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San tuh ValleyproJeot Monthly Report September 1952 l1eld rSoonnai8sanCt of potential power sites. in the Rio Grandt dralnags above Del Norte. Colorado wasoontlnued during the month. for several deys field WIlrk wall impossible due to olimaUc conditions. The flrst snow of the winter fell at the higher elevations, turnlng lnto 'l'ain below elev..t1on 9500 feet above sea level. On September 11, 1952 the ProJect Engineer attended the re~lar monthly llleetln;: of the Board of Direotors of the altn Luh Vallll\t. Water Oonservancy.District. President Claus Thompson expressod a desire for action on the part of the :Bu.reau of Recla_tion in epeeding UlI w01"k prellnlinar:r to beginnill6 con<'lt ru.otion of Wagon Wheel Gap IlBlll and Reservoir. Arrangements vere made for the ProJeot Engineer and Mr. R. J. Moses, Attorney end Secreta17 to the Board of Direot01"8 to go to Amarillo, ~exas on September 23 for a meeting with the Regional Di'l'ector. Re6iOn 5. :Bu.reau of BecllllllaUon. 'l'hepurpose of the meet- lIlt was to discuss the future steps to be taken by the District. aotions to be aooomplished by the Burer.u. and to ~.!scuss attitudes of tho BoUd on various subJeots pertaining to worlr on this DivIsion of the proJeot. Ths meeting wae held on schedule and a draft of a propooed oontract discusoed. for the purposes of discussion. & oop1 of the ConeJoB con- traot wao used. Sflveral proposed changes were tentativelr a!;Teed. upon. It was concluded that paragraphs }>~v1ng to do with Beroa". l1mitntion8 would.be revIeed in aocordanoe with the amendment to the OoneJ08 contract now being negotiated to include provisioas of recently adopted legislation. !he conference w.s a maJor etell in an orderly pro.~;rem which hao as its goal the conatruotion of l'Iacon Wheel Gap Darn. Reservoir ~.nd Power Plant. 011 September l6repreBentatives from Colorado A & IC Oo11el\"e vhited the proJeot to oonduot 'he harvest 011. the experimental plots near Mosca, Oolorado. He.rvellting was oompleted and the plots irrit;atBd. 5011 and water samplee were taken dazin<< the month and Bent to the Salinity Labo- 1"&to17, Rlverside, Oalifornia for Sll8J.yses. OonejoB Division During the month negotiations in connection with the existing oon- tract were oontinued. ~lene negotiations ooncerned the umending of the contract to eliminate pa1"agl'aphe ooncerning acreage limitations and substituting proYielons in aooordance wIth reoently adopted legislation. At the end of the month all ohanges had been agreed upon and the pro- posale submitted to the Seoretary ot the Interior for p1"ior Il.:p]:roval. Miscellaneous work at Platoro Dam and Reservoir continued d=ing the month. Work, under oontract, on the installation of culverh in the nocese road progressed satisfnctorily. Other work aocomplishedinCluded drainage ohannel reotifioation at oulvert installations, ~ velopment of 1"1p-rap for bank protection below the valve house, and some minor channel work on the 1"iver near the gaging station. 001881