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<br />00('843 <br /> <br />; <br />111\ OIl.int.l'4t*.te bold.nil.roBe during the ent11"e.periodOf adm1ll1/!'O. ' <br />tratioll.onJ.ugu~ 1, COIlllIllS111Ql1er Miilrli.thwlred t~ill offioe~hatKu.s.iI!l '.' ' <br />required del1veJf"a1; the State Jine of ()OO ,slcond feet, for alO-.day.p~r1ddL, <br />His telegrUlwas delivered Iv Yeste1'l1 Ul;i1on to RoQlll 20 State Mua.waXiuil..... . ,',.. <br />1rIg, al.thoUCl1, it,wall pr'Qperly addressed 'to the State E11gineer,Room20 $~W~ <br />fOU." B:r,.~thor1t:r of the Governor, this offioe w",solosed all day A:Ug~t . " <br />Colorado net); and until the following 14onday, August 4, although SOlll8oDe ., <br />wasinlltteD~..tl. at the off toe on August 1., ~,Ilrld 3, during rfl3Ularbtt!:l.ee ' <br />hours. Ua~o1ltUttat8ly two other telegrams f'1]O~ OOlJUll1ssioner MClGrath advisilDg' <br />that the, .&.rmy _in.ers hadnol'eq\.l$st ,fi"olllthta ,9f1'10eto increa!le 1'ele8;Il.!lI,. <br />, -from theft..rTo1.r, were Itot 11tU1el'stoodl)y those~the offioeate thetw ,',' <br />andthe1'8f'oreno aote1.on walll had .,in ,re,pOl:l..:to~IlU' r9liiui1'tllll8Ute. FoJ,lo~ <br />, 1rIg .thr1"f.toat10Ji of'lil1_ matteronMOi'lday morning. A"'Just I., .releasel3 of <br />~'I~ ,wa1i~~ .to .eet tansalli,' requ1rem,an1UII."ere iDmIediately ordllred." D!ll'- <br />1i!(th!,' ,@tflNfer1od the writer wall, al1sen't fl'<llU thooffioe on ,u.gentea1~8 <br />t~l' ,inspeo~t&t of dams near lial.en~Udin the 'rl,oinit.y ofOo100:-lI.do ,,',",' <br />,'Spr1r!i8, aud knew nothing of the ino1,d.ntabov. 1Illnt1,one. untU 'IfIiT ret\U'l11iO. <br />. off1.ce 0Ji the 1II.01'li.1rIg ,of August "'. Allowing for a period of at 1eut <br />'60.,~~'~''l:'i'~,''.'''~'''1'':"e~.~.s,~.I;''C~,t)1.,~~~ '~..',~. ~c$.~.ntl.flpl." <br />par.nti.7)'~IlUl"d 'bi SOQ 8hortege to the water Wi_rll of (8Iasas, a+though , <br />dur1rlgthspe'l"1od in qU8llltion, frQlll 2'2 to 52 second feet were being Wasted <br />past Garden City. <br /> <br />Following August 5, suffioient water W&8 d._livered at the State line each <br />day thereafter ~til August 15 to IIUPp),y 600 s_cond feet. Dur1rlg this <br />period, however,'the aYerllge daily floY at Garden C1ty varied from a minintum <br />of ,30 to a,lIax111r.ml of 90 seoond feet. The reasons for failure to promptly <br />lI.eet Kansa.1I requ1reaents were explained to Mr. Leavitt fol101lUg the afore~ <br />!Ientionedll101dent. <br />" "Ii ~- . - 4 ~' , '-, <br />'tbe attached tabl.es show month by IllOnth ptrtinent 1'aots1'e1&t1ve to avail- <br />able water nppll.s, the lAlIIount of water to which eaoh State was entitled, <br />under the Inter-State AgreemEint, the amounts diverted in District 67. and <br />that which 11'&8 delivered at Holly, or the State Une, end also the amounts <br />passing; Garden City, all of whiclh veliu~8.ar.,inaol:'ete.t. <br /> <br />Sinee we haTI net been advised that the GOVe1'l1or of either State has re- <br />quested llbbrogation of the terms of the 1947 Agrefilllent, the writer herein <br />uSUllles that the terms of the sdd agreement will oont1n.ue 1n force end <br />effect until 8uch time asa compaot between the two States becomes effeotive. <br /> <br />Dlle to the almo1'lllal amount of strealll flow durWg the pa8t it"r:l.gation season, <br />strellll flowa at the State line for the months' of April to D41eember, inclu- <br />sive, have materially exceeded the averllge flows, Diversionll of water frCll1l <br />the riTer in Distriot 67 also exceeded average d1versions during the afore- <br />mentioned per10d of !Ionths. <br /> <br />1k.t~~~ <br /> <br />StATE ENGDlnR <br /> <br />1 <br />:~ <br /> <br />[: <br /> <br />,~: <br /> <br />", <br />;; <br /> <br />f'," <br /> <br />" <br />i, ,'0" '. -~~~> ,-,i!.l~.L <br />