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<br />.3,.3 <br /> <br />not take a vote on it there. It was probably about equal. I think <br />nearly every ranchman along that river was present. I don't believe <br />there were three or four absent out of those two meetings. One <br />thing they brought up was - is this to be used as a trading point <br />to give Denver 177,000 acre-feet? They can see further ahead than <br />some of us sometime. Most of those people want to stay. there and <br />farm with their neighbors. They do not care about going out and <br />settling in a new country. <br /> <br />Mr. Beaty: "How many farm units are there?" <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />Mr. Pughe: "I would say about 40. It might be $0 farm units in <br />that area". <br /> <br />Senator Williams: "Do you have IlIlY idea how much of that land the <br />Government owns?" <br /> <br />Mr. Pughe: "Very little. The map dpes not show what the acreage <br />is of that reservoir. II <br /> <br />Mr. Debler: "It would be around 20,000 acres". <br /> <br />Mr. Pughe: "It would be more than that. What's the acreage of <br />Echo Park?" <br /> <br />Mr. Debler: "About 30,000 acres.1I <br /> <br />Mr. Penfold: "I believe the acreage is 48,000". <br /> <br />Mr. Pughe: "I think it is more than that". <br /> <br />Mr. Crawford: "I am sending Mr. Gildersleeve over for the report". <br /> <br />Mr. Debler: "In these reservoir sites there has been an appraisal of <br />those lands. However, in a great many cases those appraisals are not <br />accepted. The Judge, through condemnation proceedings,' sets the <br />value of. those places." <br /> <br />Mr. Crawford: "$2,200 acres at Cross llountain under the 29$ foot <br />dam." <br /> <br />Mr. Bailey: "Does anyone have any questions of Mr. Pughe?D <br /> <br />Mr. Pughe: <br />(Mr. Pughe <br />area. ) <br /> <br />"That's a pretty decent group of people dcwln there". <br />explained the economic situation in the Cross Mountain <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />1.Ir'. Moses: "It seems to me that they are.going to have difficulty <br />buying the location". <br /> <br />!Jr. Pughe: "Your Echo Park will dislocate only three or four". <br /> <br />(ConSiderable discussion was had regarding condemnation and payments <br />as concerned with valuation of lands in reservoir sites. Discussion <br />followed concerning tax loss to the counties.) <br />