Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-11-12
CANNOT APPROVE
REVISED PLANS
ON MACKAY dam
Engineer for the Utah Con-
struction Company States
His Position - Further
Consideration Asked.

J. B. Lippincott, well known engi-
neer, cannot approve the revised plans
for the construction of the Mackay
dam, as presented to the state land
board by the Utah Construction COM
pany. and so states in a letter to l..
e. Dillingham; of Mackay, copy of
which has been received in Boise.
resolution drafted by the Mackay citi-
zens' committee, will be sent to the
state land board asking further con-
sideration of the plans. The refusal
of Mr.. Lippincott to approve them
throws open the Mackay dam contro-
versy again.
Mr.. Lippincotts letter follows:
Mr.. L. L. Dillingham;. Mackay, Idaho:
My dear sir: l wish to acknowledge
receipt of your letters of Oct. 8, IL and
16, 1916, all referring to the Mackay
dam and amended plans and specifi-
cations.
I have gone over this subject again
with my associate, Mr.. E. r. Bowen.
We cannot approve the plans as
amended. We beg leave to take ex-
ception to the statement of the state
engineer in his communication to the
board of land commissioners under
date of Sept. 80, 1915, as follows: 'In
my judgment, the revision complies
fully with the criticisms offered by Mr.
Lippincott on the previous plans sub
mitted."
We. now have four engineers engaged
in the construction of these plans with
long distance correspondence. II this
affair is to he Strengthened out in
some satisfactory way a conference
should be held and plan of inves-
tigation outlined, as recommended by
the board of engineers appointed by
the governor in their report dated
Sept. 2, 1910, and as quoted in my let
ter to you of Aug. 49, 1916. If it were
an easy matter to suggest adequate
remedies. we would freely do so, but
the problem is full of difficulties
am enclosing copy of a letter which
l have written to Mr.. Dillman con-
corning possible conference and of a
letter which Mr.. Dillman wrote me on
this subject. Very truly yours,
j. B. LIPPINCOTT.
Mr.. Geo. L. Dillman, IA Montgomery
Street, San Francisco, Cal:
My Dear Sir: / have your letter Of
Oct 10. There is always more or
about correspondence. 1 certainly put
no such Interpretation on your previ-
GUS communications. as you were APP
prehensive of my doing This discus
sion over the Mackay dam, as you
know, has been rather vigorous and
has lasted through a term Of years,
and I feel that 1 have to act with the
utmost franlSness in my relations with
these clients under the circumstances.
l have now heard from them and
they are willing for me to represent
them in conference with you on this
subject. My judgment is that this
conference should be held at the site
of the dam and attended also by re-
preventative from the state of Idaho.
Probably work ~cannot be started on
this dam now until next spring. SO
that the delay caused by such a con-
ference should not work a hardship.
1t would be pleasure for me to as
sist in arriving at a satisfactory solu-
ton of this matter to all parties, and
! think this study should include the
possibilities of utilizing other reser-
voir sites. Very truly yours,
]. B. LIPPINCOTT.