocky Mountain News Writer' . .' :. ~r'\~
<br />I GREELEY, Sept. 15.-,Royce J. Tipton, consulting engin!,er to the State Water Board,:: j'i:;'
<br />i attacked fede~al flood control policies as. a "Santa Claus sort of program" today at the last.) ,
<br />i of three hearmgs mto the huge Narrows'Dam on the PIette, '.:i I(
<br />I Emphasizing_ that 'he was voicing .' .: '., .' .~-", .
<br />I personal ,opinion only, the Denver ket value and, then some' is paid propnating dec!.ces in the same.; ". -.
<br />I water expert called public atti- tor the property taken." .ma':lDer that the John Martin D~m,' (
<br />I tude toward U.S. Hood control ex- REJECTION NOW INVITES on, the Arkansas now is operated:" ~."
<br />'penditure a "gimme" one. MISSOURI VALLEY Mr. Knight, however,' said it. is,: ,~~l
<br />"The people who live below ~he AUTHORITY the present intent~on 01. the bur:eau,: f
<br />proposed dam can get a free nde .Judge ~liftord H_ Stone, director to lIle lor water rIghts 1fi the rlVe~,: -\_
<br />'at the expense ,?f t~,e gen~,ral}ax- of the -Stat~ Water Board, corn- atter Narrows is well along in con~;r; L~i
<br />'[payer of the nahon, h~ s~ud. and mented in answer .to a question struction or completed. . . ".'l~:.- t
<br />I as a s.tate we'll have t~ make ~p from the audience that, he. teels. H;e has. emphasized at each _of.: '~l
<br />',our mInds to look the gIft horse In that it Colorado does not go""ahead the three hearings that the b.ureau b'~.
<br />the face." 'with'development of Nanows and. plans to operate the dam entirelY " '~
<br />,FA.RMS BELOW DAM other projects within the trame~ tind~r sta~e water law and that i~ 1 .
<br />'TO, GAIN FLOOD CONTROL work of state water law "it would wiIl claIm n~ v.;ater. until every
<br />., be an argument tor a Missouri other reserVOIr rIght In the valley
<br />Narrows, he said, won t mea sur.. Valley Authmity - the p e 0 p 1 e has been filled.
<br />. ably. help. prevent the lower Mis~ wouldn't put up with it if we de- oNE.iua DAM 'WON'T "
<br />,SOUTl BaSIn floods, the purpose for layed developing our water re- SOLVE ALL PROBLEMS
<br />I which it was originally authorized, sources." .'
<br />; but it will have "a very large .Principal Questions raised at the Samuel H. Lamb, a farmer ?D-
<br />measure of local flood control I hearings involved possibility of the Cache. la Poudre, pleaded that.
<br />benefit" immediately below the accomplishing flood control wjth upstream dams be de. ve~op.ed. ~or
<br />; dam in Colorado. " dams on the highe.r reac.hes at the both .f!::>od control and Irnga~IO~
<br />I " .. Platte and its tnbutarles rather ~atel., to the greatest extent pas
<br />: If the pe~ple who are to receIVe I than with NaM'ows, and the lact sl~,le. .' ~
<br />,those benef~ts, however, .had to that it Narrows acquirps legal I would h~te to see th~ people
<br />! pay the entire cost 01 this dam, rights to surplus water it stores leel that a big dam dDwnst~earn
<br />they probably would choose to further use of these waters in up- solves the ~~ole problem, ':Ie
<br />continue to live with the floods," trearn reservoirs would be' fore- sa!d, emphaslZlng flood damage
<br />Mr. Tipton said.' closed. thIS year In t~e towns of Loveland
<br />(Rec:lamation Bureau estimates DAMS ON UPSTREAM and Fort.CollIns. . .
<br />are that the Narrows will.. eost" WOULD HOLD LESS WATER. In closmg the serle~ of hearIngs,
<br />$32,455,000 in its initial develop- J. H. Knights ot DenvfTr, Platte Judge Stone e~phaslz~d that the
<br />ment phase, wnich could begin in River district manager 01 the wa\er b,~~rd 't'1~1 con~In~e to ac~
<br />about a year and be completed in ureau and Mr.' Tipton answered c"nePter wstre'd' en s a emen s ro~ t~ny
<br />th E t I d I th' '. e person or orgamza Ion
<br />ree yea:r:s. ven ua eve ap- . e fIrst question With explana- and that a tinal open hearing will
<br />ment to brmg new water t~ 30,000 hons that. upstrea.m flood control be held on Narrows in Denver be-
<br />dryland acres would brmg the dams, wh1le feasIble, would not tore a final decision is made and
<br />total cost, possibly in about 30 store suficient water to prevent sent to the bureau
<br />: years, to $39,310,OOO~) serious floods below the Narrows .
<br />'DESIGN AND SITE site... /
<br />I ARE BEST POSSiBLE' Such dams' would also "J:1.ot cOn-
<br />Although critical of the lederal tr?l the flash fl?ods a~d B]Jou ~nd
<br />flood control Hnancing, Mr. Tipton KIOwa Creeks .Immedwtely above
<br />.told the hearing in tihe Weld the Narrows ,Slte. . J.. C. Dou~lass,
<br />County courthouse today that he bureau plannmg engmeer, poInted
<br />feels the bureau's plans for Nar- out that the 1935 Bijou tloo.d was I
<br />rows represent the "best design" greater than t,he" 19.21 dls~~ter
<br />and the "best location" possible. ~long the ~latte s .IT!am stem.
<br />The dam, he said, eventually ,The bureau offiCIals and Mr.
<br />must be built as planned by the ~Ipton con~eded that any water
<br />bur<eau and in the location indi- rIghts acqUIred lormally by .the
<br />, Narrows dam would stand agamst
<br />i cated, about seven Imle~ ......est ~f future efforts to claim any of the
<br />: Fort .M?,rgan. Whether]t IS bUIlt surplus waters farther upstream
<br />i now IS up ~o the people of Colo,~ for irrigation uses.. -
<br />i ra1.o and thell' State .w~teT Board.. BUREAU WILL SEEK
<br />The great,est negative value 1S WATER RIGHTS LATER
<br />the destruction of Weldon Val- B . . 'ct
<br />ley," he said. (Weldon Valley with eC,ause o! thJs, Mr. TIpton saI
<br />its 250 families, th~ee towns and he Will recorrun~nd to ~he State
<br />26,000 acres of fertile irrigated Water BO,ard that Narro 5 be op-
<br />land would be inundated by thp erated WIthout lormal water-ap-
<br />reservoir waters.)
<br />"A community will be extin-
<br />guisl1ed, and you can't compensate
<br />for that-e\'en though a fair mar-
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