Transcripts of the Arkansas River Compact Commissions 11/25/1946

• Description: Sixth Meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Commissions 11/25/1946 Denver, Co.
• State: CO
• Basin: Arkansas
• Author: Commissioners
• Title: Sixth Meeting of the Arkansas River Compact Commissions 11/25/1946 Denver, Co.
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: Meeting

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early as 1902. The existence of that controversy was well �(
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authorization of the then called Caddoa Reservoir Project .
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In 1933 during the pendency of a suit in the Supreme
Court a stipulation was entered into between the States of
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Colorado and Kansas
lea stipulation which is a setter of
record and which therefore I see no necessity for reading in
fnll, the purpose of which was to remove obstacles resulting
from the interstate controversy from the path of legislative
progress in the authorization for the construction of the
Caddoa project.
In other words, the states at that time expressed a
joint conclusion that they were willing to put aside for the
time being their controversy, feeling that the construction
of the project would in itself go a long ways towards helping
to resolve their difficulties. In the subsequent legislation,
the Flood Control Act of 1936, the existence of that controversy
was clearly recognized. The Flood Control Act of 1938 in ef-
feet legislated into law the so-called 308 report on the
Arkansas River. The 308 report contains a number of references
to the interstate controversy, of which I will cite one, al-
though there are numerous others.
In paragraph 88 of the District Engineer's report he states:
'The problem confronting irrigation interests in