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<br />. CLIFFORD H. STONE
<br />'~_.o-",~.,:,<,:--:' DIRECTOR AND SECRIITARY
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<br />C. L. PATTERSON
<br />CHIE" ENGINIlII:R
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<br />MEMBERS, Q~-:~6ARir.:;;~';;~.i<~~!
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<br />COLORADO WATER CONSERVATION8oARD
<br />STATE OF COLORADO
<br />DENVER 2
<br />MAY
<br />1 5
<br />1945
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<br />CHRIS.WALLRIQH ~' ,~_'.--.--
<br />" - VIC...CHAIRMA'N' .
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<br />H. LAWRE:NC:_~__HINKLEY ~ D_ENVER
<br />M.'C; HINDERt.IDER - .., ~ Df!NVljl:R
<br />Et. ROY NEt.SON . . . . DENVER
<br />MISS VEN_A I:":OINTER .- .; " P,UE!iJLQ
<br />SILMO,,! SMITH . GRA_ND .JU~C.TION
<br />- JOHN B; p'ROURKE . - ~ D,URAN()O
<br />GEO. A. ~UGHE .. ,. -' CR"I~
<br />GEORGE.J. BAI.t.EY - _ .; -WAI.DElN
<br />J. M. DIL..E . . . -FO'n, MORGAN'
<br />C..I....ORD H. STONE . .' GUNNISON
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<br />L.W.Bannister - Denver
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<br />Ed L.Dutcher - GunniSOn
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<br />ROYCE J. TIPTON
<br />CONSU..TING I!NGINBER
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<br />JEAN S. BREITENSTEIN
<br />ATTORNEY
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<br />War De)?artment
<br />Chief 0'1' Engineers, U. S. Arm:r
<br />Washingtan, D. C.
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<br />STATELlEltT OF STATEOFCOLQllAJ)O
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<br />SUrvey !tepart en Huei'fana' Ri'Ver:.
<br />Calarada. ,File ,CE .. SPF;WF,
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<br />Dear Sii's I
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<br />Capy 0'1' yaur prO' posed repOi't an a prelilnlnazre:x;lUIlinatian
<br />and survey 0'1' Huer1'ano River, .Colora.,da, was 1'urnishE1,d Fefb%'ll$.I'Y 19.
<br />1945 to' Hanorable JohnC. Vivian, GovElrnar at Caloi'ada,1'ar the ,in-
<br />fatmatian at the State at ColoradO'. , In yaur 1etterof tranSlllittal
<br />yaul'6Ques1; tnat the written views . and recommendations of Co19rado
<br />besubli1itt$d to' the" Chief 'Of,l1lilgineeflilon 0'.1' be1'are.},fe.y20, 1945, in
<br />arderthatthl1,tog~tberwit4tne ~urv~y Repart.an Huerfana Rivet,.
<br />Calai'ado, may- be tre.nsfuitted' to Cang.J'ess.
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<br />1. , ColoradO' notes,:rrom the Su",eyRepa1'totl Huerfana Ri-
<br />ver, that several plans of improvement 1'0'1:', fload p.l'OteQ.tianandwater,
<br />conservatian wei'e investiga'bedbytheDlsti'ictEngineei'..who states
<br />that the one ~ffel'1ng the greatest econamic jUstification involves
<br />the Canstruation af a d!lJ1l and l'e servair near 1'1ustang, Calarado, abOllt
<br />l.t4.5 miles upstre!lJ1l tram ,the mauth af tne Huel'fana River. The u'lustang
<br />d!lJ1l wauld ~ a canorete gra'V'ity.-typestructure 191 feet high. with 'an
<br />ungated overflow spillway of oapaoity 209.000 cubic feet p~i' seoand,
<br />which wauld oi'eate a resel"'l'air with a cl!,pll.city to' the spill~'l$tel
<br />0'1'62,500 acre teet, of Whicih ,20,OOO$o:'e teet wauld be unavailable
<br />far release. and 42,500 aoreteet wouldbeavai1able far Watetoon-
<br />servatian and irrigation starage." The District Engineer estimates'
<br />the 1'irstcast 0'1' the l.fi1stang project at ~2.609.300.the carrying
<br />charges at $1;27.600 lUUlually., and the flood canti'ol and irrigatian
<br />bene1'ita at $;6,970 lUUlually. HE! ,Ooncludes tnat.since tne !i.I1nual
<br />benefits are but 45 percent of t1\(l&.nnull.loasts"tne :l.rnprovenient is
<br />not eoonamically justified, and recOllllll6ndsthat no stl'eem imp.l'Ove:msnt
<br />project on the Huerfana Rivel' be s.uthorif:ed at tneptesent t:tme. The
<br />'Divisian Engineer concurs in tbeconclu$ian and recollll1l&l:'ldatian aft1\(l
<br />Distriot Engineer. The Baarda.f Engineers ,far Rlver$ and Harbors,
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