The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1914-09-11
Ditch Directors Meet.

The Board OF directors OF tine NampA
a Meridian Irrigation District held reg
uiar meeting for the month OF septem-
bsr at the Office OF the Board in Nampa,
Idaho, on the first day Of September,
lYf$.
These present were; Dan Barker and
u. II. Dewey, directors; q. A. Reming
ten, secretary; "A. Il. McE.lFoy, attorney
Cor the district.
n. g. Horn, consulting engineer, Of
Boise, Idaho, submitted TO the Board Of
Directors the following report In addi-
fion 10 the one submitted under date OF
July IA, 1914, and the sans was read
and ordered placed On iIle, q copy Of the
report being a. foIlows;
Gentlemen After examination on sur
yeys, probes. cross.sections, piats and
plano for drainage system in the Nam
pasMeriaiAn Irrigation System ~ pro-
posed by the u. 3. Reclamation Service,
and the conditions under which the said
Irrigation District may secure such
drainage system, I am satisfied that the
investigation has been thoroughly made,
that plans as proposed are on correct
principles and that the terms as propos
"a by the II. s. Reclamation serrics are
correct, just and equitable.
The records show that under this
area there are: Old water right lands,
including small areas served from the
Esssiers and New York Canals, 24,973
acres; u. q. Reclamation Project, 36,bS3
acres; total Of 60sSs6 acres.
The map marked exhibit c. In gem
erai shows the location OF old water
right lands and project lands ia the
tract. and the area excluded from CON
Eidefation In making mp the division OF
costa TO be borne by the district and the
government, respectively.
Exhibit b., small map herewith,
shows IN general the swamped, or water
logged areas. ON this map Is shown in
red an estimate Of increase in area that
will have water from O. to o. below the
surface by November 1913 as determined
by the government engineers. These
sxhibitc, "Br and aC', have been sup
piled by MIR. Weymouth, supervising
engineer Of the Reclamation service,
and have been compared by me with
the large map referred 10 by Mfr. Wey-
mouth and serve to show, generally, the
locations referred TO. In detail, the
government records show that ut the
end of 1913 there were 2, 100 accres of
old water right lands water.logged and
lisa acres oil project lands water-iogged,
making total OF 1880 acres OF water.
logged lands. Estimating from records
and detail topographic survey map np
10 the end 81 1918 that q, $40 acres Of old
water right lands would be water-logged
and $3.50 acres OF project lands would
be In like condition, we would have In
the tract III ,SpS acres OF wAter-loRged
lands, aud IL the total cost OF drainage
Ii divided In proportion 70 these areas,
the result win be AZ follows: Cost To
government, S2ss,0oO; Cost to district,
ssO10O0; Total, ess7,000.
or II taken in total relative areas on
the project lands and the old water right
lands In the entire tract, the following
diyision win be the result: Project
lands, 1855 acres; Old water right
lsnds, 24,973 acres; Total acreage under
consideration, 6o,SS6 acres. Portion Of
cost 10 be paid by the government,
$3z7 900; Portion Of cost TO be paid by
the Nampa Il Meridian Irrigation Dis
triet, $500 600; Total, SssI 900.
In the first division OF cost shown
shove il ~ assumed that the amounts to
be paid BY the respective parties should
be In proportion to che areas OF damag-
ed lands which viii be benefited by the
drainage works. The second il based
ON the argument that all the lande in
the tract may be considered rs con-
tributoEy TO thu injury, consequently the
cost should be equally proportional over
all the acreage. In my opinion one ar
gument is as strong as the other, and in
view OF this fact il is apparent that IL
would be fair 70 all the water users, both
in the district and in the government
project, il the mean Of these two sets of
figures should be agreed upon. In this
event the division Of cost would be as
follows: Portion to be paid by the gov
eminent. s29l, 600; Portion to be paid by
the Nampa- Meridian Irrigation District,
sz60.OoO; Total, ss57, 900.
ON this basis the government will pay
per acre OF the total acreage in its por-
tion OF the tract the amount Of s6.l7,
aud the District will pay si0.65 per acre
Of tbs total acreage in its portion OF the
tract Approximately 10 per cent Of
the government lands will be benefited.
and about % per cent Of the lands Of
the District.
The contract, as drawn, contemplates
this division 1.-THE mean Of the first two
sets Of fgures,) and the difference in
the cost per acre il due to the differ
snce in the percentage OF the areas
benefited in the respective portions OF
the tract.
The above figures ars all in accord
ance with MI. Weymouth's deductions.
have not been able 10 find any reason
for doubling their accuracy, and the de-
auctions are just. The various condi.
tions imposed by the contract on the
various parties do not call fer special
comment here. ! have gone over the
provisions carefully and found no un,
reasonable conditions required by the
Reclamation service.
Respectfully submitted,
r. G. HORN,
Consulting Engineer.
The bills were allowed on the main
tenance fund to the amount o
sl7eo.70.
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