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<br />.. <br /> <br />001008 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />reservoirs investigated for flood control and other purposes on the <br /> <br />Purgatoire River and its tributaries were economically feasible. How- <br /> <br />ever, the District Engineer found that a channel improvement project on <br /> <br />the Purgatoire River through the city of Trinidad would accrue benefits <br /> <br />only slightly less than the estimated annual charges, and since impor- <br /> <br />tant intqngible benefits involving the security of the community and <br /> <br />nationally important transportation facilities would also accrue, it <br /> <br />was concluded that the project was justified. In view of the foregoing, <br /> <br />the District Engineer recommended that the channel improvement project <br /> <br />at Trinidad, Colorado, be adopted as the most suitable plan for flood <br /> <br />protection on the Purgatoire River, Colorado. <br /> <br />3. The Chief of Engineers concurred with the views and recom- <br /> <br />mendations of the District Engineer and submitted the report, under the <br /> <br />date oJ.' S~ptcmo3r 8" 1;;1-,,3., to .;he ;)ecretar.f 1;)1' \'ar for. tranSmi'33ion to <br /> <br />Cort~~&SS with the recommendation that i,nprovement of Purgatoire River for <br /> <br /> <br />protection of the city of Trinidad, Colorado; be made by means of levees <br /> <br />, <br />and chahnel works genar~lly in accordance with the plans 01 the District <br />Engineer. The report was transmitted to Congress Janlary 24J 1944, by <br /> <br />the Secretary of War and was published as House DOCUment No; 387, 78th <br /> <br />Congress, 2d Session. The project was authorized substantially in ac- <br /> <br />cordance with the House Document, ~f Public Law 534, 78th Congress, <br /> <br />..,.......11 <br />