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<br />..,J'~' <br /> <br />~:) <br /> <br />-hJIrr.. <br />'. <br /> <br />N <br />... <br />00 <br />....:j <br /> <br />Lamar. Colorado. <br />June 7,1943 <br /> <br />/- ..~o 7 B9ro <br />1-.":> .... 1': <br />s:::. v .J(j "7' -p, <br />0..;: Ii. IV '9.", -C> <br />"'") 'J:;,., ">V -- <br />= ...t.~ .... <br />~ sr-4~ (..fJl'fD ~ <br />'rl 0,. c~., ~ <br />~ . ~. <br />'5'r!~r:ZWl~l,'t3 <br /> <br />Mr. M. C. Hind~rlider, <br />st at e En;:oneer, <br />D~nver;' Colorado. <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Hinderlider: <br /> <br />This will acknow1~d:: e receipt "f you lett<;r under <br />liate of June 4th., eame be in:; relative to the Caddoa water rUn reports. <br /> <br />Re~ardiIlt the rratter of silt, you 91111 notice that <br />on thelast report, I did not mention silt a nd the one before, (corrected <br />copy), I placed a ? on it, ae I kad made meIlt ion of the fact that tlle <br />same had b-,:!~n rrade in k~epin::; with the Patterson table, however there is <br />still nc doubt silt whick has came i::1 since that WE-s prepared, so it was <br />a question in my mind. I <br />. (O-tJ~) <br />No, Mr. Pat t~ rson is correct 0 n his informat ion t 0 ~, <br />ycu, that the River Observer at Ho11y"tloes not visit the Holly Drain <br />. daily, wr.ich I suppoeed that you knew, asl.lr. Burt;ess just arraIli;ed for <br />bim to cha~e the c:tarts and on thoee trips he furniehes !II!! with tb.e GH, <br />tilen I am there once a week myself with Mx. Heizer and at otr.er t in:es I <br />J:.ave b e~n ab Ie to secure the cat: e from Wileon. Henry 01' th e AI' m~l En:. ine~ s, <br />and when I have theGH I ::;ive it in to :.\1'. Beach, throu:h my report to <br />tbe Ditch Association, but if I do not hav,=, the GH, then I sinply make <br />and estimate of it and it is so reported as an ~~timat e. This is tbe best <br />tLat I know how to do und~ the present arra~eme.Dt . <br /> <br />If there was a small reservoir built on Cheyenne <br />Creek, in which the waste waters frolt the Amity and BI.\ffa1o Canals could <br />be trapped B.nd then released in ke<epint with the river flow at Holly, it <br />eeelLs to !Le that tAoeroe could be a l:>t of valuable wat er saved in t hat way, <br />as now with it taUnt two days for water t9 paS9 throUfh tb.oe .An:ity and <br />durin::; thie tirr.e, wind 01' rain chan:;e the picture, th",n theroe toes an ext ra <br />head of wat er do"Vn the river, but with a small reservoir tiler", on Cheyenne <br />Creek, thie could be r"l:;ulat:ed and wilen a eufficieIlt lot of wat er had been <br />cau:;ht, then shut off at the Caddoa ar.~ releaee from Cheyenne for Kansae; <br />~~ even if it cnly h",ld five hundrosd or a t_ii:ousand acroe feet. <br /> <br />"fours <br /> <br /> <br />er Co lUf~i8e io ner <br />. ~:. 67 <br /> <br />- . -\ <br />.' <br />