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<br />........,'-' <br /> <br />MR. DUGAN: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. HILLIAMS: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. JENNINGS: <br /> <br />MR. STAPLETON: <br /> <br />MR. JENNINGS: <br /> <br />"Thank you." <br /> <br />"I would like to maJ.e an announcement. lvlr. <br />Bill Williams has authorized me to state that <br />anybody who desires may take off their coat." <br /> <br />"I thought you led that parade." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />"We'll next call for a report from Region 7. <br />Bob Jennings, you'll make that report, will you?" <br /> <br />"If you mean Region 4, Ben, I'll give that <br />report. " <br /> <br />"Region 4. <br />"1. It seems to <br />cally that is." <br /> <br />I always get that 7 mixed up with <br />be a preference with me, numeri- <br /> <br />"Mr. Chairman, members of the Board, ladies <br />and gentlemen, it is a pleasure to make this <br />report to you people. Let me say that we enjoyed <br />very much your trip over to Flaming Gorge at your <br />last meeting. I'd like to say that never did we <br />have a group of gentlemen who made our hard hats <br />look better. <br /> <br />As usual, the report I have to make is pre- <br />pared in parts. First, Construction; then Advance <br />Planning; then General Investigations both Recon- <br />naissance and Feasibility; and then a small part <br />on Small Projects. <br /> <br />In general, construction activities have gone <br />ahead very well this year and we are ahead of <br />schedule. Taking up the first Storage Unit, Glen <br />Canyon Dam, we are rapidly nearing another mile- <br />stone on this project. This Friday the last mass <br />pour of concrete in the dam proper will take place. <br />This will complete the dam proper but there will I <br />be considerable work remaining after that time. <br />The prime contractor on the dam is possibly 97 <br />percent completed. The completion contractor, <br />the contractor who has the responsibility for in- <br />stalling the powerplants and completing work <br />principally in the powerplants is now about 29 <br />percent complete. The principal work that he has <br />completed besides getting a lot of equipment on <br />