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<br />33 <br /> <br />wl11 be th1s tall. <br />(Dlscusslon ott the record.) <br />MR. STONE: !here wl11 be, aooording to Mr. Jennings, <br /> <br />whom I. saw a couple ot weeks ago, monsy left over from the <br /> <br /> <br />. present approprlatlon whlch oould be used in constructlon ot <br /> <br /> <br />the reservoir. The reservolr has had to be relocated and lt <br /> <br />. has lnoreasedthe cost. 'fhere has also been added the <br /> <br />Mlnnesota unlt ot the project. You 11111 note here that the <br /> <br />estimated cost for the neW unit, the new ~eservolr, steps it <br /> <br />up to $6,191,000. We hope to get thls project reauthorlzed <br /> <br />at the present sesslon ot Congress. <br /> <br />,It has been authorlzed now two taes. The contract <br /> <br />MS been made wl th the water users, and the difflculty has <br /> <br />arisen because of lncreased cost of oonstructlonover and <br /> <br />above what was antlclpated. when the project was reauthorized <br /> <br />the last.tlme, the addlng,of the Mlnnesota unit and some 1~ <br /> <br />"',. ".' <br /> <br />oreased cost ln the reservolr, ltse1f, but that 1snot,'much. ,. <br /> <br />. . . <br />That has increased the cost to the extent that there 11111 be <br /> <br />added some power under the Colorado Rlver storage pro3eet~ <br /> <br />....,i."'..-..,.. ''''''. <br /> <br />In other words, the water users' abllity ls notsuffiolent <br /> <br />"'- ,;". <br /> <br />to liquidate the !ull cost, and there wl11 have to be some <br />added power. <br /> <br />". :~. <br /> <br />We hope to get reauthorlzation at thls sesslon so that <br />they can go rlght ahead and call for blds on the reservoir and <br />use some of the money that ls nGW avallable, but that project <br />