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<br />o fll~1 ~\ 'J <br />Soth Platte <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />-2- <br /> <br />and enhancement of existing investments and its role in the future <br /> <br />development of the whole region". <br /> <br />The only apparent reservations about the project seem to be <br />a~a ' <br />coming from residents in the reservoirVwho say.they will lose valu- <br /> <br />able land to the dam reservoir. <br /> <br />Congressman Harold T. 'Johnson, California, chairman of the <br /> <br />Sub-committee on Irrigation and Reclamation, will conduct the <br /> <br />hearing. Other Congressman who will.be present for the hearing <br /> <br />are: \VaYRs N. Aspinall, of. the 4th Colorado District, in which <br /> <br />the project is located; Morris K.Udall, of ~rizona; Richard <br /> <br />\Vhite, of Texas; and James A.. McClure of Idaho. Sidney L. MeFar- <br /> <br />land, Staff Director for the House Committee on Interior and In- <br /> <br />sular Affairs, is in charge of arrangements. <br /> <br />Located about seven miles west of Fort Morgan and just up- <br /> <br />~tream from the ~~nfluence of Bijou Creek and the South Platte, <br /> <br />the proposed dam will be 146 feet high and 22,120 feet long. The <br /> <br />crest of the dam, at elevation 4453.0, will serve as the river <br /> <br />crossing for State Highway 144. Included in iegislation for the <br /> <br />proposed project is a provision to divert Bijou floods into the <br /> <br />., <br />" <br />, <br />, <br /> <br />reservoir, which will have a total storage capacit~ of 1,548,558 <br /> <br />acre-feet. <br /> <br />:: <br /> <br />Announcement has been made by McFarland that the hearing will <br /> <br />,! <br /> <br />begin at 9: 30 a.m., Monday, No.vember 25.. and will continue until <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />all local witnesses I\ave had a chance to appear. It is thought <br /> <br />., <br /> <br />that xhe hearing will conclude by 3 o'clock. <br /> <br />., . <br /> <br />I <br />,.. <br /> <br />I <br />i <br />, <br />, <br />, <br />! <br />, <br />, <br />'.d <br />i' <br />i! <br />;J; <br />,;1; <br />:~'l i <br />:;Ii. <br />., <br />.. 'I( <br />"-,,- I <br />.'.1' <br />..- I <br />I: <br />'i' <br />.1: <br />, <br />.-]1 <br /> <br />Ii <br />if <br />I: <br />i' <br />:J' <br />:!j <br />Ii <br />j: <br />" <br />I: <br />I: <br />Ii <br />Ii <br />Ii <br />" <br />:~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />dl <br />