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<br />l5ti <br /> <br />--,e- <br /> <br />___ __ _ ~Al terno. ti ve plans) <br /> <br />Cottonwood Crook~lellsvillo C~nal.--Tho ontiro syston of canals <br /> <br />fron Cottolll'/ood Crook noar Buona Vistn to tho west port~l of tho <br />Tendorfoot Tunnol abovu Wellsville, included in the Mnxi':lun Gra.vi ty <br />Divorsion, would be onlnrgcd to cnrry the additional wator ll:lportod <br />fron tho Gunnison Basin. This systen ineludos tho Cottonwood Crook- <br />Chalk Crook C~nl. tho Chnlk Crook-Snlida Power Drop Cnnnl, tho Salida- <br />Browns Canyon Cnnal, and the Browns Ca.nyon-Wollsvillo Canal. The so <br />canals would bo onl~rgod in capacity fron l,800 to 2,200 socond-feot. <br />Tho additional cost of enlcrgoncnt is ns follows: . <br /> <br />Cottomvood-Chalk Crook. . . . . . . . $1,923,000 <br />Chalk Crook-S~lida Powor Drop . . .' 2,935,000 <br />Sa.lida-Browns Ca.nyon. . . . ... . .. 568,000 <br />BrC'wns Cc.nyon-Wollsvillo CQ.nals 468,000 <br />Estino.too:.:. cost. . . . . ... . . . . . ~~,89'1,OOO <br /> <br />Tho Brovllls Ca.nyon Cand is also incluc.od in tho syste':l, but would not <br />require enl~rge;.lent. <br /> <br />e <br /> <br />Wellsville-Texas Crook C~nal.--A c~nc.l l-l/2 nilos in longth <br />woulrl cxrry Vlnter frou tho tailr~co ef tho Wollsvillo POVlerplant to <br />tho wost portal of tho Hellsville-Texas Craok Tunnol. It would con- <br />sist of cut und oovor cC'nduit, recocIDDndod bocuuso tho sito is in a <br />slido aroa. A diversion daC! on tho Arkansc.s Rivor woule. c.ivort <br />tri buto.ry (:raina.go of tho I.rlcr.nsas Ri vcr below Browns Co.nyen into tho <br />uppor ond of the cannl. <br /> <br />Typo' of ca.ml . . .. . . . . . . . . . cut c.n..: covor co ncl ui t <br />Longth. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.5 wilDe <br />C~p~city. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2J200 soc.-ft. <br />Esti~tod cost (includinG diversion <br />~~n). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,818,000 <br /> <br />Ca.na.l und divorsion at Toxas Creek.--Tho purposo of this cn~l <br />would bo to trnnsport w~tor fron tho t~ilra.co of tho Toxns Croek <br />Peworplant through a siphon c.cross the l.rk:msas River to tho south <br />sido. thenoo .98 nilo to the wost portal of the Texas Croek-tuncrc.l <br />Crook Tunnol. A lcw diversion da.;:1 woul<l be constructec. at tho siphen <br />to divort into this cannl dl tributary drainago of tho :.rkansas Rivor <br />bolow tho Wollsvillo intorcoption. <br /> <br />This canal pnralleling tho ,\rkansas Rivor would neoossitate tho <br />crossing of U. S. HiGhway No. 50. <br /> <br />---e-- <br /> <br />11 <br />