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<br />":.002376 <br />-.'"" I <br />\ <br />",r <br />( . <br />L. <br /> <br />~' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Suggested Editorial Changes <br />in <br />Draft of Proposed Report of Regional Director <br />on Rio Grande and Weminuche Pass Divisions, dated June 1955 <br /> <br />Page 2, Delete last full sentence at bottom of page and substitute the <br />following therefor: <br /> <br />"Rather, the plan would primarily provide the works <br />necessary to permit desirable control of water heretofore <br />diverted in the Rio Grande under existing direct-flow water <br />rights to the presently irrigated lands, and any other water <br />which might be available to this area under the Compact, <br />and the delivery of those flows when most beneficial for <br />irrigation us e. " <br /> <br />It must be pointed out that water rights cover essentially all of the flow <br />of the Rio Grande and the Compact will not permit all of that flow to be <br />regulated and used in the State of Colorado. The way the sentence now <br />reads this would be implied. <br /> <br />Page 3 - First line top of page. I would suggest changing the word <br />"store" to "regulate. II <br /> <br />Page 6. 5th line under Physiography. Delete the first sentence and sub- <br />stitute the following therefor: <br /> <br />"The floor of the valley lies between 7500 feet and <br />8000 feet above sea level." <br /> <br />Page 10. Second Paragraph. In my opinion the word "American" is <br />misused. A better expression might be "the first U.S. citizens." It <br />must be remembered that the Indians were the first Americans in the <br />area, and that the Spaniards themselves were Americans a full century <br />before those Caucasians who later became U.S. citizens came into the <br />area. <br /> <br />Page 12. Third Paragraph. Under business activities it might be <br />well to give the statistics for the same periods, <br />