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<br />Creek Reservoir, less joss by seepage and evapora- <br />tion. <br /> <br />Referring to the daily record, I fird that t'1e d,scharge <br />past La Junta during 15 days of 1909, 1n excess of the <br />requirements of the lower canals, was sufficient to have <br />enabled the enlarged canal as planned to have cap- <br />tured about 30,000 to 35,000 acre-feet more of the high <br />flood waters than the present canal secured, or say <br />70,000 acre-feet in all. These floods were fror1 1,000 <br />to 10,000 cubic feet per secona, all of which mignt have <br />been stored with a canal of large enough capacity. <br /> <br />THE RESERVOIR SYSTEM. <br /> <br />The Storage Reservoirs of the Fort Lyon Cana! Com- <br />pany, that are constructeo or in process of construction, <br />are a most important and valuable auxiliary to the irri- <br />gation system. They are the Horse Creek Reservo!r, <br />the Adobe Creek Reservoir, the King Reservoir and :he <br />Thurston Reservoir~ besides an interest it; the Queen <br />Reservoir. The Pnnce Reservoir is also a part of ~he <br />system, but it has become so filled with sedime'lt as to <br />be of Ij:tle value, and will be abandoned. It was never <br />of much importance on account of its srrall capacity <br />and its pos'tion '1ear the end of the system. <br /> <br />These ~eservoirs and tneir feeoers will be cescribed as <br />fa: ows: <br /> <br />THE HORSE CREEK RESERVOIR.. <br /> <br />The locatior of this natural basin reservoir is about 6 <br />mi:es east of the ch,anne! of Horse Creek, at a pOi'lt on <br />the line between Bent a'1d Otero counties, about 8 miles <br /> <br />44 <br />