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<br />-- --- <br /> <br />(General description) <br /> <br />(3) In the upper brkanscs Valley. the towns of Pueblo. Colorado <br />Springs, Co.non City. Trinidad. La Junta. Garden City, and <br />Dodge City could enploy 10,000 persons in industry by 1950 <br />with the addition of 320,000 ecre-feet of transnountain <br />wnter.!/ As tho Initial Develop"~nt and thG l.!n.xinun Gravity <br />DivGrsion now involve differont anounta of transbusinwater <br />uhich could be usod only in Colorado, this figure would be <br />chnuged proportionately. In cddition. it is necossary to <br />tc~o into Cl.ocount the ratio of 1:3i for indu8trial workers to <br />sorvico workors and 1:2 for porsons in the labor force to <br />porsons not in tho labor forcoo <br /> <br />I) <br /> <br />(4) Tho incroaso duo to onlcrged agricultural c.cti vi ty is basod <br />on 1.9 porsons por farn; 1 labor fntuly of 5 persons for <br />each 1.1 forns on Innds to roooivo supplolJOntal wo.tor and for <br />oaoh two forns on now lc.ndl nnd 2 faDilios of 4 persons oach <br />occupiod in businoss and industry rolntod to c.griculture. !( <br /> <br />Pest ~ld antioipntod pcpulction growth tronds nro shewn in oxhibit <br />2 for tho l"rkansas Vc.lley. Tho totel population in tho,vc',!ley ,mtici- <br />patod for the lni tio.l Dovolop:1Cnt a!ld tho il!c.xinun Gravity,I!:1-voraion is <br />shown in ta blo 3. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Table 3.--i..lticircted population. <br />1985: i"rk~sns Vc.lloy. Coloro.do <br /> <br />Iton <br /> <br />~ In' t' al ~ l\a.xinun Gra vi ty Vi vor s ion <br />I 1 1 1 ~dditionul I <br />xDevolopnontl ul t' Toto.! <br />X pop c. :Lon I <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />1940 population I <br />Norml growth !::! I <br />Incror.so due to O.H. & R. I <br />Incronso due to industry I <br />Incroase duo to agrieulturol <br /> <br />Total <br /> <br />279.000 <br />94,000 <br />5,000 <br />23.000 <br />9,000 <br />410,000 <br /> <br />o <br />o <br />4,000 <br />223,000 <br />73,000 <br />300.000 <br /> <br />: 279,000 <br />94.000 <br />9,000 <br />246,000 <br />82,000 <br />710,000 <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />!::! The history ef tho aroa indicates that in tho nbsoneo <br />of a supporting agriculturo nnd nn adoqunte nunicipnl water supply <br />the ner=l growth would only contributo to migrntion !ran tho area. <br /> <br />y J.dditionc.l D.;tployoos duo to Industry: No.t. Roa. Planning Ed. <br />~ko.nsas Valley Report, Part XII. p. 88, Juno 1943. <br />Y "J.nticipt:l.tod i>gricultural Dovolopamt": J.ppendix E, Irrigc.tion. <br /> <br />~-,-.------ <br /> <br />8- <br />