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<br />- <br />,~ <br /> <br />'" <br />,~ <br />o <br />(-") <br />(.,"",) <br /> <br />dcvelopNt in ('onn(~ctiol1 wit II I'p~ervoil' con- <br />struction. <br />If this tl'an:'nnollntnin divcrgjon is accom- <br />plished. it will !'('plaer 200,000 acre feet of <br />storage space on top of thf' \Vagon Wheel <br />Gap Dam. In other words. if the \Vagon <br />Whe('! Gap Dam is constructed to a eapac- <br />ity of 800,000 acre (('(>1 with the \Vcminuche <br />Tt'Rnsmountain Divf'rsioll, till' IlI'oject will <br />furnish the same amount of wntcl' as the <br />Wagon Wheel Gap Dam woulrl furnish if <br />constructed to a capacity of 1.000.000 acre <br />feet. without the \Vcminucllc Tl'ansmonn- <br />tain Diversion. <br /> <br />r <br /> <br />The cost of the construction of an 800,000 <br />acre foot reservoir and the Weminuchc <br />Tl'ansmountain Diversion would be sub- <br />stantia Ily less that the cost of th(~ Wagon <br />Wheel Gap Dam with a capacity of 1,000,000 <br /><lCl'e feet, without the \~,reminuche Trans- <br />mountain Diver'sion. <br /> <br />All engineering authorities recommend the <br />construction of the Wcminuche Transmoun- <br />tain Diversion in connection with the Wagon <br />Wheel Gap Dam. <br /> <br />Committee for the Wagon Wheel Gap Reservoir <br /> <br />Thi:-> cornmittee is composed of farmel's. all <br />of whon} nrc watpr usel'S and who feci ser- <br />iously that something- mllst be done to im- <br />prove our waleI' supply. and arc convinced <br />the construction of Ow \Vagon \Vheel Gap <br />R('servoir is absolutely nl~ce:-;sary for our <br />future prospel'ity. By the publication of <br />this statement we a1'(, attcnlpting to pass on <br />the facts relative t.o this projpct. <br /> <br />We wish to acl.;:nowledg-e the assistancf! of <br />Hon. Geol'g-c 1\L Col"iett in the pn'paration of <br />this statement; the help of Hon. Clifford H. <br />Stonc, Directol', and Royce J, Tipton. Bngi- <br />ncer, for The Colorado \Vate!' Conservation <br />Board, to whom it was submitted rOl' criti- <br />cism. <br /> <br />We wish also to l'xp"ess Olll" appreeiation <br />to Senator Alva R. Adams, who l'ccently <br />died in harness: SenatOl' Edwiu C. Johnson; <br />forIller Senator r.awrence C. Phipps: Con- <br />gressrnen John !\I;Htin and Edward '1'. Ta:y- <br />lor. who also died (luring- the last yea I' while <br />~el'ving; CongT('SSnlan I.a\vl'cn(:p l,ewis and <br /> <br />Congressman Fred G. Cummings; The Rio <br />Grande V\7ater Users Association and its <br />rncmbcI's; The Colorado Water Conservation <br />Board; The Colorado Planning Commission; <br />the County Commissioners of Alamosa, Rio <br />Grande and Saguache Counties; the Bureau <br />of Reclanlation; the United States Corps of <br />Army Engineers; the National Resources <br />Planning- Board, and the many others who <br />have contributed so much to this great pub- <br />lic enterprise. <br />Inquil'ies may be addressed to Harvey Ma- <br />thias, secretary, or John Drake, president, of <br />the Committee for the Wagon Wheel Gap <br />Reservoir, Monte Vista, Colorado, <br />The comnliltee is an independent, volun- <br />teer association of water users, organized to <br />promote the construction of th(' Wagon <br />\'\Theel Gap Reservoir. <br /> <br />COMMITTEE FOR THE WAGON <br />WHEEL GAP RESERVOIR <br />By John Dral{e, Presid(mt. <br />Harvey Mathias, Secretary. <br /> <br /> <br />'-------_......,----, <br /> <br />IlICH POTATO YIELDS lU<cSULT WHEN ADEQUATE IRRIGATION <br />WATER IS AVAILABLE THRUOUT THE GROWING SEASON <br /> <br />-15 - <br />