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<br />476 <br /> <br />MR. WHITTEN: "Mr. Chairman, perhaps to better acquaint <br />some of the gentlemen of the Board with this <br />situation with which I am very familiar, I <br />want to point out that Wyoming has some <br />definite thinki~g on this. They want to <br />divide on a p~rcentage basis. What our <br />chances might be of getting more out of it <br />or, coming up with less is something we <br />must consider. Figures indicate that the <br />flow of the river at the gaging station is <br />substantially below 177,000. We cannot <br />substantiate the 177,000 figure that the <br />Court was working with,." <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />MR. DILLE: "Have you an average?" <br /> <br />MR. ~qITTEN: "No. I thought it might be interesting to <br />know what some pf the figures are from 1911 <br />to 1953." <br /> <br />MR. BELL: "The average flow for 1944 through 1953 was <br />117,750 acre-feet." <br /> <br />MR. WHITTEN: "I would also like to point out it is an <br />expensive proposition and a long one. The <br />last case lasted from 1911 to 1940." <br /> <br />MR" ,. BAILEY: "I have always felt the Laramie River fellows <br />got a bad deal. I do not want any of the <br />questions I have to indicate I am opposed to <br />meadow land users. Colorado did suffer from <br />that law suit. I have rather serious questions <br />in mind as to what we might be getting into. <br />Are there any. estimates as to the probable. <br />cost of this to the State--for attorneys: fees <br />and ~ngineering costs?" <br /> <br />MR. ROBERTS: "It is extremely difficult without knowing the <br />scope of the case to know what the ultimate <br />cost might be. Obviously, Mr. Dunbar should <br />have a special deputy to handle this matter <br />instead of making it an additional burden on <br />his offige. We were talking in terms of 10, <br />or 12 thousand dollars as being the initial <br />expense of getting this started." <br /> <br />I <br />