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<br />277 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />growing needs (when I say our - I do not mean <br />the Western Slope nor just Colorado but all the <br />upper basin states) for more meats and agricul- <br />tural products such as potatoes, onions, sugar <br />beets, to mention a few. This for the additional <br />water needed for irrigation. <br /> <br />From time to time inquiries come to the City Hall <br />about water for industrial uses; to mention just <br />a recent one - "Could we supply our daily use <br />150,000 gallons in a manufacturing enterprise? - <br />The quality of the water must be fairly free from <br />alkali". If we could supply it, the last question - <br />what is the price? <br /> <br />You people of the eastern part of Colorado are <br />feeling the surge of industry while we are just <br />commencing to feel a trickle; for the best in- <br />terests of all we must be prepared to supply <br />those needs. Most important of all is water and <br />power. To secure these our watchword must be <br />COOPERATION. <br /> <br />As a final thought, I would like to leave with <br />you this pertinent question - Who and by what <br />authority was a criteria set up for the people <br />of Colorado?" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Cory then called on Wailliam A. Naff of Mont- <br />rose, who said: <br />the <br />"We wanted/Curecanti in the first place. That <br />is the way we feel about it and are going to <br />fight for it". <br /> <br />Mr. L. Kuiper, Delta, Colorado then made a very brief <br />statement in favor of the Curecanti project. <br /> <br />Fred Paddock, Division Engineer, Montrose, Colo- <br />rado, made the following statement: <br /> <br />"You can start at the mouth of the Gunnison. I <br />c~n't tell you exactly how many days we are short <br />of water, but we are short every year. Going up <br />stream to the mouth of the Uncompahgre, and the <br />Uncompahgre Valley, in late July, August and <br />September, we are short of water. We have probably <br />an 80% supply. Some of them are better off and <br />some not so good - it depends on the priority. <br />~he only answer I can see is storage. Without <br />storage we can't do much more". <br />