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Show 1 7193 5174 ( Pages 156 and 157 of report referred to are as follows:) " 156 PROBLEMS OF IMPERIAL VALLEY AND VICINITY. DOLORES PROJECT. " Irrigable area, 80,000 acres or more. " Mean annual temperature, 45. " Mean annual precipitation, 14 inches. " Precipitation during growing season, 7 inches. " Elevation, 6,000 to 6,500 feet. " Interval between killing frosts, 125 days. " Transportation, Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, narrow gage; nearest station, Dolores, 20 to 60 miles. " IRRIGATION PLAN. -- The Dolores reservoir is to be built on Dolores River just below mouth of Beater Creek, about 10 miles downstream from town of Dolores. Present water level is to be raised 230 feet and di-version to be made 173 feet above stream bed, leaving 120,000 acre- feet of active storage. The canal will follow the south side of the canyon for 14 miles and pass with a 4,800- foot tunnel to the headwaters of Montezuma Creek in the San Juan Basin. From this point the main canal branches to the south and north- |