| Show horsepower is possible at green river sites northeast of vernal 0 at power alt clift on the grem river between the towns ot at ora green river N y and green rivet utah would nt net a total of hr hryor por from train iba eight available sites it abild 1 aull I 1 in addition add to the value ot of all power bliss on the th colorado river and on the jareen river bel below 0 w the utah city ot of that name lu tivie because the reser valre at the these ii per alte altos would afford much need dul low flow regulation lowr town this rit ie Is made by ralph R No woolley olley hydraulic engin wr ler of 0 the united state states geological 11 P irvey in a letter to J R I 1 murdock Hur dock 0 t the uta i water commie commis ton slon tie talling the power possibility tee ift of the stream it Is pointed out by sir lir woolley that 44 square milert or IS 18 per cent tent of the total drainage basin ot at the colorado river Is i drained by the green G reen river and that 32 33 per cent of the total disel discharge large ot of trie the colo rado ratio ie is contributed by this area it ie Is algo also chosu that the green river in lt its miles of length drop drops from an elevation ot of 14 feet above sea ea level at pit he its source to at ita its mouth this la Is an average fall of 14 48 4 8 feet per par mile be tween the towns of green river eiyo and rind green river utah the engineer sets et foilb the tream stream baa has a fall of 2000 feet most of which la Is in thu the series aeries of eight anyone canyons thru which it passes PAI Tons all bear names given them by major rowell powell on un hie his historic bia trip down the stream in 1869 in 1921 mr woolley made a of the power pmj a blimp of the upper green river basin the results of which together Kether to with data gathered Ra since disclose that tle the flaming doige alte just couth south of the wyoming line cound develop 10 40 horsepower red ed canyon just below would be rood oad tor for horsepower lador canyon 66 65 horsepower hore power split mountain desolation canyon horsepower and gray grays s canyon borse powe or a a total ot or sa 2 horsepower tor for the eight canyon canyons in addition to the powe kolbl other studies of at the green river bv hv tits ree rech matlon service of the federal government Rovern ment indicate that approximately acre k of land practically all in n wyoming Wy orning are susceptible to irrigation without interfering with the ties 11 in the canyons below been river itter after it t leaves mys title tibe letter ib au chiefly valuable for power purpose purposes find with the ellmina talon of the nece solli of building reservoirs on it tor for flood contral control and the irrigation tio n made in the lower baslo basin its itil feasible a power projects can all be develops developed restriction as are apparently no large leant feast ble his irrigation projects along its our oliree the I 1 flaming taming gorge site according to mr nir woolley to fig sufficiently large so that it would with a foot daw comPle completely fely equalize the low flow of the greb gret ilver liver at this hie rite site there la is a of 0 alty fifty feet which would generie generate tle tile indicated horsepower io it the lied hatt canyon eito alto a fall of 0 feet co cohering erIng a distance dit tanco of 49 milas could easily be made to gen erate crate the indicated power arm an equalized stream flow of 2900 see ond and feet would give a nil full 85 65 horse ower A fall of feet to lahore laore canyon with an equalized low flow of second feet would give a full 65 horsepower between lalore la lore and split mount tain the yampa river empties into the green river with an average low flow of 0 2600 second feet with this added volume of water and with a fall of feet in 7 5 miles horsepower it t 70 per cent efficiency could readily be developed at split mountain in the uintah basin the white rive from the eabe and the du chesne from rom the west add considerable water to green river so 0 o that the equalized flow which would be aval available laLle at a dame in Desola desolation tiou canyon la Is about second feet alth ith a head of teet feet in gray oray canyon another agoti er 2440 2410 feet to 1 available and could be bo developed at abat Is hoon knon a i rattlesnake lUttle snake site here it Is bell believed eved an equalized stream low flow of 0 second teet feet could be developed and accordingly the potential power in this stretch of canyon Is I 1 about horse horsepower rower at 7 po pe cent efficiency nt at iland the only apparent market for the its green river power nt at this time mr woolley pol ite its out Is the great salt lake basin where the normal growth of power rower demand Is 1 now about horise POwer per year A A thie this ate of growth it will only be he three or four years until all the now easily accessible to the market twill will be completely de an 1 the log ira inference 11 in that the pa power ron from green river mutt must be d developed evel oDed to meet the growing demands verious iSer loua conel ie Is given by tha th rall roadA at as a to the poa pos lb llly lity of electrifying pane parts of their lines through the mountain terri fora orv and in ease thin this were done in western wyoming on an the union arlic pacific line an ani I 1 in utah on the rio grandc grande line the green river power r il ih I 1 h be reasonably close at hand anil and could be used to good advantage |
