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<br />?i{~~~:!/'- <br />'!$".. <br /> <br />i~J~ . <br /> <br />'! <br /> <br />. ~:~:j:~ <br /> <br />..', <br />, l' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />nf,':;'"tt] <br />t....v (,;.J'7" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />year 1921 vrore made in thlil Colorado State Engineer's Reports, but these <br /> <br />monthe wo:l-e re"'flstimated or rather. apparently estimated without knowledge <br /> <br />ot the Colorado tigures by R. I. MeekGr in the Nebraska Exhiblt #,. <br /> <br />Eetimatlte of yearly quantitios f'roml904 'l:,hrough 1914 were made in thh <br /> <br />Ellth1bit (no astimat.es of I'lIOnthly qUlllltitid made). In the testilllOnyof <br /> <br />the "North Platt. suit", VolUlll8 if1, p. 7?i"Mr. Meek$1' statee that the <br /> <br />Northge.te estimat,8a wero made all fuU01lTll~ <br /> <br />".By Qompar'ison 0 f flows ot the ~ atations when Wl!I <br />heve oonourrent rooords, de1;Ell'IIl1natlon ot peroentages <br />and the appl1oatlon ot the reoords ot S~B.toga to <br />that OUrTe to eeoure the missing reoords at North Gate." <br /> <br />Complete explanation of Ellth1bit #3 oan be fol1l.'ld on pp. 67-7; ot V01.#'2 <br /> <br />ot test1mony ct tho "NorthP1atte Suit." <br /> <br />Our work consht. ot two parts. F~r-n. that ot extending and <br /> <br />eet1mating r-eeordll as a eheok against the valu.,r; publbhed tn 'if.S.F. 1469, <br /> <br />and Ileoond, that of maldng our own extension 01' l'eoorde to ob..ll1mol1'llhls <br /> <br />ot miuing reoord. The later valulila wUl l;le. used U a oheok against 'bhe <br />,',- ~" <br /> <br />elltimates' made ~"R. I. Meeker. <br /> <br />, OUr utimates ar. lllllde on t~.,b,*;~,~s 01' .~tendbg Northgate <br />reoor-d8 on a oomparative hydrog/aph otdlllf3.y quant!t:l.ee (s.-log soal.). <br />The extensions wore tElken ,off', of the hydrograph all daily qUlil.ntitiell and <br />t~ total tlow for ench month oomputed from 'these quantities. <br />\ <br />For the ex'bendod months of the period 191;-1921 our values we"e <br />oompared with thOll8 published ln w.S~P. 1IWJ:;. No single value donated by <br />+ , ' + <br />more than - lO% and the average deviation was about - 4.5%. and our total <br />tor the IlI1m of all ut1mated months variod trOlll the 111m at the U oS ,G.S . <br />.~ <br />total by, - 5.0%. This Ill'riod was estimated by UII ohiefly a. a o~ok <br />aga1net our IlI8thod ot eBtimntlng. and to aat1s:t)r ours$lves oonoern:l.ng <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />.a <br />