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Backers , BackersFile File on Water Woter W oter ' ' Irrig-ation Irrig ation Irrigation - . and a.nd Power1 Power 1 " - "T T -1 1 " 1Fthiiga _ Filifig FUiUgs Fthiiga MadeI MadeOn Made I ' On Green River WaterApplicatlous Water Applications Applicatlous A pl1catlons to approprlat appopr1ate app prtate * W th Wwater the thew thwater w water .t t . r necesiary neceSary necesaary $ to carry cartY out th th thpropOsed Urproposed Bhn-ColoradoRiver Bhn ColoradoRiver B3lxiOooradojUver prop propOsed sed iQfreat Qreat Nreat B aln"Co alnCo B3lxi-Ooorado B3lxi Ooorado * ( - " ra4ct jUver ver project were filed fUed Monday Monda Mondaywith ) " with State Engineer T tt H Hum- Hum IlUni- IlUni Humpherys IlUnipherys - - pherysZn phcry pherys Xn Zn two application applications . ! the C0lo- C0lo Cob- Cob - C0lorado Cobredo - - rado redo J1ver-Qreat J1ver Qreat river-Great river Great river-ar river ar - at Biysin Basin Wnter Water 'IT IT ' 'Us Us na- na naera ' . . - - " erg "rs rs era rightsto association oclatlon Mlu Mka asks for tht the rights to llSOO 1,509 1509 1.S09000 1S09000 , , . 000 acre feet of irrigation Irrlgatton IrrlgattonwMer irrigationwftter wMer wftter w ter and 11,200 11200 11,20 1120 , ( ) , , second feet te t at of atVater ofWater \ water \Vater Vater for tor power generation generaUon pur- pur put- put purposes putposes - - . pose poses All water applied for tor Is Inthe inthe In tha the upper trtbutarle tributaries of the th Colo Cole- Cole Coi- Coi Colerado Coirado - ) - . , ' rado r do dver river lyer In Utah UtahThe The project contemplate contemplates * th & production roductlon of more than 1 160000ft 600 em OOG emborsepower OOGhorsepower borsepower horsepower hor epow r of electric energy ener y Inseries In a asettes settes series ertcs of power planta plants on the th Oreen OTeeD Green Greenriver . rtver river and the th traiumountlan tran.smoW1t1an transmoW1t1an tranamountlan . dl diraion dl- dl di- di dlvteralon - . vteralon 'Version Version ' * raion of enough enourh wafr water from t.he the . t.heColorado theOo1rado th Corrado Colorado Oo1rado bain basin to the th Great Qffat baa1nto basinto buin baa1n basin to bring 00,000 00000 600.000 600000 600O00 . , new n w acres acre " of JaI2dunder landwider land JaI2d undwr under wider ' Irrigation 1n'lntton 1nlntton and provide provtde .upplementary supplementary aup- aup .up- .up sup- sup . - aupplenrntary - - plenrntary plementary water for tor ewl .several several . thou thou- thousand thousand * - sand more snore aero acres already beinc being IrrtaiLted itrigated tr- tr Ir- Ir it- it trrtgated - rigatedThe rtgated rtaiLted rigated The water would be b bjdirerted jdirerted A.lvel1ed Alvel1ed Aiverted . intoan intoan Into an aqueduct 23 235 miles mlles lony long andconveyed andconveyed and conveyed to the west wet $ aide f14e 14e of tboWasatch theWasatch Ur tbo the UrWasatch Wasatch mountain mountains * at point points point . , aboveTbJaUe aboy aboyThistle abov above TbJaUe Thistle Thlj Ue , . Mephi Nephl Nephi and ratrvrw Pairvlew Fairview and aDd aDdfrom andfrom andfrom from there dittrtbuted d1atrtbuted distributed to landi lands ta In Ina ina a number of counties countle $ tor for irrigation trrgatlon trrgatlonpurpo.ses irrigationpurposes ! purpose purpo.ses purposes . * purpo.sesOne purposesOne One On * of the application applications * seeka seeks toappropriate toappropriate to toappropriate appropriate Irrigation water on the theGreen theGreeq Oreen Green Greeq river . , , Brush creek A.s As . Ashleycre AxhUqr Ashley AxhUqrcre cree cre * k Dry IDly Vorjt Fork Utosby M'oaby Moaby Mbsby ' creek . , Whittrocki Whtterocks Whiterocka river Farm creek andPole andPole and Pole creek all In Ulntah Uintah county , and the Utntah U1ntah river west fork . of ofLake ofLake Lake fork east fork tork of Lake fork fQl'k fQlk fk ' , . , . Rock creek and Duchesn Duchesne * river dYer anin anin all an in Duchesne Ducheane county countyThe countyThe The power application seeu seeks eekj the theright th be beright right to the th use o of 11.2QO 112QO 11O i,2Q0 i2Q0 , % ( ) , . ucond