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<br />" '.~. <br /> <br />~-~..-: <br /> <br />-19- <br /> <br />( :-~") <br /> <br />Plate No. 3 shows the annusl number of cars hauled from the l!U"efl over <br /> <br />,~. <br />~~ <br />~ <br />~ <br /> <br />the Santa Fe railroad from 1924-To. 19-36-inclusi ve ,-ploHe-d- againsCthe -November- <br /> <br />to October diversions plus the November to October precipitation. Attention <br /> <br />is called to the fairly close correlation between the two sets of values for <br /> <br />the period 1924 to 1931. inclusive. The car loading for the years 1932, 1933, <br /> <br />1935 and 1936 are not in line with the points on the graph representing the <br /> <br />other years. A full analysis has not been made to determine the reason for <br /> <br />this. It may have been due to the genersl economic conditions during the <br /> <br />depression. which resulted in lesser shipments of the crops that were raised, <br /> <br />and it may have been due in part to increased trucking. <br /> <br />If it could be assumed that the period 1924 to 1931 was a fairly <br /> <br />representati ve period, and discounting somewhat the very high car loadings <br /> <br />in 1929 and 1930, the graph indicates that the car loadings would be increased <br /> <br />by about 1,300 cars per each 100,000 acre-feet of additional water made <br /> <br />available. <br /> <br />The very marked drop in car loadings from the two-year period of 1929 <br /> <br />and 1930 to the year 1931 may be noted. The car loadings in 1931 were about <br /> <br />5,700 less than in 1929, and about 6,600 less than in 1930, while water <br /> <br />supply in 1931 was about 250,000 acre-feet less than in 1929 and about 300,000 <br /> <br />acre-feet less than in 1930. A more detailed analysis should be made of this <br /> <br />phase of the problem to determine more conclusively the relation between <br /> <br />car loadings and water supply. <br /> <br />No study was made of the economics of Caddoa reservoir with respect to <br /> <br />the area in Kansas, since the basic data necessary for this study were not <br /> <br />available. However, it is thought that such a study should be made by the <br /> <br />officials of the state of Kansas. <br /> <br />In _addi tion_t.Q_t)le__direct benElfi t_wht~l1_w()uh.d_ accrue to th.El irriga!.ors _by___ <br /> <br />the operation of Ceddoe reservoir, materiel indirect benefit would result to <br />