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Show HUNGRY HORSE PREDICTION 31 production of power by 1956 impossible. And even under the most favorable circumstances, Glen Canyon Dam could not have produced power by 1957.* Even Colorado, which would reap an enormous harvest from the crsp, found something to gripe about in the plan. With obvious jealousy, Governor Dan Thornton and Judge Clifford Stone of the Colorado Water Conservation Board, noted that the Central Utah Project, a participating development, would take water out of the Upper Basin. The state of Colorado had a lot of similar schemes of its own, most of which would take water over the Rocky Mountains to the eastern slope. Denver, Pueblo, Colorado Springs, Boulder and other communities all were looking to the Colorado River to augment water supplies needed for growing populations. Thornton and Stone reminded the Secretary of the Interior that no exportation project for Colorado was included in the crsp plan. Nor did Colorado believe that the 160-acre law, generally applicable to federally-financed projects, should be invoked on Colorado ranchers. This was ''unrealistic." 31 In regard to Echo Park Dam, Colo- rado thought that "the wise decision of the Secretary of the Interior, approving this unit even though it is located within Dinosaur National Monument, is to be commended." 32 Alfred Merritt Smith, state engineer of Nevada, was always gracious and dignified in his dealings with the Federal Government, but he was not soft when it came to protecting Nevada's water rights. He complimented * As this is written in 1963, Bridge Canyon Dam has not yet been authorized by Congress, and Glen Canyon Dam, while nearing completion, remains a long time away from producing power. |
