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<br />"'~ <br /> <br />f <br /> <br />-53:" <br /> <br />" <br /> <br />also own many "private rights" in various reservoirs. <br /> <br /> <br />The Lower Platte and Beaver Canal Company own 29 "private <br /> <br /> <br />rights" in Jackson Lake Reservoir and individual farmers under <br /> <br /> <br />the Lower Platte and Beaver Canal own an additional 51 "private <br /> <br /> <br />rights" in Jackson Lake Reservoir, for a total of 80 rights. In <br /> <br /> <br />addition, the Hi11rose Irrigation District owns 194-1/2 "Private <br /> <br /> <br />rights" in Jackson Lake'Reservoir which are supposed to be used <br /> <br /> <br />each year for the benefit of farmers under the Lower Platte and <br /> <br /> <br />Beaver Canal. <br /> <br /> <br />According to John Amen, the Lower Platte and Beaver Canal <br /> <br /> <br />Company leases out all of its company-held Jackson Lake rights <br /> <br /> <br />as well as a few individually held rights each year. It also <br /> <br /> <br />leases out Riverside rights which it owns. (Interview, John <br /> <br /> <br />Amen, 2/7/67). <br /> <br /> <br />Scott Stratton told us that before the mass influx of pumps, <br /> <br /> <br />the policy was to hold "company" reservoir water in reserve and <br /> <br /> <br />use it to finish runs through the canal so that everyone under <br /> <br /> <br />the canal would get his complete water in rotation. However, dur- <br /> <br /> <br />ing the last three years Stratton has had only two runs of <br /> <br /> <br />Lower Platte and Beaver "reservoir" water. <br /> <br /> <br />Stratton said that during the last few years whenever "com- <br /> <br /> <br />pany" reservoir rights have been run in the Lower Platte and <br /> <br /> <br />Beaver Canal he has been unable to get any water. He attributes <br /> <br /> <br />this to prior diversions and seepage in the canal before it gets <br /> <br /> <br />to his farm which is located at the lower end of the canal. Never- <br /> <br /> <br />theless, he still has to pay an assessment of $240 per year on <br />these rights to the Lower Platte and Beaver Canal Company. It is <br />because he has received only two runs of Lower Platte and Beaver <br /> <br />, <br /> <br />WOODWARD.CLYDE.SHERARD AND ASSOCIATES <br />