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Show 244 WAR FOR THE COLORADO RIVER Rep Poulson distributed a table showing how the Bureau of Reclamation had consistently underestimated the costs of projects. It follows: Original Present Datefirst Project & State est. cost est. cost Const. Appr. Boulder Canyon, Ariz.-Nev.................$ 126,500,000 $ 173,900,000 1930 Davis Dam, Ariz.-Nev................. 41,200,000 114,438,000 1942 Central Valley, Calif. ........................ 170,000,000 581,886,000 1936 Big Thompson, Colo......................... 44,000,000 150,503,000 1935 Fort Peck, Mont......... 5,73.2,544 16,250,000 1943 Hungry Horse, Mont. 36,648,000 108,800,000 1946 Columbia Basin, Wash......................... 393,000,000 773,339,000 1934 Kendrick, Wyo........... 20,000,000 25,000,000 1934 Riverton, Wyo............. 9,500,000 21,813,403 1921 Shoshone, Wyo............. 8,851,360 16,851,705 1904 Missouri River Basin, various .......... 529,152,800 2,834,427,848 1946 Total................$1,386,584,714 $4,817,208,956 Poulson made the point that if the Bureau performed as in the past, the estimated cost of the Arizona project was probably low by at least one hundred per cent. In keeping with legislative requirements, Senator O'Mahoney had asked the Budget Bureau for a report on S. 75. He had received a reply reminding him that the President's Water Policy Commission had recently returned its recommendations, and until these had been reviewed by the executive branch the Budget Bureau could not see how S. 75 would be affected.347 Engle was ahead of the Budget Bureau. He informed |