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<br />----------- <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />----------- <br />-~--- <br /> <br />----~- <br /> <br />lay l7, 194~ <br /> <br />l <br />I Mr. C.~. Beach <br />Divbion 1iIg1neer <br />604 Central Bldg <br />Pueblo, Col.orado <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Beach. <br /> <br />Thi8 will conf'ira our advice8 to you qy long distance telephone <br />last ..ele to liII1t diverB10ne by ditches above Caddoa lieller9'oir ,iJ!l1iM to dlltee <br />of April 15, 1884. Ja you know, this order "8 protellted by reprellentati..es <br />of the Cat~ and H1Ihl1De Canal8 who lIlet 'lfith lIIe ast l'riday afternoon, follow- <br />ing which a conference "118 held with the Attorney Ceneru, ~eBllrs. Bre1ten- <br />ete1D Bnd Patteraon, u a result of which the Attorney General "811 or the <br />opiniontbat 80 lq as Colorado holds 1D Caddoa Reservoir to the credit. or <br />1anll&s the IIIIlOlUIt or diversiolUl by upst1'841ll ditcbes in excess of their hilltoric <br />diversions, ltan.as could blrre no proper D'OUlld ror cOlllplaint. <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />:l'ollowiDg tnis opinion of the Attorney General I 1=ediately tele- <br />phoned you late P'riday af'temool1 t.o rescind the forller order and t.o permit up- <br />stream ditches tc diyert 1Jl order of priority, allowing sufficient water to <br />paee La J1IZlta to talee care of the Consolidated. and Town ditches, wb1ch order <br />you adrilied would be placed in efrect at onoe. <br /> <br />Jou advised. me tni. lIClrn1ng, by telephone, that this order ill in <br />effect. and that the fort Lyon ill now diyert1Jlg under its first Imd 8econd <br />priority 500 second feet, with 50 .econd feet p&ssil'l8 La Junta end 150 second <br />feet pAlIlling Ioell Anill&ll gaging lStatioXlJ that deliveries frOlll all ~cee at <br />. the et.e.te lins total 205 .econd feet u againllt KanNs' requellt ror;'I50 e.cond <br />reet, but that the pr8llent reduced. mlla.e. from the reservoir UlOunt1J1g to <br />425 .econd feet, together with increased diverslolUl by the Amity up to 250 <br />second feet, .hould reduce the now at the stllte line to about l50 lIecond r...t. <br /> <br />, UT. Burgells edrisellol1le,.:t.hat !;lased upon recent measurellentll at the <br />..Bt.ate 11ne thera bas been a lllinui-~?' .12 of a foot at the liolly gaging Iltation, <br />",blah, of course, would reduce the capacity ot the channel belDw the lallt <br />;rating card. <br /> <br />We are enclosing II new rating table tor the Holly Iltation balled <br />. upon the allt 1Dforlllation .... have. <br /> <br />I <br />.<, llr. Patterson ill workiJ:l8.. Oil Ii ne. capacity table to include re- <br />Tillions resulting from tormer errorll in the original topographiC surreYII and <br />recent cross sectionll by the Army Engineers showlng_ depleted-capacities aue <br />