The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-02-14
Canal Development Turned Over
to Central Washington In
vestment Company
WILL. SPEND THOUSANDS
IN MAKING ENLARGEMENT
Stockholders Reserve the Right to
Re-enter and Take Possession
at Any Time If Contract IL Not
Carried Out

Efrhty-five thousand dollars are to
be spent within the next Ave years on
the Selah and Mckee canal. This
was decided Thursday when unani-
NOUS approval was given by the
stockholders Of the Selah and Mckee
canal company to an agreement be-
tween that company and the Central
Washington Investment and Power
company under which the latter body
takes over the canal. This settles a
problem which has long puzzled the
farmers under the canal and been a
worry to the Central Washington In
vestment people, who are developing
q large area of land in the Mckee
1t means, moreover, elaborated de-
velopmert of the canal with ample
water for the acreage above the ditch
and the possibility of the manufac-
ture of electricity for light and power
purposes. 1t transfers the burden of
operation and maintenance Of the
canal from the stoclxholder and plac-
% it upon the shoulders Of George S.
. Rankin and his associates in pro-
posed development in the Mckee.
Stockholders Retain Right
The stockholders retain the right
10 re-enter and take possession of the
canal at any time that the Washing
ton Investment and Power company
fails or neglects or refuses to carry
out the obligations made with the
stockholders. These obligations are
primarily the delivery of water for
irrigation under terms agreed upon
between the parties. Five years time
or until the beginning of the irriga
ton season of 1917, are given to Mr..
Rankin and his associates to carry
forward the development of the canal
and to procure additional water rights
for the obligations they have under
taken. 1t 10 stipulated that in the
meantime the canal shall always car
~ during the irrigation season all
the water represented by existing
water rights and appropriations and
that there shall not be taken from the
canal for use on the 1,7O0 acres of
the Central Washington Investment
company to exceed four cubic feet of
water per second for 1912; five cubic
feet per second for 1913; six for 1914,
seven for 1915 and eight for 1916.
Big Annual Investment
year each year for the next five are
to be expended by the Central Wash
tngton Investment company in the
care, maintenance, enlargement, re-
pair and betterment of the canal and
thereafter there is to be expended as
much money as Is necessary to keep
the canal in good repair and condi-
ton for the delivery of water and 1t
is expressly agreed that the present
wood flume, NOW forming part of
the canal, shall be entirely replaced
by April 1, 1917, with a combination
steel trough 1t is also required that
the ditch be concerted or otherwise
properly lined at points where seep-
age is extensive. There are also
agreements with reference to the en-
1arging of the canal. both above and
below the f1ume.
Holding Company Is Bonded
For the faithful performance OF
the conditions as set forth in the con-
tract, the Central Washington Invest
ment and Power company is required
to give bond in the sum of $4,000,
satisfactory to Henry J. Snively, who
Is the attorney for the stockholders
of the Selah and Mckee canal. The
stockholders of the canal agree to
pay an assessment of SO per share
for the carriage and delivery to them
Of their irrigation water, this charge
to be reduced If electric power IS
developed by means of the water in
the canal, either above or below the
Gelah Gap.