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Show 8TATB ENGINEER, COLORADO 43 Park, Colorado, from construction of large reservoirs along the lower reaches of the river. The Colorado River Compact was framed at Santa Fe, New Mexico, in November, 1922, following extensive hearings held in various parts of the Colorado River Basin and Washington, D. C, during 1921-22, and prior meetings, of the League of the Southwest in 1919-20-21. Legislative enactment by Congress of the United States and the various states providing for the Compact method of settlement were made in 1921. The respective legislatures of the six states of California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming ratified the Compact at regular legislative sessions during the year 1923. In Arizona public opinion has been evenly divided.for and against the Colorado River Compact. Opportunity for ratification is not closed and it is hoped that Arizona will ultimately ratify the pact. Colorado's engineering study and field investigation of present irrigated and future irrigable areas of the Western Slope were very comprehensive and occupied two years, being made in 1921-22, by R. I. Meeker. A large amount of data concerning stream-flow, reservoir opportunities, location of projects, and related data of the Colorado River Basin are on file in the State Engineer's office. The following commissioners represented their respective states and the United States: For the United States-Herbert Hoover. For the State of Arizona-W. S. Norviel. For the State of California-W. F. McClure. For the State of Colorado-Delph E. Carpenter. For the State of Nevada-J. E. Scrugham. For the State of New Mexico-Stephen B. Davis, Jr. For the State of Utah-R. E. Caldwell. For the State of Wyoming-Frank C. Emerson. La Plata River Compact The complete text of the La Plata River Compact will be found in the 21st Biennial Report of this office, pp 21-24. The preamble of the La Plata River Compact is worded as follows: "The State of Colorado and the State of New Mexico, desiring to provide for the equitable distribution of the waters of the La Plata River and to remove all causes of present and future controversy between them with respect thereto, and being moved by considerations of interstate comity, pursuant to acts of their respective Legislatures, have resolved to conclude a compact for these purposes and have named as their Commissioners: "Delph E. Carpenter, for the State of Colorado, and "Stephen B. Davis, Jr., for the State of Xew Mexico." |
