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Works o n the <br />Georg ffown <br />z <br />r c <br />�z <br />S'iaietf&r ii in tb6� <br />1908 photo. <br />Golden is <br />expanding fts <br />' h <br />. hnyv ai$ park, .�i,'i1 <br />the railroad <br />WAI have W <br />is2Ci - c <br />I m <br />j a <br />i <br />- used for more then ' 00 ears for washin ; <br />5 ~.' dishes and taking showers soon wAl <br />( <br />tow Stearn trc :;;� uy ryti. <br />We were told to stopusing it, said Gre : i <br />gory Ile,rne, in«yor of silver 1t1 1 :, 'Nn of <br />175 people. "Pt ceught as by sqYf 7 11 7 e've <br />IN lift ? # - ' <br />i ,Writer bought some water for die ne,. uu-A ,z ,� J x F <br />1 the sulii�ner sorynd of the century -old years but yre're stuck for a ion+ solo- a �f <br />Georgetown nai a °ow -gauge railroad chugging tion. <br />along is beginning to sound like a sputter, "We weren't going to l ise the water for <br />There inay rot be enough water to oper- growth, but to sustains what he had, said ' <br />ate the steam train. Heine, who has li ned in ever Plume for 20 <br />"We haven'l found any years. <br />9 Golden claimed the wate> <br />wa ai yet; ouL we re look- I A , <br />atilt," said Lindsey Ashby, " While Golden wasn't in the .early .18fi0s and has # <br />who operates the train for using the water, the seniority. The towns, the <br />the owner, the Georgetown. county and the railroad have <br />Historical society . was ago problem• more recent loco claims — <br />Operators of the George- But now, Golden later in the 1400s and after <br />town }rain had planned -to Golden s. <br />resume the seasonal tourist wants the .water kept 1 1-A ile Golden wasn't using <br />rides on Memorial Day._ It in the creek to expand" the water fliers was no prob <br />-runs on a .six -mile route that lem <br />I . town's popula � � _ � = �� <br />p But now Golden wants the° ° °°; <br />includes : a steep grade, . a � 7 Photos by Ken PapaleolNews Staff Piiotogr apher /9 .�98 <br />7 , r water ,kept in Vise creek to <br />stogy at the Lebanon Mine kyLCr� k. town's tralt� c Dz�y'vte is rd;e. Opes'ata�oi had pla�a3 <br />and crossing of I}evil's. Gate expand trt� Lc iii s popular <br />bridge. . <br />kayak, park. �0 the railroad 6`u�'��E�.� `.,,.'? .,raai$�+i% : -� �� f39' MG°�Y ➢��a tal �-`ny ��s3isy E6€3eet' s���;'`�i�e may Prevent �n <br />i, % Hope to run this' summer, but it will and the towns will have "to find other water <br />depend'on what kind of a winter we have and. - "It sets a bad precedent said Lori Short, spokesmen say. and $15,000• <br />how much snow," lie said, referring to the mayor of. Empire, a town of 450. "Someone The Georgetown train uses less than 3 _ The; Georgetown steam train's problem is <br />snowpack_that supplies water to Colorado. in Burlington could .say they want a boat acre -feet of water per year, some to run the worsened because the engine uses all the <br />The railroad isn't alone, but that's little chute and there wouldn't be enough water steam engine and some for the restrooms. water it draws, returning nothing to the <br />consolation: for anyone Osc 5 r :stream." A family of four uses abou <br />t 1 acre fcot o stream. The towns at least treat their waste- <br />- <br />1~lie towns of Geox etown, : Silver ; t�lu�ila_.. }s has filed suit most. 9 f watt z and rizt an unitised fed uri fo1 Irt" i <br />g ,. i ,l. aera fi <br />and I mwre and Clear Creek Coy nf�T w °f, eY <br />g - - <br />y� x �t- Csli <br />rivF - -_ t d l at s3ssS� saiig�t <br />