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<br />~> '" <br /> <br />," 000371 <br /> <br />-31- <br /> <br />if it is built after the river is controlled by storage built above; c) without <br />regulation and holdover storage above it, its value in power generation is very <br />small for it will only produce uneconomical amounts of seasonal energy at very high <br />cost; d) no effort has been made to ascertain that the necessity to move the rail- <br />road out of the river canon between Grand Junction and Delta will not result in an <br />attempt to abandon this railroad on the part of the Denver and Rio Grande Western <br />Railroad Company. <br /> <br />(In the foregoing the changes suggested by Mr. Delaney have been incorporated as <br />well as some other changes and additions. The whole has been rearranged, so that <br />the only thing necessary to finish the comment is what may be drafted as applying <br />to Curecanti reservoir). <br /> <br />******~~*****~~********** <br /> <br />Crawford, Colorado <br />May 8, 1951 <br /> <br />Judge Clifford H. stone, Director <br />Colorado Water Conservation Board <br />Denver 2, Colorado <br /> <br />Dear Sir: <br /> <br />At a meeting called to consider the Smith Fork ~~J Project, the fOllowing <br />Resolution was passed and ordered sent on to you at once. <br /> <br />Whereas, the Bureau's Colorado River Storage Project and Participating Proj- <br />ects has been presented to this Crmvford-Smith Fork Project Association. <br /> <br />And Whereas local interest desires authorization of the Colorado River Storage <br />Program. <br /> <br />Therefore be it resolved that this Association go on record approving Con- <br />gressional Authorization of the entire Program. <br /> <br />Harvey A. Barsch <br /> <br />chairman <br /> <br />C. E. Drexel <br /> <br />secretary <br /> <br />After further study, this Association will report the sentiment found here <br />regarding the local Dam project. We can have it, we think well within the stated <br />tj,me limit. <br /> <br />Yours truly, <br /> <br />C. E. Drexel <br />