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<br />THE WElL.AND ENGINEERING CO. <br />DENVER. PUEBL.O - CANON CITY <br /> <br />SUBJECT <br />FLOR"KCE FLOOD P1)0~EC1'IOn <br /> <br />ItXHIBIT <br /> <br />all flood loss, must be the ultImate solution of 01:11' flood problems. <br /> <br />A wa;! can lilv.ays be found to saUs fy the reqUre~:ent of pel'fect flood. <br /> <br />:protection. '.2he ways ana. !T.E!ans are 1~u'gE11;y. n;atte:n:~ of cost, and it is <br /> <br />only wi thin certain limits that benen is an<< costs are in equill briurn. <br /> <br />In the investieations covere(; by t~.ls repori it has been the endenvor <br /> <br />to 1:-.alee a ihorouF:h study of all prsetlcaJ_ solutions of a :flood protec~ <br /> <br />tion and prevention plan for Florenee consistent wi th Bound engineering <br /> <br />and justifiar.le e>:pense. Our effOrts have been dIrected In securing a <br /> <br />number of possible solutions on encIl of t.he v'ater courses that nass <br /> <br />through Ylorence, with the idea in "':ind of perfecting a cw':bination <br /> <br />of tbese several plans which will best serve the ]Ju:rnoso of this in- <br /> <br />vestigstlon aIld be ,"001, benefici"l to Flore!lce" <br /> <br />'':''he ph~'slc[Jl c!'iuractel"isticb tLat p€l't.;iln & l tb.e lO'Jation site of Florence <br /> <br />are most unfortunate in trlat tLrp.e water courses, S,"nd Creek, Dry Creek. <br /> <br />and ('al{ Creek !:oIl dl'&ininr mGuntsinous ~J:'ea'; fend n,,)refore subject. to tor- <br /> <br />r~ntial flov! at ti"es, delct:cr. t.c.e ful12ccu!cuLtion of theh waters up- <br /> <br />on the town. j'\..';st <before t}-;e,y ent,sr the Ar/.ensas Piver. The fourth strenTr. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Ch8ndler Greel,. though not new wIthin the cJ.ty lin:its,may prove a sirr:ilar <br /> <br />menace later on E,S ?lorence [l'ews &led incl\.;des It wi thin her boundaries. <br /> <br />At present, ;.o'o':evcr, it ViLlilc, be ode i"C "':~ny corc,clicc:tlng, questions and. <br /> <br />adjustrr,ents to include Chandler Greek in this report, other t)-,an in a <br /> <br />genersl way, bec2use the cost of prote,otion wOl.ld be e-restly In exoess <br /> <br />of sny poss.ible e~.,sesf,e0 tlenc~ iu; derived,. 7his ph:tsiccl and to"9ogreph- <br /> <br />icol situation tIlen hoUs e n:enn:/) ove]' the cit;}' of Florence, trIO dread <br /> <br />of which the ci tizens v:ill never be free fror.: unti 1 steps are ts'cen to <br />