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<br />35 <br /> <br />KR;METZGER: What does It take to get Reclamat10n to <br />see that' <br />HR. S'rONE: I guess I have written a half dozen letters <br />on It putt1ng forth all the arguments possible, and there 1s <br />always some quest10n whether you want to go above the heads of <br />those fellows to the Secretary untll they havet~l1'ned you down, <br />as a matter of strategy. We hope we will have the thlng worked <br />out. Congressman Asplnall told me that he and the two Senators <br />expected to have a meeting soon on this subject. <br />I wonder if there are any other questions on this. <br />MR. HUGHES: Who 18 this Bennett! <br />MR. STONE: Bennett is the seoond man ill charge of the <br />branoh of proJect planning of the Bureau of Reclamation. <br />The next one 1s the transmiss10n 11nes 11'1 the violnlty <br />of Estes Park. Have you men had a ohance to read that' The <br />Board may want to take some act10n on this; I don't know. <br />I thlnk I Y11l read that beoause It 18 a new subject and lt <br />16n't long. <br />'The clt1zens of Estes Park, actlng through their <br />Chamber of Commeroe and other groups, protested the overhead <br />powertransmlsslon 11nes on the Colorado-B1g Thompson project <br />11'1 the vlelnlty of Estes Park. Such protests were made to the <br />Bureau of Reclamation and communicated to Colorado Senators <br /> <br />and Congressmen. As a result of suoh protests, a hearlng was <br />held Qythe Bureau of Reolamation a~ Estes Park on the 20th <br />