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<br />on55~ <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />potential survey for that portion of Colorado located west of the <br />Continental Divide. The first contract called for a maximum <br />not to exceed $50,000. Leeds, Hill and Jewett completed the <br />study at a cost to the State of $44,123.57. The contract was <br />entered into on the 18th day of ~ :ay, 1953. The firm agreed to <br />complete the study by November 1, 1953, and, in fact, did so. <br />The agreement with the University of Colorado became <br />effective on the 6th day of Hay, 1953. Under the terms of the <br />contract the Board agreed to reimburse the University for the <br />actual cost to the University of the survey and report "but not <br />to exceed the total sum of 'iH2,500.00." The actual cost was <br />$12,322.61 and the work was completed in November, 1953. <br />In each case, the contractors were informed before the <br />completion date that additional time would be allowed, if necessary, <br />to complete the work. <br /> <br />THE HILL REPORT <br />General. One very important feature of the Hill Report is <br />the study of the cost per acre of placing water on future irri- <br />gation projects. Data secured from the Bureau of Reclamation, <br />then unpublished and covering some 42 projects, is the basis on <br />which this report comes to the conclusion that if land is subsi- <br />dized in excess of $600 per acre, there is not water enough on <br />the Western Slope to irrigate all the land there available. <br />The problem, according to the Report, is one of policy, a <br />policy to be set by the Federal Government. To what extent will <br /> <br />-2- <br />