Show gov iov ed holmson happy happ y vii with new colorado orado projects th the upper i colorado ilver river commission met ardenver at denver last saturday to consider gov Gove elect edwin C johnsons new power proposal which would divide power revenue from echo park and glen canyon dams among the four upper basin cording to consumptive water division Johni johnsons ont proposal was re eald byboth utah and new now mexico but the commission did a approve r ove the addition of 20 provisional projects at a potential cost of another million for the upper colorado river storage project and ed johnson agreed road to pursue his power gal policy no further thy the e compromise ameniA amendments ments were submitted by colorados commissi commissioner 0 ner E L dutcher and included seventeen new dams in colorado two in wyoming and one which would benefit both colorado and wyoming the commissioners also agreed to amend the legislation t to 0 permit substitution of colorados r juniper dam for its cross mountain dam darn and to delete some qualifying procedure for Color colorados adds Cure canU canti dam johnson who said he felt colorado had been left out of continued 8 GOV JOHNSON continued from page 1 hie the planning and had been treat ed unfairly was prepared to do de mand 42 participating projects for or colorado or tn n the alternative to divide power revenue from rom upriver up river development if among the four states colorado utah wyoming and new mexico in the 02 52 23 14 11 percentage ratio respectively in which consumptive water was divided in the 1948 compact when the clever johnson presented his power proposal john ertckson erickson of new mexico explained that it would mean his state would lose lone its only project the navajo if accepted and uta h s george D clyde pointed out that it it would cost this state the ultimate phase of the central utah project colorados list of new protects were savera pothook which also benefits wyoming parshall troublesome rabbit ear eagle divide woody creek west divide bluestone battlement mesa tomichi awk reek east river ohio creek mesa mega bostwich Bost park grand mesa dall dallas RL creek D delores and Fruit growers extension wyoming aiken for and got elkhorn and kendall reservoir protects projects attending the meeting in den ver from vernal were L Y secretary manager of the chamber of commerce find harry ratliff others from utah were commissioner clyde and his legal ad alvior advisor vior attorney gen E R callister Cal llster A controversy arose when the newspaper aver representatives were excluded from the meeting while at the same time the corn com allowed joe western representative of the isaac walton welton league opponent of echo park dam to remain next meeting of the commission will be at gallup new mexico on sunday january 73 23 at S R n m in the frontier room of el rancho hotel at the same time a meeting of the colorado grass roots inc group will meet in galleo brior to their big bl session in window rock arizona the following day A new upper colorado storage program bill calling tor for six storage dams dains and 34 irrigation projects including the proposals proposal al 3 accepted at denver satur dav were circulated at capitol hill monday qan clinton clinion P anderson ni D NM who 1 14 expected to head the senate subcommittee sub committee on reclamation and Tr HaRtIon called a maetina st of the upper basin colorado river basin lawmakers for wednesday mornin to try to reach an understanding on their reclamation legislation for this year meanwhile rep wayne N aspinal D colo who will head the subcommittee nn on irrie atlon and reclamation held a series of conferences on the ariner colorado legislation tuesday he met with members of the coic rado congressional delegates and also rep henry aldous dix on R utah and wednesday he be plans to meet with rep william A dawson R utah |