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t:l -~l2:f ~ ~_--t. .. ~ ( , '" '" ~>:- x~ 0" ...... .. .. e.1t g .. p' - !:iZl.Joa Grand Lake Water Tunnel Plan jl . :$ 1:: .. "A :~ ~. ~ g. .' ..~ ..;:: l'f~ ::a :s. .1 ... .- 8! ~ll U ~i A% .e-S .g~ Jl~ :~ ~! .It u ... ':, -. j~ i! .: a~ sii; . . . <( - No Feasible Alternative Has Seen SLlg- gested To Solve Urgent Problem' of Protecting Huge Acreage Now Irrj. gated. to :replace largely direct relief. They have also annoUnced that flOOd con- trol and water conservation projects 'Will have a prOminent place in this progralD.. That Congreas will vote funds for tb.is large national program as soon as it is convened, is a Practical cer- tainty. Preference will be given those projects in wlUch pr~l!~:r;1,~,.lny~,. "tI!:8tlon ts'COltipletea and on which it is Possible to get men at 'Work Within a short tilne. Hence the drive to get the Grand Lake water diversion project in work. able shape before January 1 and the accornpanYing Campaign to obtain for the project the favorable considera_ tion of the federal administration. Most residents are acquainted with the urgent need ot additional irriga_ tion water sUPPlies tOl" northern Colo- rado. Th~ facts show that it if) no exag- geration to state that -northern Colo~ rado cannot h~pe to materially ad- vance and may even go backward to BODle extelU,it the water shortage problem is not soh-ed. , Would Benefit Directly Six ' Northern Colo:tado Counties The Grand Lake water di"Versioll plan WOuld benefit BOUlder, Lari:rner, Weld. Morgan. Logan and Sedgwick Counties and a ,part of Washington County. There are 856.000 acres nolV under irngation. for Which the ~ater brought to the South Platte valley 'Would be aVailable. _ In t~ese COunties there .is $85,000,. 000 prlvate in:vestment in reservoirs and canals for irrigation purposes. The assessed "Valuation of these COUIl:ties is approximately ~2~O~OOO,- 000 and the .annual crop production, at present Pl"ice levels and with aVer- age water Conditions, is approXimately $45,000,000. In the midst ot the areas to be bene- fited are the cities ot Boulder, Long- mont, Loveland, Fort CoIlins-, Wind- sor, Eaton. Fort Lupton. Greeley, Fort Morgan. Brush, Sterling, Julesburg and 90 smaller towns. 170,000 People Live in Area To Be Benefited by Project ApDro~matelY 170,000 people live in the area to be benefited. There are 13 large Sugar factories in the affected - ('I'he :bt10:t"DUltJon eo:n:tllmed in accOnt.pan)1'1ng .arttcle 1ft Ilpp::roved by the Gl"and Lake eoJtlJDJtt~ as be1Dg .lU' llearIy C6:rreet .. pre.ent d.ata Oil the project QJ1 f1lnd..1I.) By Pa~ emery ., ,.'n1.e..".GranQ,",,,Lake-_, 'water".'dtV'ers16'n project is a plan by whlch part of the ' surplus flow of the headwaters of the Colorado river in '\Vestern Colorado Will be transferred by means of a tUnnel' t1u-u the Continental divide to the South Platte river basin. which 1s to say, Northern COlorado, and be : us.ed to pr_event the frequent anQ.. very serious water shortages in the ilTl~ gated areas. of northem _ Colorado. The plan contemplates having the project constructed under the super- viSion of the United States reclama- tion department and ha"Ving it fi. nanced by federal loan as part of the United States Public Works a(lmln- istration program. . The plan alBO inclUdes construction of storage lakes on the tributaries of the Colorado river to safegUard '\Vater .users of western Colorado from any POlSS,ible loss or inco.nvenience Which they might -otherwise sutfer from trans1l10untafn diversion of the "Water of -the river. No Alternative Pian Big , Enough To Solve Problem . Up to date it has been demonstrated that the plan is feasible and economi~ cat and that it is very urgently needed. It has a.J.s~ been demonstrated that there is no alternative plan of suff!. cient magnitude to solve the, .serious water Shortage problem of the .South Platte river basin (Northern Colo- rado). CarrYing the Campaign to have tWa project adopted. by the federal ad- D'"tinistration to a successful Conclu~ sion at the earliest POSSible date. is urgently necessary. Many Factors EmphaSize Need for Speedy Action The urgency of action nOlV is due to the follOWing facts: Spokesmen for the Roosevelt aumlnlstration have definitely announced that an enlarged pUblic works- prograrn-, is to be USed I " J I I i j