Letter from Representative Burdick to Walter Burk Regarding Garrison Dam Pool Level, August 10, 1954

This letter, dated August 10, 1954, from United States (US) Representative Usher Burdick to attorney Walter Burk consists of a brief cover note by Burdick explaining that an enclosed letter from E. C. Itschner, Assistant Chief of Engineers for Civil Works, US Department of the Army was requested several days prior, and had only just arrived. In the attached letter, Itschner estimates that the total loss in annual benefits from operating the dam at a pool level of 1,840 feet instead of 1,850 would amount to $1,589,000. See also: Letter from Walter Burk to Laura Page Knudson Regarding Garrison Dam Pool Level, August 2, 1954https://commons.und.edu/burdick-papers/1258/thumbnail.jp