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<br /> <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />il~ <br /> <br />00247S <br /> <br />Seepage Investigations on the Arkansal Riyer. <br />Ootober 5-10 and 15-16. <br /> <br />-------- <br /> <br />Seation One. <br /> <br />On Ootober -ith I made a 'll8ding measurement of the Arkansas <br />River at the /laia Street Bridge, Pueblo. A new rating -I <br />made for this station based on this measurel118rril. <br /> <br />At 8:00 A.Ill. ootober 6th. Mr. Burgess. Water CornmiuiOl1Gr <br />for Distriot No. U, 1Ir. Baily. Chief Hydregrapher 01' the <br />state Engineer's 01'1'108. and myself, vill1ted the Ezoelsior <br />Ditoh and made a I118ter measur_nt of the al1lOunt of _tel' in <br />tho ditoh. We thaa re.turned to the FoUJItain River where I <br />made a 1I'Iuling lI18aaurement below Fourth stzoeet. <br /> <br />Mr. BurgeSll lntormed us thut the Booth and Orohard Grave <br />di to118S were both dry. <br /> <br />We then returned to the Division Engineer'. GEfia.. <br /> <br />11 left worl for !tlr. Price to _sure the linage emptying lnte <br />river from Pueblo. This _s _aured on the sixth and used tol" <br />the 5th. it being .._4 that the amornrl: would be fairly oonatant. <br /> <br />We left LIr. Burge.. at Pueblo and visited the river .tation <br />where W8 obtained the gar;e heights for the stream from 6:00 P.... <br />on the 4th to 2:00 A.M. on the 5th. <br /> <br />The river dropped oj12 ft. during this till18 aoo then remained <br />at the same gage height tor a Ollll1ber of houri. <br /> <br />.1 <br />! <br /> <br />The tim& was oomputed toot it would take the w[lter to r8aoh <br />Nepeata. which was to be the end 01' _tion one, and the gage <br />height app~ing 11&. used to deterroins the amount at ~blo. <br /> <br />We then gaged Salt Creek. St. Charles River and SU l!i1e Arrayo~ <br />driYing to Avondale for lunch. <br /> <br />At the Collier Ditch we found no water 1II1S being diverted. This <br />right has been transferredto the Bessemer. <br /> <br />The Huerfano River ~ Roo!l;y Ford and Oxford FarmeS'8 Ditohes were then <br />gIlE.ed. <br />