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Show I DEVELOPMENT 1 OF 6 MILLION I H. P. BIG AIM 111 Colorado River Project if Means Greater Wealth for w Western States L UTAH IS INTERESTED How Rich Gift Shall Be 4 Divided to Be Discussed J at Phoenix BY HARRY HUNT If yv ABHINGTON. Feb. 18. How to I J harness 6.000.000 water horsepower. I I belonfflnc to seven state, convert it H Into electric energy and lrrlgato &.- ') I 000 000 m rei 1 1 1 Land with the - ime Xl .. that tumUh.ee the power, la the , problem to DC tackled by the Colorado v i p i romi il Ion bead ) of mi i toovi r. ai he irlng to bc- 1 pn :it I hoenix. ArL-. March 1.. At a preliminary session, just con-, con-, ded n Washington, agreement l m reached upon developing the pow-, pow-, , and irrigation f;o ilitl. :- of Ihe rncr a unified Whole, each development i . Lng considered as a part of one co ordinated system -As an Index to the magnitude c the full development of the Colorado s . power possibilities alone. proposals . . prlvati Interests, appl lng fOI ' righl to develop Individual sites k ,r..,., I'T a gr.-l ' I " ir'"! "; t f i,m;v '. OI'O1 k SEVEN STATES VFFECTED EM 'i ne problems of I he Color Ldo af- EK fe i direct Ij i ei en tatea and 1 at eesK . for 1 lng ' h '" " ! , . ..ids nnd claims of these separate 9H t( itea caused the creation of tne LH commission headed by Hoover. Each of the states affected Arizona . C a 1 1 -EM fomla, Colorado, Nevada. New Mexi- H co. Utah and Wyoming has a rcpre- scntatlve iS As an example of these conflicting BH Interests. California which contrib- am least to the river Itself stands to H i neflt more largely by It devclop- M ment than any of the other states S Colorado and I'tah. which supply acfcUt m three-fourths of the water flow, are Inclined to press their prior rights wm to the water for diversion for irrlga- rMr tlBefore progress can be made a M j, . ace Pact must be reached between ;M , hi ae atati a pi oi Idlng tor the dh igj I f th water supply- Such a compait afl would be subjected to ratification by -oi,K-res-. and the various state legis latures. FIRST MA t U PMENT I'lrst on the list of likely power sites t obc developed Is that at Boulder can-yon. can-yon. Hero the waters of the Colorado, are compressed between towering rock walls only a few hundred feet apart A dam 600 feet in height would provide water power to generate 600,000 horsepower horse-power of hydro-electric energy Such a dam and plant would cost about ? 10.000.000. Los Anceles 250 miles to the southwest, south-west, would be the first large market for the power thus developed. A large potential market, however, lies withtn t00 miles to the southeast in the mining min-ing d striata near Phoenix. The Southern California Edison com pany, in planning distribution of power. pow-er. In event its application for one Of I he major power sites Is granted, has planned to carry power as far as San Francisco. F.00 miles distant. The possibilities of power develop-j mem on the Colorado may best be visualized vis-ualized when it is understood that In ns 1700 nilb s of length the river drop more than C200 feel In the .150 miles between Glenn Canon and Eoui-der Eoui-der C;myon there Is a drop of 2300 feel. And the nnnual volume of water , losing down the gorge between Glenn and Boulder canyons would cover an ir area of 15.000 acres to a depth of 1000 recti FLOOD SAFEG1 i:i-it i:i-it is this precipltoua descent, making mak-ing possible vast power development. which also makes imperative river control to regulate Its flow and safeguard safe-guard the fertile Imperial Valley of California from disastrous floods Such Is the topography of the coun-try coun-try through which this river flows, however, that the sites for maximum power development, such as Glenn ..nil Boulder canyons, offer email opportunity op-portunity for water storage for Irrigation Irri-gation or for flood regulation. Dams I for ibe-' puroOBOS must be build far- I ih'T upstrec nnd on ihe more im- 1 portent trlbi u rica I All these conflicting factors make I nscessary a general comprehensive and I co-related development with thla program definitely established, estab-lished, the bir question remaining to tie deeided following the J'lloinK con- ferenci If it is successful in settling set-tling the confltctlmr claims of the - states will be the extent to which he development is to be dene in- public pub-lic agencies. It is believed Secretary (Continued on Page Two.) i ! . Colorado River Development in Diagram j MYTOM CRr K IT- 9 r? '4t?sJc!t' s '': yTl & sVruce cRrtx " TTv 6 SKOSOt'lC. eS9 y Sfi 2(Coc5r0 ' - IS OURAY UTAM 6bg&&- UX UNDEvrLopro powrre Sites 'V C CROSS MT. CAMYC-- SpT - "Sj, ' CTS' 6 n-4rJU3i- C "' n split m- cAtX -,. SvT"" "Si, ' " 3B5V2wtw v. J CANVOTf lC, ASf- "frcr. j f . PCS-SITE nr Lr Lcvrp gi?ao cahyoh JsrT'v- -. yZy r j&"2f? 0s r M HQULDCR CftUVQH J? -r- ?:S rf7- -pS I s,r V TVJC'' DEVELOPMENT OF 6 MILLION H. P. BIG AIM Continued from Pace .) Hooker will recommend tho development develop-ment of tho "key" Bites by the government govern-ment direct State and municipalities may be given preference in developing others To the extent that private capital Is granted development rights, It will bo required to co-ordinate Its plants to fit harmoniously into the general scheme. Given the reservoir of power possible pos-sible by the Colorado River's harnessing, harnes-sing, and the increased fertility that would come with 5,000,000 additional acres of Irrigated lands, the southwest south-west would havo to look to tho "IndUS-trial" "IndUS-trial" east or t'he agricultural middle-j Weal for few of tho things it dc-siresi to make life worth living. ' |