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<br /> By JOAN G.WHITE ltveen the State Division of miles northeast of here has Co]orado Conslydclion Co., of "The main thing we are hotter. I always thought you on the •dam, and offered him surveyors equipment, the un•
<br /> cover Post Staff Mt iter: Iiigh•.vays and the State Water since
<br /> 1.62 sold gravel and sand Denver, for the'gravel on his worried about is the safety of could trust the government. All $1,500 in:October 1971, and to trained would have trouble dis-
<br /> cover . Colo. ,—r1 Galen Commission, which has . ob- for use on highways. Ile claims' property. the dam," Kuiper said. "The they did was push the overbuy the best of my knowledge, we tin;uishing the draw,'Headley
<br /> ey,beh6i c5 hd is the plc- twined an. injunction 'against the: highway department .isn't And, he says, the water corn- injunction` requires' that -he den back into the pit," Headley haven't received an answer.". says.
<br /> of -bureaucratic'. inconsis- him: - living up to a gravel mining Mission, which wants . small drain the water. to a 10-feet said. - ;i' � .• . "'This'is just another one of "Since we put In the dam we
<br /> and is being squeezed.be-I Headley, who , far J contract it acquired from tire Idams used to build up the level, and that he file the plans "Legally we are 'completely their token offers to get out.of have raised the. water table
<br /> fto'er table, wants him to stop and specifications with this of- in the. clear because he: signed fulfilling their contract,".Head• from 40-feet below the surface
<br /> .�..; ' impounding water. Tice. - I' also understand there the release," Bower said. "Ne ley says. to 8-feet below the surface. This
<br /> " Headley said the highway are people below him with tried to make a reasonable set- Headley said the dam has land'will now grow better alfal-
<br /> ��", department has broken two priorities to the water he has tlemeht in,the interest of public Idone wonders for his water fa than in the valley, and a
<br /> �;,_ � �;; •..-. ,,s _�,� .,�,4� stipulations of the contract. dammed up." relations.4e figured it would table. The draw has a very gem couple of years ago I had a 145-
<br /> v .. "First," he said, "is a line in cost $3,000 to complete the job Ile slope, and without the aid of
<br /> +• . � r` ;- � ::[ Headley says, "This doesn't P ] P bushel-an-acre corn crop. If it
<br /> wasn't for the dam, tlds draw•"{ '•."� She contract that says all strip- make sense. The Smith and .
<br /> ugs shall be placed on the dam Irrigation rigation Ditch runs would still he arid, desert-like
<br /> �••'�'' 8'• site. And secondly, no waste tell to its banks just a mile land,"he said.
<br /> material shall be placed back from the dam in question. • Headley said he believes in
<br /> into the gravel pit.' Below that is the South Platte water augmentation, which the
<br /> ip•i ,,+. -'"�xtc. x The dam site is in Antelope River. If they drain my water eater c o in in i s s 16 n wants.
<br /> ;,,..>=p.. `;,c. • '1 Draw, an intcnnitent stream, supply, they'll wash everyone -,�� "They want people to build
<br /> within a half mile of the ravel + ]tikes because it has been proc-
<br /> .i';Y.j::, ,•,a•,.o:: ;nrS'. , ., .:A' g outbelowJ'
<br /> •,,,T- '•,. �-"''`�'*�K!t+ "`X:� pit. Headley built the dam, he +
<br /> Iieadley admits that his dam ( en that A can build our water
<br /> •,. ,^rIQY�: ,!?�:�jit};;, '�' � `. ,,. „ < . -�. . '> says,'according to slate regula-
<br /> Y-.%16,, a a+:,•, does not meet the requirements tables up." Headley believes he
<br /> 4;'s:;•�r ;,,+.* , tiers :with the overburden from at this time. "But it isn't the is being squeezed between the
<br /> the pit. spillway g Pipe. two state agencies, but Bower
<br /> fi , pillwa or the drainage g
<br /> -.; ? However, Clarence Kuiper, you are supposed to have and Kul Pier both state ern ha-
<br /> Y,+r`_"` ^• state water engineer, says PP P P
<br /> _ *, { . 1, • H:, . €; §; something like five feet bet• tically that this isn't true. "Mr.Ifcadle has never filed plans,:4,,tg• � * `t"' ,•.{• �,. ,• -a,... ' ,•. + ;� i y p weer the water and the lop of (Headley, because of his posi-
<br /> r:a,., a. 'av ,'•: ?;t.a *',••• i. and specifications for the dam the dam. Right now, I have lion, may feel this is true. But,
<br /> K-1,•, A� .ft> y with his office, as required by three feet. the cases are totally! unrelat-
<br /> ., >.. .,.�jy •.-;yi�.,,,. w,.+p - state law. "We want W see
<br /> f �• w' r 4 "But if the highway depart- ed," l roper said.
