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CALIFORNIA DEFENDANTS Exhibit No. 1701-J Identification: Aug. 6, 1957 Admitted: Aug. 6, 1957 Gila Project, Arizona Analysis of Federal Construction Costs Allocated to Irrigation, and Proposed Repayment* (Irrigation Construction Cost less Distribution Costs less Drainage Costs) Structures Diversion Works, Canals & pumps. Construction cost (Allocated to irrigation- Gila Project features) $30,342,8851 Davis Dam costs allocated to irrigation 13,646,0112 Total $43,988,896 Acres to be irrigated 115,0003 Construction cost per acre $ 382 Construction costs to be repaid in 60 yrs. by Gila Project, approx. $25,000,0004 Percentage of construction cost to be repaid approx.: of total construction cost (incl. of Davis Dam allocation) 57% of cost of Gila Project features 81% 1Report of Hearings on Interior Department appropriations for fiscal year 1955 before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, p. 917 (See Appendix p. 12.) Total cost $51,131,309 Less cost of distribution and drainage facilities 20.788,424 Balance $30,342,885 2This amount representing part of the cost of Davis Dam Project appears to have been allocated to Gila Project to be paid by Parker-Davis power revenues. See "Repayment Histories and Payout Schedules, 1952," Bureau of Reclamation, page 145, and Report on Bullshead Dam Project, House Doc. 186, 77th Cong., 1st Sess., 1941. (See Appendix pp. 13-17.) 3Public Law 272, 80th Cong., 1st Sess. (1947). (See Appendix pp. 18-19.) 4Computed from data in Report cited in Footnote 1, and from Public Law 394, 84th Cong., 2d Sess. and Dept. of the Interior Information Service release 4662, April 5, 1956. (See Appendix pp. 20-24.) *This table does not purport to include private investments and repayments.