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<br />) <br /> <br />000365 <br /> <br />, -25- <br /> <br />of the Curecanti Dam and the formation of a reservoir on the Gunnison River above <br />the dam will be more than offset by the gains which will accrue to Gunnison County. <br /> <br />1'--. <br /> <br />We urge that the program outlined by the Jex report named, "The Gunnison <br />River Project", be put into operation immediately and that the facilities for the <br />i~rigation of new land and the furnishing of supplemental water to lands now irri- <br />gated be constructed without delay. <br /> <br />In our opinion this Project should be considered as a part and parcel of <br />the Colorado River Storage Project and when the Colorado River Storage project is <br />submitted to Congress for its approval the Gunnison River Project should be sub- <br />mitted as a part thereof. <br /> <br />Yours truly, <br /> <br />CC <br />Colorado State ,later Board <br />Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />H. D. Galloway, Sec. <br /> <br />Governor Dan Thornton <br />Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />Congressman Aspinall <br />Washington, D. C. <br /> <br />Congressman Ed. Johnson <br />Washington, D. C. <br /> <br />-"....;: "X" <br /> <br />^ -::- .~ <br /> <br />{~ " <br /> <br />" >:' <br /> <br />~~ .;:- <br /> <br />"1( n ...;}.;~ <br /> <br />" ...;} <br /> <br />Consolidated Chamber of Commerce of the North Fork Valley <br /> <br />Crawford, Colorado <br />April llth--1951 <br /> <br />Honorable Clifford H. Stone, Director, and Board Members, <br />Colorado River Water Conservancy Board <br />State Office Building <br />Denver, Colorado <br /> <br />Dear Judge Stone and all Board llembers: <br /> <br />The Consolidated Chamber of Commerce of The North Fork Valley have requested <br />that this communication be addressed to you for the purpose of conveying to each <br />'of you the unanimous opinion of the members of this Organization that The U. S. <br />Bureau of Reclamation should construct a d~'n across The Blacl' Canyon of the Gunni- <br />son River at a point several miles below the town of Sapinero near or at Curicante <br />Creek-or Pine Creek as the first dam to be constructed on the Gunnison River--it <br />being our opinion that such a-ctam would be more benefici~l to a larger number of <br />water users and tax payers than a dam at Bridgeport. <br /> <br />We have no desire to ask that you recommend the construction of a dam that <br />would not be just and fair to the people of Gunnison and Gunnison County. Vfe have <br />given careful consideration to the suggestions made in a report made by <br />