Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-08-19

The lewiston -Waha company will
nropose to enter into a contract with
The city of Lewiston to supply the
municipality with water from the Wa
Ia springs at rate below the cost of
humping into the high reservoirs ana
of operating a filtration plant, which
will become a necessity If the supply
il continued to be taken from the
Clearwater river.
The above information has been
made public by Mr.. w. p. Hurlbut,
nres dent of the Waha-Lewiston Land
and Water company, who recently re-
turned from an extended visit in New
York where he financed the irrigation
nroiect of the Waha- Lewiston Land
and Water company and secured the
necessary funds with which to con-
struct the electric railroad from Lew
iston to Nezperce and Grangeville and
TO develop the power plant on the Sal
mon river.
The company has now expended over
100000 in the irrigation construction
anu &11O,VUC III Tie puL
chase of land and right of way for the
irrigation pipe lines. Mr.. Huribut has
announced that within fe wweeks or
after the harvest has been completed
camps will be opened on the irriga-
ton project and work commenced on
large scale with the view of having
several thousand acres under irr1ga-
ton by next years planting season.
He has also defln tely stated that be-
fore the close of the year active con-
meneed on the Lewiston and South
eastern line from Lewiston to Nez-
perce and Grangeville, and that it will
be the purpose of the electric company
to be able 10 enter the field for busi-
mss before the close of another year.
One of the first developments in the
construction of the irrigation project
was the driving of a system Of tun-
nels near Lake Waha at a point where
large spring was breaking from the
has, in fact, astonished the promoters
of the scheme, for from a spring of
perhaps few hundred gallons of wa
ter day the work has developed a
gushing torrent which is sending forth
over 100000 gallons every "a hours.
1t is this water that the company
has planned for the domestic use of
the residents of the irrigated lands be-
tween Lewiston and Waha, and 1t is
from these springs. that the company
will propose to fiji the reservoirs of
the city Of Lewiston. The water will
be conveyed from the springs by pipe
line through the irrigated districts, and
If contracts with the city are nego-
tiated, the line will be extended to the
reservoirs and the citizens of Lewiston
supplied W tn the pure mountain water )
The reports of the water department
show that the city last year used ap-
proximately 450,000,000 gallons, anc
with the construction of the new sewer
and other improvements which will In
crease the city's demands for water,
1t is estimated the annual consumption
Will equal 55O,oOO,OOO gallons.
The Waha-L Lewiston company will
propose contract for minimum con-
sumption of 6Oo,OO0,OO0 gallons per
year. and will submit a proposition to
the council in which is made known
What sum per thousand gallons they
VIII ask for such service.
The estimate of Engineer Walter
Graves OF the Waha- Lewiston COM
pany shows the nearest approach tc
ne city of the company's pipeline will
oe nine miles and the cost of extend
mg pipeline from this point to the
Guys reservoirs would be about $685..
ZSIO' this line having capacity o1
mree and one-half millions of gallon!
ua'ly' or sufficient flow to supply g
'''y OF $4,000 people.
IN speaking of the proposition and iti
interest to the citizens of Lewiston
MI Hurlbut sad
we are making every preparation
" active work. and we must know
V soon whether the citizens o.
lewiston desire this water, because i
all utilized on our lands, I SCI
~ possibility of Lewiston ever obtain
I 1t in the future. rs we canno
away from the lands after
IN to serve them, either legal,
nom business standpoint. 1 viii
very candid in saying that ]. botl
~ M 'he standpoint of an officer o
=. company and as citizen Of Lew
am anxious that this water sup
y aVailed of. In my opinion it !
opportunity we cannot AFFORD to los
be 80 basis of compensation ca