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<br />'1 <br /> <br />th<i> v!l\llE!Y :to! all'\:. ~e9$l;'u'Y in the il1.tli1crQllption €If S$6pagli!' Wa.t"'M1 lilj[ the ll.reli irl:'i- <br />gatli<d :frill\'! Rio Grande and the c$.treme low gradient obtainablei.n an outlet along trough <br />_kes sU.cn a l..eatiGn loUldesirable if not infeasible. A locat:!.al'l was suggested for <br />the _in outlet drains whieh would intercept various erell'ks and rivers in the vici- <br />n1'liJ, then :l'011$w the Denver and lU.o Grande Wastern raUroad to about Gib"on past <br />,Ute"". th$l'l southeasterly to a point about three miles <last of Hooper and then <br />parallel to the .Denver and Rio Grands Western railroad, to th$ Rio Grande southeast <br />. tit A11\!l\(~lla. ~llh a l;'q\J.t~ would obtain art a't$rage gradient of nine inehes h the <br />!!lila, i1t;terilept all $aepage from irritated arsas to the 'IIest aha. collect nearly all <br />dth(lU!l1;l:lllld strtls.M !'low. n. \lut fit this outlet drain was ellti~ted at $661,000, <br /> <br />al.'lEl thell,'V'llwage Jl:;nnual tlGW therefrQlll at 165,000 acre het provided the entire irri. <br /> <br />gate<( arlla Wefilt th\1lt'eof W$t'e eonneot\1l<i. with ll""ch drain. <br /> <br />RE\rU!1 :B1 p.lll.J>>lBltER. APRI~7 192'1. <br /> <br />:!llH.et fit De~l;'tmantal "EmbaF~"~ <br />'l'~re 16 a w:l.<ie$Jl1"EI$d lUid no doubt earnest opinion prevalent in San Luis <br /> <br />Valley and among other Ji'$O,le that th$ Departmental "embarg(l" on irl'igatilln righb <br />of way has serioullly retarded develtpment in th~ valley. This opinion ill not accept- <br />~d ill. all qu~rtlH'Il. !il'.J.>>.$tannatd, in his1'eports, Elhowed from reports from the <br />IItat" engbeer. that the irrigated. aJ'ea in San Luis Valley was lnereaa:l.ng as fast as <br />ill other parts of: Colo1"$do. Thrthei" Illtl<dies Ilhelll that this borsaee IIcourred ollt- <br />sidlil tl1$ area north of Rio Grande s<a:l'Ved by canals dbElrting from Rio Grande. in <br />which lat'ell there Wl!,S :tittle ob.angefl'om abllut 1900 until dmlinage was undertaker\. <br />':l'lu~i'e ill now, undoulrtedlY, a reoovery due to drainage Gperat:l.ons. The embargo haa <br />- , <br /> <br />noW been l1fted over a YSIU'b\tt no l'l$W p1'ojeots h<'<ve been undntaken as a result <br />the:ll'$d. <br />'eve1'ljlll~lrl; ~rtic:l.)llation 1n l}rainagel <br />?&titiOl'lS havesmansted from the San Luis Valley requeeting that the <br />1\'ederl\l g9Vllrmnent oonilt~ct a main ~tl.et drain tl'Olll the vicinity et Yotr~tt <br />