Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-10-09
Mr.. AINSLlE'S BILL.
BY WHICH HE PROPOSES TO GRE.
ATE A GIGANTIC MONOPOLY.
That Will Own all the Water In the
Great Snake River and its Tributa.
ries.
fOmcisl copy.l

January ~, 1867. Reau twice, re-
ferred to the Committee on the Pub
lie Lands, and ordered to be print
ed.
Mr.. Ainslie introduced the follow
ing bill:
A bill relating to the Idaho Land and
Irrigation Company, and providing
for the reclamation of arid lands in
Idaho Territory.
Whereas, the Idaho Land and Irri.
CATION Company has been incorpora-
ted under the laws of Idaho Territory
for the purpose of digging, owning,
and maintaining canals and bitches in
the Territory of Idaho, and of direct
ing thereto, from living and natural
streams, water-courses, and springs,
water, and of selling or otherwise dis
posing Of and utilizing the same in
the reclamation of arid lands, and for
such other uses and purposes as may
be deemed practicable and advisable,
and of acquiring and reclaiming
waste lands, and improving, selling or
otherwise disposing of the same:
Therefore,
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the Uni
ted States Of America in Congress as
sembled, That the right is hereby
granted to the said Idaho Land and
Irrigation Company to locate, con-
struct, and forever maintain canal
or canals, with lateral branches run
ming therefrom, on both sides of Snake
river, including the streams jutting
into said Snake river. also Boise river,
and streams jutting into said Boise riv-
er atsuch points on said Snake river and
Boise river as from the topography of
the country may be deemed most
suitable for diverting the waters of
said rivers and streams; said canal to
commence at or near the American
Falls, on Snake river, SO as to irrigate
all the arid lands lying on the south
side of said Snake river from a point
known as American Falls, on said
Snake river down to the mouth of
Malheur river, below old Fort Boise /;
also from living streams and springs
and Boise river, to flow and reclaim
all arid land lying between said Snake
river and the Middle Fork of Boise
river down to where the main Boise
river puts into the Snake river,
bitches and canals to be taken out of
said streams and Boise river at such
points as may be practicable to irri-
gate and reclaim said arid lands lying
between said Snake and Boise rivers
from the American Falls on Snake
river, north to point on the Middle
Fork of Boise river known as Allan
ia, down said streams and west to the
confluence of the said Snake and
Boise rivers; and the said company
shall have the right to locate, con-
struct, and maintain lateral or branch
canals from the main or head canal
wherever water may be needed for ir-
rigating the desert lands in said val
leys as above described; and said COM
pany shall have the exclusive right to
appropriate, flow, divert, and distrib-
ute the waters of said rivers and
streams for the purpose of irrigating
the lands Of said valleys, and to charge
and collect from parties using such
water reasonable tolls; and also the
right to construct and maintain such
dams, sluices, and locks in said rivers
and streams, and such aqueducts, tun-
nels, and fumes in said canals and
lateral branches as may be necessary
to flow, divert and distribute said wa
ters; and said company shall have
the right to enter upon and
take from the public lands any rock,
earth, and other material that may be
required for the construction of said
dams, canals, fumes, aqueducts, or in
the maintenance thereof; and shall
also have the right, wherever the said
canals and branches pass through the
public lands, to take, occupy and use
the public lands as right of way for
said canals and branches, not exceed
ing two hundred feet in width on
either side thereof, and also the like
right of way over and through any
lands owned by individuals; and in
case the owners Of such individual OF
private lands and the said company
shall not be able to agree upon the
value of the land SO taken, then the
said company may condemn such
lands according to the provisions and
requirements of the act of Congress
approved July 2, 1864, entitled "An
act to amend an act entitled AN act
to aid in the construction of rail.
road and telegraph line from the Mis-
souri, river to the Pacific ocean, and
to secure to the government the use
of the same for postal, military and
other purposes approved July /,
1862"
SEC. 2. That the said company shall
have the right to construct said main
canals sufficiently large to afford q