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<br />'e' <br /> <br />The conclusion which forces itself upon me in this conneo- <br />tion is that it is .~oing to be 'lory diffic1.<l t to say definitely <br />what in e7ery case is the superior use. and that the best re- <br /> <br />suIts to 8ll concerneQ will be had if the Color~Qo ai~er Comm- <br /> <br />iSBion, and bll otherS interested. ~~proaoh these questions with <br /> <br /> <br />an open mind, seeking for the ~reatest good of the greatest <br /> <br /> <br />number, and endeavoring to seCllre the maximum development of <br /> <br /> <br />the river ~like as to flood protection, irrigation and power <br /> <br />production. <br /> <br />Most of us here are familidr to SOMe extent Vii th the flood <br /> <br />control problem on the lower Colorado and recognize the impor- <br /> <br /> <br />tance of its e8rl;y solution. \~hile it is unquestionable that <br /> <br />the equilization of tbe river, be~inning at the toP. is from an <br /> <br /> <br />I~) engineering point of view the most desirable, yet it appears to <br /> <br /> <br />be equLlly true that the economic requirements of the Situation <br /> <br /> <br />are such that flood control must first be undertaken at some <br /> <br />pOint on the lower Colorado, as for example, at Boulder C~nyon. <br /> <br /> <br />~he fact that the lower works must be constructed first will <br /> <br />necessarily mate those lower works more expensi ve to oonBtn;ot than <br />, <br />if the :prop':remaroJzlbe Ettacked. in the re~erse order, viz:, fJY <br />first equalizing the stream in its higher reaches. ~his. of <br />course. is unfortunate, Howelrer. it should not be forgotten that <br />even ~fter the construction of flood oontrol facilities on the <br /> <br />lower Colorado, the construction of equalizing reservOirs on the <br /> <br />S.L. <br /> <br />.~ <br />