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<br />_.~ <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />---. <br /> <br />2GG3 <br /> <br />( Genero.l_descrip,tion)__ <br /> <br />The total population in the Eastern Slope projoot area WaS 278,697 <br />in 1940, of whioh 52 percent Wo.s urbo.n. <br /> <br />~ITICIPATED IffiEDS <br /> <br />Tho population of the projeot arco. is o.nticipatcd to inorease in <br />tho future. Populction of rural o.rons is expected to grow concurrently <br />wi th that of urbun aroas, pc.rtioulo.rly if tho Gunniscn-ArJ(o.nsv.s Projeot <br />is dovclopod. Tho toto.l estimo.tod populo.ticn by 1985 is 0. sumnution <br />of tho increaso shown below duo to norml growth tronds, nddi tionnl. <br />personnol ongo.ged dircctly and indirectly on operatien, rn.~intonnnoo. and <br />roplo.co~cnt ef Gunnison-Ar~anso.s Project o.ppurtenances, expansion of <br />industry, and increo.sed o.griculturo.l nctivity. <br /> <br />(1) The osti~tod rLtiono.l increaso to 183,OOO,OOO,porsons in <br />1985 is 33.55 perce~t OVGr 19{O; this perccnte.ge was ~~kon <br />o.B thc norcul e;rowth trend for the project o.roo.. y <br /> <br />(2) Tho incroase duo to opcre. tion, minteno.nco, c.nd replo.comont <br />of Gunnisen-Arkansas Preject appurtenances was derived by <br />uso ef tho fellaving fer~ulo.l <br /> <br />o &: <br />Increo.so .. <br />2 x <br /> <br />M,L.R 1" <br />$2,300 x 42 x 3 <br /> <br />in vlhich "0" is tho cost of eperv.tien, "M'" is tho cest of <br />r.lllintennnco, o.nd "R" is tho cost ef roplo.co!1Cnt. Of the <br />total cost, ene-hulf is considerod salnry expense; i2,300 <br />is to.kon o.s tho o.vero.ge yeo.rly salary. Therefore, 0 &: M~ R <br />2 x $2,300 <br />oquo.ls tho nu~ber of jebs due to this source. Tho factor 4i <br />represents the total jobs fro:l the lz3~ ro.tio of rnnufacturing <br />jobs te mning. construction, o.nd service orgo.niZo.tiQD. ?:I <br />Tho factor 3 is dorived fron tho condition that 1/3 of tho <br />total population is in tho lo.bor forco. 3/ <br />~ <br /> <br />J:1' "Est-=..u-:iu.tOS of Future Populo.:tion oi the United Sto.tcsll, by No.t. <br />Res. Plo.n. Ed. Aug. 1943 o.rrl ul,loro Anoricv.ns", 0. rcw:..:;.ta of U.S. News <br />Article by Collier's ~ngazine, Doc, 22, 1945, <br />Y Ratio of Mfg, Jobs to !fi:ti.ng, Construction, and Servico Jobs I <br />Nat. Res. Plo.n. Ed. hrko.nsas Vo.lley Report, Part XII, Juno 1943, p. 90. <br />Y Lubor foroe and totC'.l population, Nat. Res. Plnnning 8:1. <br />Report on Arko.nsas Vo.lley, part XII, pp. 23, 24, June 1943. . <br /> <br />7 <br />