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<br />.-; "'.~. (I <br />l..J~.:. <br /> <br />39 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />storage c~pacity of 31,400,000 acre feet of which the lower <br /> <br />5,000,000 is res0rvcd for silt stor~gc and the upper 5,000,000 <br /> <br />is reso~ved for flood control, it is possible to dev~lop over <br /> <br />700 ,000 firm horsepower. Wi th the ,entire 2,020,000 "-cr'JS of <br /> <br />irrigable le.nd dev~lopod in tho lOWer b,.sin the possibilities <br /> <br />are still 600,000 firm norsepow~r, "-nd besidos this there is <br /> <br />a l~rgc ?~ount of s3cond~y pow~r which is not const?nt but <br /> <br />will be ef considerable v,u,u~. <br /> <br />All ticis is on the "ssumption t:"lat tho total ?roa. of <br /> <br />irrigable land in the uppor basin is irrig~tod, n~Gly ~beut <br /> <br />'. <br /> <br />4,000,000 acres, of which ~bout 3/8 is now undor ditcil. ThG <br /> <br />develop~ent of tho upper b~sin lvill doubtless proc~0d st0adily <br /> <br />but it will ba a long ti~8 before the full develovment is <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />reached, and the ~at8r later to be consumod by future irrig~ <br /> <br />tion will be available for power at Bouldcr Canyon ur,til that <br /> <br />devGlopment is rJalized. This \vill grcatly incrc~se thG <br /> <br />figures shown ~bovo for "- long time to come, and, in the m~'.ntime, <br /> <br />any r~gulation of the rivcr above for ~ny purposo will also tend <br /> <br />to incre3.s0 thlJ1ll. <br /> <br />The groi>.t value of t:hi s power :.nd. the wi de d'3l!l:md for it, <br /> <br />together with its ill~gnitude, indicate that t~e ;ow~r privi13ges <br /> <br />of the Boulder Canyon res~rvoir can 0'3 made to bear the entire <br /> <br />cost of the dam. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />Tho markets for pawer ~rJ numerous ~d various in this <br /> <br />part of the country, consi~ting in general of the mining in- <br />