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<br />. <br /> <br />I ' <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />....., <br />{." <br /> <br />STLTE~,-lBlrT 0];' Ii. F. P. :'Ur,13,GEll'I HGR., <br />BO',?D OF vUSELl C01'iilIS<::IOllBF.S n::- ?lJL CITY AIID COUnTY 0];' <br /> <br />:D:2IlYr.:TI. <br /> <br />In rt0: CO LORADG RIVE~ flATTERS. <br /> <br /> <br />DeJlver now hl:s r. )ocmlation of 275,000. It is our be- <br /> <br /> <br />liof t;11'.t it will increo.se to ::-.l:Jcut 500,000 in the s',;2Jl of <br /> <br />the )re~ont 2.ctive generr.-;;ion, if ViC C2,]1 conserve c.nd rein- <br /> <br />force the rCS0urccs of our cO"li~unity. <br /> <br />T;1e mos'~ sorious pro'blem th~t confrl'nts us o.t this <br /> <br />time is the fu tu~'o ci ty \'1::1.ter sU~);Jly. Unle ss C'. construe ti ve <br /> <br />progr2,m il:l formuleted c.t this timo tht.t "Iill b~"ing to DenvEJr <br /> <br />end the cgriculturo.l communitios surTcunding it, more wo.ter <br /> <br />th;:-,n is now fu:::-nishod by the South PIette River, my gro::"t <br /> <br /> <br />fut',1re growth in DO:llvor r s l)Opulnti on must be mc.dc o.t tho ex- <br /> <br />l)()nSo of tho cgricultur(11 communities surrounding it. <br />Denver is the chief eonul1ercic.l city of the Stc".to of <br /> <br />Colorc,do 1'J'.d is onti tIed to c,n opportunity to devolop ['.nd in- <br /> <br />cree-se its iml)Ortr.]1co. I-;;s growth is limitod to its possible <br /> <br />W[,tor sup~)I~'. <br /> <br />The Wctor resources upon which the City 2nd the Plo.tte <br /> <br />VC,lley ne:',l" Denver drrw, 2.re com:K,r2,tively sm2-II. The Sou.th <br /> <br />Plo.tte River c.t Denver h2S 2. dischcrge ef enly two ,er cent <br /> <br />of th2,t of the Coler:"i\o River r.t Yum2.. <br /> <br />When the yresent Bo:'.rcl of W2.ter Commissi oners assumed <br /> <br />the control 2.nd o~ey~tien of the City's wc.ter ~l~nt, it be- <br /> <br />calC immed:CC'.tely c.l)~)c.rcnt thc.t the ave-ilc.ble wc.ter su):!ly for <br /> <br />D <br />