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<br /> <br />r''') <br />,~ j <br />'1') <br />C'J <br />,".") <br />C: cut to 440acr-ell. <br /> <br />The following table $hOWJlclear17 the reduction <br /> <br />in acres of the lands irrigated from the Costilla niv"r~ <br /> <br />Table IV <br /> <br />,; ""'-r ,i:.o~ <br /> <br />,Heduet1on ;l,.n Acreage of Le.nds Irrillated froJ:l <br />Costilla lliver <br /> <br /> Acres originally Acres hold- Acres hold- <br /> irrigated On the 1r<.g water"" ing water <br /> basis or thl> old contracts contracts <br /> decrees L'l 1911 in 1941 <br />Old ranche. 2,186.7 440 440 <br /> , I <br />Under Eutda1e 3,S90 1,610 1,032 <br />Jaroso colony 0 2,950 2,654 <br /> 6,076 5,000 4,126 <br /> <br />It will be noted that th1a table ShOWll that- theI'@> <br /> <br />r~s been a very great reduction in the amount 01 land irriga- <br />ted by, the old ditches and under the Eastdale Reser'Toirs, <br />because of the establishment of the J'aroso colony. ..ore than <br />tnl'l:, this tabl.. shoW's that there 19 very much lass 1a,'ld in <br />Colorado irrigated today from the Costilla River than there <br />was at the ti~ the several old deerees were rendered slld <br />also that there has been a 'SUbstantial reduction L"1 the <br />acres irrlgat..d even since the year 1921 wh~"1 the Costilla <br />Reservoir was put into commission. <br /> <br />August I, 1941. <br /> <br /> <br />~~~ '~~~ <br /> <br />iIla colm'Lindsey, Rece Val' of the <br />proparty of Tha San Luis Power and <br />Ylate.r CompanY-It <br /> <br />-22- <br /> <br />- "_'~--..~,,~. i_,,~__ <br /> <br />