Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-04-30


heretofore, and cruises that have been
made in timber lands as indicated by
the schedules herewith submitted
which disclose the defrauding of the
people of the state out of vast sums of /
money by incompetent and dishonest
cruisers, show the imperative necessity
for the adoption of such remedial legis-
lation as we here suggest. This is in
line with the policy pursued by every
large timber owner in the state at the
present time, many of whom have had
their timber cruised by different cruis-
ers from four to six times.
Great Loss by the State.
"The committee further finds that
under the prevailing laws governing the
lease of state lands great loss has
been and is being sustained by the
state. We believe that the plan of
leasing farm lands or city lots, and al
lowing the lessees to place improve
ments thereon, for which they are to be
reimbursed at the time of sale, is great
ly to the detriment of the state. We
have found that property on which i'm
provements of any considerable value
have been placed by lessees seldom sells
for more than the appraised valuation,
while land of the same general charac-
ter, with no improvements, will often
bring from three to four times the price
of that upon which improvements have
been placed. We therefore recommend
that if any land is to be leased here
after, the Improvements which are made
on the same shall become the property
of the state, and the lessee shall in no
way have any claim for the same.
Use of Logging Rights of Way.
80 We recommend that in all future
grants of rights of way for logging
purposes or logging railroads across
state lands, the state impose as an ad-
ditional obligation on the part of the
grantee the duty TO carry for grantees
Of other state lands or his successors in
interest such timber or timber products
as are tributary to the logging road or
logging railroad constructed upon OF
across state lands, during the period of
its active operation.
Legislation TO this end should be
carefully safeguarded. II would not be
fair, for instance, TO require such
grantees to become common carriers for
all persons, nor would il be fair to
compel them TO maintain their roads
and equipment and impose upon them
the duty TO carry if their own opera
tions in the territory had ceased. Al
act might be drawn containing the con
diti0ns above suggested, providing thai
timber and timber products Offered
should be carried at such rates al
might be agreed upon between the car
rier and the grantees Of the state OF
their successors in interest, providing
further that Ia the event Of failure Z,
agree upon the terms Of carriage, sHel
terms might be fixed by the railroad
commission, but Ia 40 event 10 be les
than the cost Of service, with a defnit,
percentages OF profit and that q car
rlage Of timber or timber products fol
the grantees Of the state lands should
NOT constitute the carrier q common
carrier nor require ID 70 furnish trans
portation for the public generally.
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