econd econdfeet conc11 . feet In the th Oreen Green river Ttver In na,4i na4i Dag , na,4igett Daggett Oa < * ' gett [ ett county for tor a xeries serles series of seven sevenh sevenh'droelectric * vn h tiydroelectric 'droelectrlc droelectrlc h'droelectric hdroelectric ' ' project projects ! proposed to tobe tobe be built along this stream The wa- wa we- we water weter - & - - ter from one would pasa pass down- down downstream downstream - stream into the backwater of the thereservoir thereservoir th threservoir reservoir at the next damThe damThe dam The proposed project projects * and their theircapacity theircapacity theircapacity capacity tn in horsepower hor cpowr are ai as fol- fol follows follows fol follow - low lows Flaming Oorge Gorge , . 176 170 170000 000 ; : Swallow canyon ranyon 175080 175 OM 000 Island IslandPark IslandPark IslandPark Park 358 35000 358000 * 000 Split Mountain 233- 233 233000 233000 233-000 233 000 - 000 Ouray or 01 ' Rock Creek . , , 206 200 206000and 000 000and 000and and Rattlesnake 260.000Most 260,000Most 380,000 380000 260.000 260000 260,000 . , Most of the other power gen- gen generated gencrated gen generated - - erated crated would be used for pump pump- pumping pumping . - ing in connection with the Colo Colo- Cob- Cob Colorado Cobrado Colorado - - rado nver-Oreat nver Oreat nver-Great Great river-Great river - Basin Baaln project project.and projectand . . and any surplus would wou1c1 be market market- marketed marketed . - ed In Utah or areas areu contiguous to tothe tothe tothe the development " . ' "for for for Industrial or orother orother orother other purposesThe purposesThe purposes The heights of the various varlou.s varlous . dams damswould damswould damawould would be as aa follows follow . naming Flam1nC flamIng Flam1nCGorge flamIngGorge : Gorge 2X 226 236 feet teet Red canyon , . 27 270 ( ) 270feet 270feet feet Swallow canyon 200 feet t t : Island Park . , . 425 feet Split moun moun- moon- moon mountain moontam mountain - tam tain 300 200 feet teet Ouray 375 275 feet and andRattlesnake andRattlesnake andRattlesnake Rattlesnake 300 feet feet"nued . . . . . - " - - " - - ( Continued Qoifljnued -"nued "nued nued on page four > ) I JBa'lll - J Ba'in Bain Ba'lll Balll ' " Projf Project > ct Backers BackersFIle File on Green R.ver Rver R . ver W&telJ WtelJ Water WaterContinued & _ 1 < - ' Continued C'ontJnuM ContJnuM from page pilfe 7 " on ne I II If i 1038 1939 legislature made madean madc'aa madcaa ' an p : ' a&r ar & t tI I [ pI pitatlon la tlon of $ $62500 62500 $ to be used In ( ne I ' i i t ' ettlon ( tlon with the U S bureaut bureaQf bureaQ ( f Tlamatlon rp T\ T \ " lamation lamatlon and other federa11 federa11agf"ndpt federalaitendes agf"ndpt agfndpt " ; In maklnr making turvey surveys for tor the theI theproje th thprojp I projp proje < ( t I I/ I / , which Ih1ch h1ch I/ I / , would Iould ould be . the t.he larg . tt'it ' est t'it tit ' of It Its 'I I ' kind ever undertaken 1Q 1QtI t tl tI 1htatf Is 1\ 1 ' \ htate htatf htatet ' Of t > f thl this . amount $30000 30000 $ has been located l1t'atf'd l1tatfd [ ) ( ' ' for use USt ' \ with Ith funds fund * ma rnada Iavallablt available avallablt ' by the tht " bureau of reela reelaTIa . I /TIa TIa / mat tlon Ion for ' entlneerlni f'nglnf"erlng fnglnferlng " surveys survey.TliF surveyTliF . * . TIIt'S1 TIItS1 ' < are art ' now under way and 12 12ur\p\ 12ur p 12urpparties . un \ f\ f ' \ fpartle'i ' \ parties partle'i partlei ' are In the fleJd field11 I I P t ' legislature legi'ilature legiilature ' also authorized authorizedtips authorizedlie ) lie ! > municipalities metropoU- metropoU metropoUa - . ; ta taatf'r ( a \ water \\atf'r atf'r atfr ' dl dl-strlcts dl strlcts . - , > trld1 . ' and conserva conservi-(1 conservi (1 1 - _ , 11 ( < < n IIhtrI Hhtrlits ( t.s ts . to 10 levy up to one onl " mUJIt mtll mUJ ) It It < raLse raL"e raLe " fin flu 1\ 1 1or < ( Is . ' \ { for or participation InI tn In ' I 11 I I pr pr < < je jt ' ( ( t tp t tp p < ' n ns , > II > is \ of IIIf ( IIP ' project ' say 'iay iay that thati I I i a . 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