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<br />000351 <br /> <br />-11- <br /> <br />Creek and the Gunnison River. It is our firm belief that a dam constructed on <br />the Gunnison River that will store over tVIO million acre feet of water and pro- <br />d11ce over 48,000 killowats of Electric power would be more beneficial to a larger <br />~'U.'nber of citizens and tax-payers than would ~ dam constructed at Bridgeport <br />.Jhere only 80,000 acre feet of water can be stored and less than 48,000 killowats <br />of power produced. We further believe that the dam located several miles below <br />Sapinero, Colorado will eventually be of GRFAT BENRFIT not only to Montrose and <br />t:elta Counties but likewise to the County of Gunnison and the city of Gunnison. <br /> <br />We ask that you weigh the question of the location of the first Dam to be <br />constructed on the Gunnison River with the fOllowing thought in mind: "Which of <br />the two proposed dams will be the most beneficial to the largest number of <br />citizens and tax-payers". <br /> <br />Very sincerely yours, <br />Consolidated Offices of the Road Committees <br />of Hotchkiss, Colorado <br />and Crawford, Colorado <br /> <br />By Leslie J. Savage <br />Chairman of the Road Committee <br /> <br />**********n*******KX'~*1~W <br /> <br />Judge Clifford stone and Associates, <br />Colo. Water Conservation Board <br />Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />Delta, Colorado--April 12th 1951 <br /> <br />Gentlemen: <br />It is the desire of this committee to protect the western slope and its <br />economic future on the Gunnison River with the recommendation for construction of <br />Curecanti Reservoir primarily, since the findings of the engineers are that it <br />will give us greater generation of electrical power and greater storage of water <br />than any other project examined in this region. We feel that Curecanti Reservoir <br />must be given precedence over any other dam on the Gunnison River because it is <br />agreed by the engineers that it will be the most economic in its costs of con- <br />struction and that is the only basis to fully protect the tax-payers dollar, which <br />should be protected first under the present set-up. Curecanti Reservoir will have <br />a minimum of silting and evaporation "lith maximum of results for power and irriga- <br />tion within the Gunnison River area. <br /> <br />Curecanti Dam is the only dam proposed on the Gunnison River which will <br />"tore water for more than one year to the next year. This storage is needed to <br />aS3UI'e deli very of water to meet the terms of the 1922 compact and some water will <br />be held as much as 25 years to guarantee deli very in low run-off years like 1931 <br />and 1940. Since the water will be committed under compact_it cannot be diverted. <br />Bridgeport, near '.'lhitewater, wont hold any Imver basin water, its capacity, <br />