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<br />40 <br /> <br />40 <br /> <br />not mean on the other hand .bhat in the consideration of irrigation you <br /> <br />should forget the po,~r altogether bcoause the location of,your reser- <br />voir sites, their capacities and points at ,lhich you carry.your primar <br /> <br />storage may have a very serious effect on power development on that <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />River, because the main p01'l8r possibilities are in theCsnyon section <br /> <br />from the Arizona-Utah line down to the vicinity of.Boulder Canyon. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Four million horsepo'l8r can be devel,oped.in that section ,dth the <br /> <br />normal floH of the river, and sufficient, even "ith full use of the <br /> <br />water for irrigation in the upper section, to make power development <br /> <br /> <br />feasible .in the.Oanyon section from ~~ter which must be released for <br /> <br />use on the 10,For river. Regardless,of Hhat may be the legal limita- <br /> <br />tions upon the powers. of this Commission, ,lhether its statutory <br /> <br />authority does or does not go beyond the consideration of the mere <br /> <br />question of ,~ter rights and Hater. distribution--I believe it would <br /> <br />be advisable for this Oommission to ,take it into consideration and to <br /> <br />make recommendations, even if they cannot make conclusive findings, <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />. oil the broad outline of a general plan of development of the river, <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />sufficient in its soope so that the .details oan be carried out Hithout <br /> <br />interference Hi th the general plan. I, and the other members of the <br /> <br />.. staff of the Oommission "ill be only too glad at any time to give any <br /> <br />information He have or any.assistan~e we can render to you in your <br /> <br />,Fork here. . <br /> <br />Seoretary Hoover (Ohairman), Perhaps General Beaoh can give us <br /> <br /> <br />something on this problem of navigation on the Colorado. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />STATEHEl1T OF HAJOR GENERAL lANSING H. BEACH, CHIEF OF ENGINEERS, <br />U. S, HAR DEP ARTliIENT , <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />General Beach. Hr, Secretary ~ nd Gentlemen of the Oommission, <br /> <br /> <br />I .oan only say that such problems of the Colorado as have arisen in <br /> <br /> <br />the past, have no.t ordinarily 90me pefore the department. of ,rhiohI <br /> <br />have oharge. <br />