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<br />.1 <br />--,'/ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />of certainty I3.t thif; time. .{(jul<l it ilot be l'racticable for <br /> <br />this Comr"issicn to undertake at this -i;iw;) to parcel ou.t say <br /> <br />8,000,000 acre-feet per annum of ihe fiow of thi~ btream, eiv- <br /> <br /> <br />ing to each ~tate 2 certain percentage of that amount, knowing <br /> <br /> <br />to a reasonable certainty that tnn'" is at le2st that much <br /> <br /> <br />water available fer distribution and use. ~i6ht million acre- <br /> <br />feet pe~' annum is a ver~T lar",e quanti t,y of water. We speak of <br /> <br /> <br />it lightly "!:Jut the mind can hardl:,' grasp the extent of terri- <br /> <br />tory that that quantity of w~ter 1'1111 serve. It ap}ears to me <br /> <br />to be ample for muny:vears of development and enterpl'ise on the <br /> <br /> <br />pert of all the stp.tes in tile valleJT. It leaves j:lrobably a <br /> <br />very la!'ge mal'gin over and above that which this Commission or <br /> <br />sowe otller Cornmissi on could dispose of more int ell igently T more <br /> <br />justly at a futllye time. after the ex,pel'iencl;l of some j.'e::.rs, <br /> <br />and after more is known of t;',e actual flow of the stream, than <br /> <br />you can possibly do at ttis time. In the interest of caution <br /> <br />and co~sel'va'0iam, of reeard for the intel'esta of fnture &ener- <br /> <br />stions, and the true interests of all of tho Etates concerned <br /> <br />in this problem, would it not be the iJ8.rt oi wisc10fd on the ]?art <br /> <br />of this Cownission, instead of disposinb of till the water, to <br /> <br />disposo of as much as will be a ~resent abundance for these <br /> <br />states, leaving the rest to be dis;Josed of at some future time <br /> <br />more advisedly and equitably. <br /> <br />l~' <br />