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<br />1'4.42 <br /> <br />MR. CRAWFORD: <br /> <br />MR. PETERSON: <br />MR. JERMAN: <br />MR. BAILEY: <br />MR. PETERSON: <br /> <br />"That might help to complete these sooner <br />than the 5 years anticipated." <br /> <br />'~he~ will Cliffs-Divide be completed?" <br /> <br />"I thinkabout 1958." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"Thank you, Mr. Jerman." <br /> <br />"May I suggest that Mr. Barnard, Sr., who <br />was our host yesterday might have somethi~ <br />to say about these projects." <br /> <br />MR. BARNARD,SR: "I appreciate the opportunity to come here <br />and make certain statements. The subject <br />I want to talk about is very serious. <br />Yesterday you gentlemen we~e taken <br />for a ride over certain participating <br />projects sp you could see the area we <br />hope to develop. Primarily, as you all <br />know we are most concerned with the Parshall <br />Project, to which immediate consideration <br />must be given. So I would like the <br />opportunity to cover the situation so <br />you may understand it. The City of Denver <br />received a decree. In many instances we <br />find a decree does not mean too much. Denver <br />found that. as against the rights of senior <br />water users and the rights of the United <br />States in the Big Thompson, there was <br />no water for Denver to divert from. the Bl~ <br />There has been much dissention on both sides. <br />So representatives of the e~st and west <br />slopes, the United States, and the City of <br />Denver got together to settle this. At <br />that time we had the hope that the Colorado <br />Storage Bill would be passed. We thought <br />we had framed the plan so the Denver Diversion <br />would not interfere. Then Denver set out <br />to devise an enlargement of the Williams <br />Fork Reservoir which Denver did not have in mind <br />when the decree was entered into. Litigation I~ <br />followed and will probably flair up again. <br />The Storage Project Bill was passed and <br />we have a reasonable certainty that the <br />participating projects will be constructed <br />and the water put to use. As the Parshall <br />Project is a feasible one, I think you will <br />see it is a desirable project. If Denver <br />gets that reservoir enlarged, the Parshall <br />Project will remain as it is now. <br />