The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-04-24

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An agreement was reached Sat
urday between the Emmett lrriga-
ton District and C. L. Talmadge,
president of the Idaho Consolidated
Power & Utilities Co., whereby the
district grants to the power company
power site about three and one-half
miles below the dam in considera-
ton of the company replacing the
old dam with a new one of approved
type and maintaining free of expense
to the district the dam. headgate and
that part of the canal used in COM
mon.
A supplemental agreement gl aran-
tees to the land owners in the dis
trict electricity at the low rate of 81
per month, measured at the plant;
and to build transmission lines if
desired from the plant to all parts of
the district where desired at an adj
ditional expense equal to per cent
interest on the cost of the lines and
the usual cost of maintenance.
The agreement came as result of
two weeks of negotiations. Saturdays
meeting was largely attended and the
proposition as presented to the board
of directors by Mr. Tallmadge was
all la{ "a Whfla
the desirability of such contract was
evident to every land owner present,
several features were unsatisfactory
because of their indefniteness. A
happy solution of the differences was
secured by the appointment of COM
mittee of five, consisting OF Fred
Colburn, s. ]. Rees, B. C. Bowers,
Tom Whiteside and Ed Skinner, to
confer with Mr.. Talmadge and en-
deavor to settle the disputed points.
The conference proved satisfactory, |
the company acceding to the demands
of land owners to build a new dam
and grant power concessions Upon
reassembling the report of the
committee was approved and the
board of directors authorized to en-
ter into a contract with tn. power
company.
For the information of land owners
in the Emmett Irrigation District,
who were not present, The Index
gives below synopsis of the agree
ment:
The preamble sets forth the ad-
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district by the construction of a new
dam to replace the old one and also
by being relieved of the expense of I
maintaining the headgate and upper
end of the canal.
In consideration of these benefits
and advantage of the parties hereto {
that the company should be given the |
right, privilege and license of en- 9
larging the canal from the intake to Z
a point where the company's power 7
plant is to be located to an extent ]
sufficient to carry the water the q
desires to use for develop q
ing power, in addition to the 438
cubic feet per second which the dis b
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the right to use in perpetuity and in t
common with the district that portion
of the canal to be enlarged.
In consideration of the above named
privileges the company agrees as fol- |
lows: h
First-To enlarge the canal at its d
own expense for a distance of ap- n
three and one-half miles h
from the headgate until it has suf- p
fcient capacity to carry approx b
mately 1900 cubic feet per second of O
water, in addition to that owned by A
.he district. The water belonging to "
he district to have prior right and is
shall be superior to that of the COM Il
oany in said canal W
Second-That the company and its Sc
so long as they shall use W
he canal, shall pay all expenses, out h,
avs and disbursements incurred or &C
.equired to be paid in order to safely at
maintain and operate that portion of tn
he canal used in common. bl
Third-That the company shall pay ql
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