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" i , , " , Mr. L. 0:. HOR~'t;t explained/,that the preliminary survey ot. a road trom Artesia indioated that a highway on the South Side of the reservoir not to exceed 24 miles in length.lwith a maximum grade of 6 or 7 percent. would come out on Red !'tock Mesa. four mil~s from the damsite. with a maximum elevation of 5900 feet,'The road would en;tail e~cavation which would be about half rock and half dirt. with few large culverts.' He asked that such a road be given consideration. since it is the shortest route to the dam from an existing oiled road. Mr. Larson promised such Bonsideration.: -6- 1 Mr. C. As' Stod~ard asked "Ihether the Juniper site had been abandoned in favor of Cross Uountain.. ,Mr. Larson stated that both are being conSidered. but that Cross Mountain has ~uch the larger capacity of the two. He also said that reser- voir sites indicati~g high evaporation rates per acre foot of live capacity would be eliminated. A t9tal reservoir of 48.000.000 acre feet capacity is necessary to provide 23.000.000 .cre feet of active capacity. He gave assurance that the nine reservoirs named wO*ld furnish the necessary capacity. Mr. Pul'~ explained that the original purpose of Cross Mountain was for power only, but now the pfoposed dam at that site was higher and would serve the purpose for Juniper also. !- , 1 Mr. B. H. Strn ham declared himself to be in favor of the Artesia road. At four similar meetin s in Utah. the project plan was accepted in general principle unanimously. . Mr. O. P. Oyat moved that the plan of the U. S. Eureau of Reclamation for holdover reservoirsjbe endorsed in general principle. with the details to be later decided upon by the states. JUdge Stone e~phssized that this endorsement should be on the general prin- ciple of providing ~egulatory storage as a framework for development. Mr. Hogil;att pli'oposed an amendment to the effect that. in addition. EQho Park be given'all p~ssible consideration as the first unit for construction. Mr. C. E. Hooyer suggested that Mr. Oyar1s motion be acted on as a general prinCiple. and that!the amendment be considered as a local preference. ~~. Roy.Templ~ton. seconded fur. Dyar's motion. and Judge Stone called for discussion. .J ! financial statement regarding the report be ;{ 1 ;t" Mr, Tirton re~'1ied that there are two phases to the plan. and stated that Mr. Larson d q:net fully bring out the fact that many reservoirs must be built for . , irrigation prqjects iin the Upper Basin and :j.t will be those on which payments 'Pill