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<br />. <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />It hes been Sa:\.d that the impDrtsnce of the il.evelopment <br />of the Colorado diver lie3 first i,n flood )rotection, seoond in <br />irriga tion. and third in povvel' "rodl c tion. As a"lplied to the <br />Colorado diver an,l its tributal'ietl I ar.l not inclined to quarrel <br />wi th thi s c laSsi:t'ica tion. I c:.o tle sirs. howe vel'. to point out <br />that even acoepting this classification. there is some questions <br />as to whethor thfJ development of the power ffcilities will not <br />have to be the first work to be t~ndertaken to some degree a,nd <br />in some places, in order timt flood protection and irrigation <br /> <br />may be Secured at all. <br /> <br />In this connection it is evident that whatever equalizes <br />the flow of the river will urotect ag:=inst flood damage and re- <br />duce erDsion and conseqt<entl:l' silt deposit. llams E-l1d reservoirs, <br />even if built primarily for the purpose of power llroduction, <br />would ~lso serve the purpose of flood T,>rotection. It.is ::;lso <br />evident that the irrigBtion :C)ossibilities alon!, the river oannot <br />be.:entirely met by gravi ty s~lstp.ms, but that a <.lonsiderable part <br />of the lands susceptible of irrig~tion .lill )!?ve to be irrigated <br />bS pumping s;:'Stems. ;30 fer &S this is tru~. the ~roduction of <br />electric power will have to preccde the irrib~tion. and to this <br /> <br />exte!lt. even if weQSSume that irrigetion is f> Sl,perl'or use, never- <br /> <br />theless pOwer production would bave to be a prior development. <br /> <br />S.L. <br />