<br /> '� F j • ,;r. C. these on file," Kuiper said, "I Headley says,
<br /> ,oA; s. • .j��a� '•. ��. r .+t _ ment had lived up to its con- Y Ys, "I can see this
<br /> ,Yy S understand he doesn't have an happening in a county t
<br /> �..r f;,: �' ;, .� .i[,: ' + tract, that is, if it had moved PP g Y that
<br /> i-• Vt�t: 4F, . x, � �7` ' •`' ' adequate spillway or outlet
<br /> ± y. Yct � .a. , the overburden to the dam, it doesn't have a so called demo-
<br /> r..ta. '` pipe. '
<br /> r•- # _ ; 'S� would now meet the require- • • erotic system, but not here. Not
<br /> �. a, • 7- p q:,-•• Headley. claims that a
<br /> + , .° ,+ `�'• +i' k:•- ' �" `: --.:.:i�- member of the water commis- Y I ments," Headle said. in America."
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<br /> +'^:y� 4W Sion watched as he placed an L. C. Bower, chief engineer
<br /> # ' �''^' `- -`'"Fy' "�X` `••1{••' �'?' 18-inch outlet pipe into the dam of the highway department,
<br /> >•'• •�• tiia •.x : " � �°�t••`f•"`.°ry�,u +r" "That certainly meets the said, "He (Headley)signed a
<br /> �`°''t•' �' :,"v'�+�'_";'y release on May 27, 1966, and requirements," he said. "And Y
<br /> look at this spillway. This is legally we are in the clear."
<br /> more than adequate. One of my "I signed the release only
<br /> ' ` • , neighbors has a dam over there after one of their engineers said
<br /> ill F'.. - - . : • Lr „:st <:;t�e v"••,
<br /> 5`;,+.'c •, ,ra:.��- and doesn't even have aspill- that if I were to sign the
<br /> way. I don't 'r+ant to get him release they would come back
<br /> Ir. 'eg n. ` �`; s-cx�;'•r+�r.�,�.,'_` , ,�� ',' ' into trouble, but its true." in here and finish the job within
<br /> •Tr,,{ , ,; +'' -,a�o.l..t4�,,; C••rr ;,,:��1 Kuiper said the pipe was a year. I should have knotvnli
<br /> ,`t �[IY't K� ,y( _?';r': .•,•1a.t , locked open Oct. 2, and that . ..._ _ ..__. . _
<br /> someone had cut the lock.
<br /> ' '!.,"fit ', N•` `>a.1•..;.:,�-`'; :Headley said, "1 told them I
<br /> ::�L"- fir.'.-_->L•. a6;;wi3lho-i;:`.':•M•. -v- -..;.: [ was goingto cut it off. .
<br /> oCwer Photo CY Jahn G.Ahile
<br /> as soon as they left, I went
<br /> i HEADLEY CLAIMS STATE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT DIDN'TFU FULFILL CONTRACTCT 'But,oui there with my cutting torch
<br /> rids an .overburden that has been .pushed back into a gravel nit on hi. t.. A ,tea
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