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<br />30 <br /> <br />30 <br /> <br />total flow, on the average ~n the. higher basin. The largest area cf <br /> <br /> <br />lands susceptible of irrigation are in the' 10Her basin; not only the <br /> <br /> <br />largest areas but the Harmest climates and' longest seasons are there. <br /> <br /> <br />VIe have not only given attention to the water supplies of the stream <br /> <br /> <br />itself but to those sections which are available to use it, We have <br /> <br /> <br />investigations on some of these projects a~d some we have only touched <br /> <br /> <br />upon very lightly. On some ,Te have depended mainly on topographical <br /> <br /> <br />maps for the location of Hater supply so it is not to be understood <br /> <br /> <br />that our information throughout the Basin is even. It is intense in <br /> <br /> <br />spots and general in others, <br /> <br /> <br />The points that are most impressed o~ my mind in the whole thing-- <br /> <br /> <br />that has been SO often impressed and is emphatic--is the preponderance <br /> <br /> <br />of water in the Upper Basin and the preponderance of land in the <br /> <br /> <br />lower basin and the difficulty of developUlent in the Upper Basin <br /> <br /> <br />befor~ you reach the Grand Canyon, There are a .feH points of compara- <br /> <br /> <br />tive ease of development and from which the .results will be very <br /> <br /> <br />large. Across Wyoming. was the. first tram1continental railway con- <br /> <br /> <br />struction, . Development began shortly after that which was more than <br /> <br /> <br />half a century ago, .snd as every one acqu~inted Hith the West knows <br /> <br /> <br />the most feasible projects have been developed, and a great many <br /> <br /> <br />others have been developed at a financialiloss and a great many have <br /> <br /> <br />resulted in failure. The remaining oppodunitiesat'e all difficult. <br /> <br /> <br />It is therefore of the first importance tl;lat nothing be done that <br /> <br /> <br />,Till add in any degree to that difficulty; that the development of <br /> <br />the lands in the Upper Basin and in that section included all the <br /> <br />states involved except the state of California, There is no doubt <br /> <br />that whatever Hater supply can be used in.the basin should be so used <br /> <br />and that is true of every tributary of th~ river. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />tit <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />