The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1903-02-13
CLEARWATER BOOMING Gill

CLEARWATER BOOMING gill
Measure = 6ooa Clearwater Meets with lsesi
OPpssltiea--points In The Controversy b..
'iasd-O Great impertaaes 70 lswisssa.
A measure known rs the Clearwater
Boom bill was introduced in The senate
Wednesday BY Senator Crum aud referred
to the committee on state affairs The
bill Is drawn to give the Clearwater Tim
Der company, limited, franchise 10 con-
struct and maintain booms. piers. cribs.
and other structures which may be nee
essary In the logging, booming and mill
ing operations to be conducted by the
company on the Clearwater at the Porter
and Delsol sloughs. The bill is another
successive step in the plans maturing for
some time past for locating great mill.
ing interest on the property now held by
the Porter syndicate located directly east
Of the city. Mr.. Porter in behalf Of hia
associates is in Boise to further the inter-
ests Of the bill
Telegrams received from Boise are to
the effect that the bill had no par.
ticular opposition except from G. W.
Thompson and others he had interested
to tight the measuve. News ol this
reaching Lewiston was the occasion Of .
joint session Of the Lewiston city council
and the governing board Of the Commer.
cial club held last Wednesday afternoon.
After full discussion Of the merits of the
bill the joint session passed a resolution
favoring the measure ~ originally
drafted, which resolution was transmitted
to the Nez Perce delegation that evening
by telegram.
The point Of contention is over the
third and fourth paragraphs Of the bill
which read as follows.
''Section 3--That the works authorized
by this act shall be so constructed and
maintained that the same will not un.
reasonably obstruct or interfere with the
free navigation Of said river, and the free
watef craft Of any description down or ur
said river; that the works authorized bJ
this act shall not be constructed or main
tained IN violation Of any statute of ths
United States or Of any regulations Of ths
war department Of the United States.
Section 4-This act shall not authorize
said corporation or It's successors TO i'm
pose or collect any tolls or charges upor
logs, timber or RATS, boats or water Graf
Of any description, belonging to others
passing down or up said river. nor shal
| said corporation Or its successors he re-
quired to receive or hold in or pas
through its said works, logs timber o.
RATS, boats or water craft belonging 4
others, 30 long As said works are 30 main
tanned as to afford reasonably free aut
unobstructed passage to the same up aut
down said river.
Mr.. Thompson and his associates con
tend that these sections give the corpora
ton an exclusive franchise OF the river 4
the detriment of other companies tha
might in the future want to operate mill
here or run logs past the booming place
Of the company, and Mr.. Thompson's po
sition rs stated by Mr.. Hurlbut. his $3.50
ciate here, is to have the bill amended L
obviate these objections.
These matters were gone over in detsi
at the meeting held by the city counci
and the commercial club which resulted
in the resolution to support the bill a
drafted. Mr.. Thompson is preparing
state ment for publication defining his pc
sition which he claims is desire to drai
bill which is in Substance the law Of al
the logging streams in the countries i
the east.
The passing Of the measure il one {
vital interest to Lewiston and public fee
ing has been wrought up over the fii'
cussion aud Developments will be watche
with unusual interest.