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<br />--. <br /> <br />1841 <br /> <br />Croptor 2.--Eo.rket o.rea <br /> <br />'rho IIpreject pewer rnnrket o.reall to bo sorved by pO\'lOr devolopmonts <br />in the Initio.l DevelopnPnt of tho Gunnison-Ar;;:o.nso.s Prejoet is tho south- <br />orn po.rt of tho Sto.to of' Coler:-.do eo.st 'ef tho Co;1tincntal Divide plus <br />tho city of wo.dvillo and vicinity in t,1O central po.rt of tho St:tte, c.s <br />shovm on exhibit 2. Principo.l load centers o.re o.t Fueblo '~nd Coloro.do <br />Springs, \'lith Leadvillo, Salida, Canon Cit:', ','/nlsunburg, Trinido.d, Lc.mn.r, <br />o.nd III Junto. sorving o.s soccndc.ry.lo"-d contors. <br /> <br />In its oarly yoo.rs tho projoct would probo.bly "lso sor',-o tho pov!or <br />markot o.reo. in tho northorn po.rt of tho Sto.to beciuso both o.roo.s will <br />havo 0. doficioncy of oloctric gonerating fo.cilitios. To supply tho <br />northorn po.rt of tho Sto.to, the Initi~.l Dowlopmcnt tro.nsmission systom <br />would be desir,nod to ferm 0. loop ...lith tho illuo-South Plo.t~o Prcje ct <br />tro.nsmission systom o.nd tio into too Coloro.do-Big Thompson Projo ct trc.na- <br />mission systom. If fpr :tny roo.son tho i::lue-Scuth Plo.tto Projoct tro.ns- <br />mission s~'stc"'. is root constructod, o.n o.lterno.t ive tro.nsroissbr. s;,'stem <br />1I0uld be provided te food into ;;orth:;rn Coloro.de. In tho 1'uturc, veith <br />increo.sing demands in the project pmer r.lc.rket :treo_ "-no:1 with t ,YO complutic,n <br />of th:. Bureo.u p<r"cr dovelopments in northern Cclero.de, the projoct porlOr <br />would be completoly absorbed in suuthern Colorodo. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Thoso two pawor ~kDt aroo.s comprisinb tho Sto.to of Coloro.de east <br />of tho Centinento.l Divido'and c[cllod tho IIcombirod pewor lTh-,rkot o.reall, <br />as indicated on exhibit 3, ceuld be effieiontly served by Gunnisen- <br />Arkansc.s Project power devoloprnnts. <br /> <br />The total popuhtion in the projoct power l1!'.rket o.rea in 1940 was <br />297,000, 51.9 purcont, or 154,000 of whi ell v/O.s urbrcn popuht ion and tho <br />romaindor rura,l. Thore wo.s c, docroase in rural pepule: tion ,)1' about <br />30,000 botwoon 1930 and 1940. <br /> <br />The pavor market o.roo. in tho northern part of tho Stato Ic.d a pop- <br />ulation of about 630,000 in 1940, 64.5 porcont or 406,000 of which.vl:l.s <br />urb"n. ThlJro WO.S o.n illcror,so of "bout; 20,000 porsons in tho rurc.l pop- <br />ulo.tion botwoon 1930 o.nd 1940. <br /> <br />It is significc.nt tho. t tho projoet power !!tlrket o.rea ho.s 0. much <br />lowor porcento.go of irrig,,-ted lc.nd thon tho pOYlor mc.rkot "-roo. in northorn <br />Coloro.do, domonstrating tho stabilizing effect on populc.tion that irri- <br />gation producos. <br /> <br />The combined pmvor markot area had a popuD>tion in 1940 of 927,ODO <br />which incroasod to l,031,00D in 1946. It is ostimated thn.t duo to nor- <br />mal growth o.lone with no :ldditiono.l transbasin divorsion projocts by <br />1960 tho population would bo about; 1,178,000 and by 1970 at loast <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />3 <br />