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<br />- -- <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />ot: <br /> <br /> <br />Y"131 <br /> <br />,.j , \j <br />(., ",} "(./ <br />[ID~~:~, rg,,@!F fG{]~ ~1l:1'if~Ill~@fiR[Cf.i1"'l:tO <br />Y 1 '~TIONSERVICE <br />1 I .., 9 '"49 <br />V <br /> <br />) <br /> <br />ntJ?.3...~iJbF RZCLA1.lATION <br /> <br />CJ' <br />(('. <br /> <br />1." riR <br />."rf" <br /> <br />For Immedlete Release ~~y 6. 1949 <br /> <br />F.:;CLAV.ATjON COio\}lISSI01'3P. AUTHOF.IZ:SS CmiIF.A:T A',.'A,P.i) FOR PLnOK) D>>~ :li COLO:;:;'..:;o, <br /> <br />Under Secretary of the Inte~ior Oscar L. Chaprr~~ today ar.nounced that the <br /> <br />:B1;.reau of Recla:::.ation has authorized e.....?l"d of the cor.struction contn;ct for ~he <br /> <br />Platoro Dam on the Canejas River, high in the Rocky ~ounteins of Southern Colorado <br /> <br />to provide water storage for the Canejos Division of the S~n Luis Valloy project~ <br />Low bidde;;: on the construction of the earth-fill dcu:: "..as Binman .Brother:; Const!'uC- <br />tion Cu. of Fort Collins. Colo.. ~~th ~ bid of $2.727.792~ <br /> <br />The contrnct awnrd we6 authorized by Commissioner of Reclamation Michael V~ <br />Strcu8 in a teletype to the Chief ~ngineer of the Bureau in Denver, who will make <br />the actual a~1a...d. <br /> <br />"It 1s "11th a great deal of satisfaction the-t I make this announcewent, 11 <br />Y.r. ChaptI:an said_ liThe San 'Luis Valley project was a.uthorized in 1940 end l!"lon~;r <br />was subsequently appropriated, but construction was held up by the war end other <br />circumstances. Now that these difflcultie~ h3ve been eliminated, we,hope to pro~ <br />ceed \:1th constructior: \nth all possible speed. II <br /> <br />~~ 135-f~ot. eart~-fl11 dat across the Canejos River wIll c~eate a reservoir <br />of 60,000 acre,~foot capacity. tr.e hl~t!s~ level of ,~'hich ...,111 $ts.nd at 10.042 fcet <br />cbove sea level_ It will be the largest man-mecca lake at this height in the United <br />States. <br /> <br />Award of contrl'ct was expedited: COmI:li~5ioner Straus said, follo"'ing iElpproval <br />of the repe~lOeDt contrpct by water users of the ConeJos liater Conservancsr District. <br />in order to take !ull ~dv~tcge of the cocp~ratively short s~er constructior. <br />period~ The area 1s so high that construction work cannot proceed on a yce=-rou.~d <br />basis. <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />The contractor r.ns 1,300 days to complete the ...-ork. fLIld the reservoir is ex.., <br />pected to store water for supplemental irrigat~on use by farmers in the Ccnejos <br />Division of the San Luis Valley ~y 1953. <br /> <br />x x x <br /> <br />P.ll. 56218 <br />