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Show CONCERTED ACTION IN POWERSGHEMES WESTERN 8TATE3 PLAN DEVEL- OPMENT OF POWER POSSIBILI- TIES OF THE COLORADO. Engineers Form Commission for Advancing Ad-vancing Unity In Struggle for Development of Power and Irrigation Plans. Salt Lttko City. Concerted action by tho seven Interested stntes nnd tho federnl government In thu development develop-ment of tho power and Irrigation possibilities pos-sibilities of tho Colorado river nnd Its tributaries Is tho expressed aim of tho Colorado river commission, permanently per-manently organized on January 21 nt a meeting of thu state engineers of Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Arizona nnd Wyoming nnd representatives of tho United Stntes reclamation service. Additional states which will havo members in tho commission nro California Cali-fornia and Now Mexico. A tentntlvo bill, to bo presented to tho legislatures of tho stntes Involved nnd to congress, wns ndoptcd by tho commission nnd will cull for tho permanent per-manent appointment by each stato of u representative on the commission. Frank K. Weymouth, chief engineer of tho reclamation service, was selected ns secretary of tho organization, and tho members pledged themselves to supply him with all avnllablo data-concerning data-concerning projects present nnd pros-pvctlyo pros-pvctlyo calling for the development of tho waters of tho Colorado nnd Its tributaries. This information will bo made the basis for concerted action, to ho determined upon nt fuluro meetings meet-ings of tho commission. Thoso who took part In the conferences confer-ences were A. J. McCune, state, engineer en-gineer of Colorado, who servejl ns chairman; F. 0. Kmerson, state engineer engi-neer of Wyoming; Georgo F. McGon-ngle, McGon-ngle, stato engineer of Utnh; Colonel A. J. Scrughnm, stato engineer of Nevada Ne-vada j Mr. Woyhiouth, W. S. Norvlel of Arlzonn, II. Conkllng of thu rcclnuuf-tlon rcclnuuf-tlon service, and It. I. Meeker, deputy Btuto' engineer of Colorado. Discussion centered ubout tho need for co-operation between tljp states nnd tho federnl government In tho development de-velopment now under way and contemplated, con-templated, both In tho extension of power projects and In Irrigation and reclamation undertakings affecting tho waters of the west, especially those of the Colorado river basin. |
