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<br />.,1 <br />?' <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />"Not long ago the reclamation engineers estimE.ted the new <br />land would stand 5 per cent of the cost, and flood control 10 per <br />cent, the balance of 85 per cent, or the coet of the darn. would <br />be borne by power. Now, I understand the Reclamation Service <br />"'''''0 <br />would assess an even greater!~-o-Ttion of the cost of the dam to <br /> <br />power. <br /> <br />"In other words, it turns out that the Colorado River pro- <br /> <br />ject becomes primarily a power projeot Bnd not a reclam&tion pro- <br /> <br />"' <br />jeot. The prob~em is not reclamation, but is a power problem, <br /> <br /> <br />and must be so recognized. The solution of the Imperial Valley's <br /> <br />power in the use of water ~till quite closely coincide with the <br />best interest of reclamation, however, the power problem must be <br /> <br />hampered by reclamation consider~tions only in so far as they <br /> <br />are economical to the best interests of both. <br /> <br />"It is fully realized th&t the Colorado River Canyon, from <br /> <br />the standpoint of power that can be developed, ,probably constit- <br />utes one of the most valuable untouched resources in the world <br /> <br />today, and the time has all'eady passed for a beginning in its <br /> <br />development. <br /> <br />P. <br /> <br />, <br />