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<br />I <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />;:JU;:J <br /> <br />Mr. Brantner identified himself as the business <br />representative for the A. F. of L. and the C. I. O. and that <br />his people were very much interested in building a large dam <br />at the Narrows and he felt they could render the State, through <br />the Board, a great deal of assistance in securing approval for <br />the Narrows Project. <br /> <br />MR. MOSES: <br /> <br />"Thank you ,Mr. Brantner. I know <br />there are a great many people here who <br />have not been introduced or called on. <br />I would like to ask those people who wish <br />to speak to introduce themselves." <br /> <br />Mr. Ralph Williams, Secretary of the South Platte <br />Water Conservancy District, introduced members of his organ- <br />ization in attendance. He read a resolution from his District <br />recently sent to the Colorado Water Conservation Board recom- <br />mending construction of the Narrows Project and also a new <br />resolution proposed by the South Platte Water Conservancy Dis- <br />trict. <br /> <br />Mr. Carl Metzger, Julesburg Irrigation District, <br />Julesburg, Colorado, said that during the past two years there <br />had been a feeling in Nebraska that Nebraska got the compact <br />and Colorado got the water but that the people in his organiza- <br />tion felt they were not getting all the water they were entitled <br />to; that they want to use the water three or four times before <br />Nebraska gets it and consequently were in favor of a channel <br />storage. <br /> <br />Mr. Seth Harshman from Wiggins, Colorado, represent- <br />ing the Bijou and Kiowa Underground Water Commission introduced <br />his delegation at the meeting. Mr. Harshman stated they would <br />like to see detention dams built on the Bijou and Kiowa sites, <br />that one project is being built on the Kiowa but there is room <br />for many more; however, they would favor the Hardin site if the <br />Bijou and Kiowa were not considered feasible. He said that in <br />1952 they opposed the Narrows but that now, rather than have <br />nothing, they would favor it under certain conditions. <br /> <br />MR. MOSES: <br /> <br />"Thank you Mr. Harshman. It has been <br />suggested that perhaps Mr. McLaughlin of <br />the U. S. G. S. might have some comments <br />on this question of ground-water." <br /> <br />Mr. McLaughlin said he thought one of the principal <br />ways of solving the problems on rivers like the Bijou is by <br />