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<br />. <br /> <br />0:1856 <br /> <br />In addition to the damages enurrlerated hereinbefore, the <br />1904 flood stopped railroad traffic for more than 24 hours, <br />eroded considerable land adjacent to the channel with the result- <br />ing loss of property and caused suspension of some wholesale and <br /> <br />retail business concerns for as much as two weeks. Coming with <br /> <br /> <br />little warning, floods from the area above Trinidad are a con- <br /> <br /> <br />stant mena~e to life not only in Trinidad but in the valley above <br /> <br /> <br />and below. <br /> <br /> Sunllll8.ry of Past Flood Damages <br /> 1904 1925 <br /> City of Trinidad * lOO,OOO * 20,000 <br /> Trinidad Electric Co. 3,000 3,000 <br />. Individual losses 45,800 21,000 <br /> Irrigation Company losses 76,000 37,500 <br /> Railroads 93,000 <br /> Farm lands 25,000 5,000 <br /> County 10,000 <br /> $352,800 *86,500 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Potential Flood Damages <br />Increasing values in lands, improvements, and other <br /> <br /> <br />property subject to flood dmnage make for oonstantly increasing <br /> <br /> <br />damage with floods of equal peak. Estimates are here presented <br /> <br /> <br />of damage expected with future floods and whi ch may be wholly or <br /> <br /> <br />partially oontrolled by construction at the Sopris dam site sup- <br /> <br /> <br />plemented by channel improvements through the city of Trinidad. <br /> <br /> <br />Three distinct reaohes are involved and they will be discussed in <br /> <br /> <br />the order shown: <br /> <br />71 <br /> <br />\ <br /> <br />