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<br />'" "... <br /> <br />~ <br />"j' l'~ <br />~ <br />l\) <br />-e---cp <br /> <br />1.,11 to 'ILlMO <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />t <br /> <br />8> <br /> <br />WAR D.pA..,....MT <br /> <br />U. S. ENGINEEI OffiCI <br /> <br />---A.\.MIOU'.QVI'.malcr- <br />1'. O. .oJ: t .~. <br />............. N. ... <br /> <br />Feb~u~ry 20, 1943. <br /> <br />AE <br /> <br />S.bject: <br /> <br />Ope!'B.tion cf John l-.l&Ttin Dam. <br /> <br /> <br />To: <br /> <br />1.1r. ~'f. C. Hin6-erlider, Sts.te Enginper, <br />State Capitol Building, <br />Denver, Colo~~~o. <br /> <br />Dear ~r. Hinde~licrer: <br /> <br />As indicated to you by 11ajor Persons in your telephone conversation <br />It'ith him on Feb!'u;:,.r~. 21.1, 19~3. I ho~)e ths.t \o,le can arran{;'€ for rele3.se of <br />the ~ater ~hicn hs.~ been i~pounQe~ in connection with construction at e <br />time E-.nd rate \\'rtich can be of -oene.fit to the ",a.-te!' u.se:r?:. i!l Colorad.o and <br />v <br />....ancas. --;) <br />. rr. 7en;pcf-;:-.r,,,,- . yrrC/c!'('(l <br />Since our discussion of storage i~the reservoir last fall, it has <br />oeen determined that the use of flashbo~rds to provide additional storage <br />will endanger Yort Lya~ an~ we have, therefore, discarded this from con- <br />sideration. It is nece~Ba~y. therefore, th~t the entire volume of the <br />ressrvoir below .pil~~X crest be reserved to flood control so as to <br />p~ovide &p~rox~~ctely the Game volume as ~'as previously consi~ered neCes- <br />3ary fo~ flood control and wnich was allocated for that yurpose. Accord-' <br />i!lgl;;t, it will not be possi-nle to make eny nermanent r'_llocatiQr.. 0: storage <br />for i!rig~tio~ Q~til such time as the ~ort Lyo~ Pr~tective ~orks can be <br />o-J.ii.t E-~d. spill":a:>r- ga.tes i!lst~ll~d on .the claro. This is considered nece~- <br />s~ry for the protection both of Fort Lyon and of the flood plain below <br />t::'E d.a.=:l. :\-e !:f:.-::re ~f.'.d. ma.."!.y exp~e~sic:ls of conce:'!!., particu.la.:rly in 'She <br />vici~i:y of vodge and ~arden City and other com~itie6 ~own to Great Bend <br />with reg~rd to this protection. <br /> <br />I <br />'I <br /> <br />The C~oe~ of ~g:neerg has sugge.ted th~t no plan of operation of <br />the rese:-voir ~e consid.ered \l..'hich \'/owd serve any :pU!'pose other tha..'1 <br />fl'Uo~c cnnt.!'ol,u..'rltil some agreement has been reached. bet'....een the State~ <br />of Colorado r..!ld Kans2.!:: to np.IDe an adminil::tering bocy \-lith "TholD ":8 can <br />weet and ~ircu~s ~ossible ~artial use of Bto~age for irrigation. In the <br />event of a flood there >'ill, o~ course, be storage a!10 if release can <br />-De ~EgulEtted for the -oenefit of ,..!e.t~r u~ers, I w2'u-i:i like to 8..0 this. <br />cut the p~iille purpose af the reser~oir and our first thought in oper~ting <br />it, until the project cg.n be completed, ,.!ill 'oe th9t of flood control. <br /> <br />1 <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />In re[a:-d to !"6le8.se of thp. ,,:at e~ nO\': stored in <br />cons~ruction, I have he~~d ~rom Mr. McGreth that tne <br /> <br />connectio!'!. \-;1 th <br />_~~ity Canal i~tere5ts <br />._---- <br />- ---. <br /> <br />~m IlEIllY TO THE DISTRICT E~GI~EER <br />