Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-04-24
Conferences Brtween Mayor
Hays and Representatives
of the Companies Result
in Agreement on Prices.
GENERAL RULES ON
THE USE OF WATER
Economy Will Be Necessary
to Make the Supply Suf-
ficient to Meet Heavy De-
mand - Examination of
Soil Recommended. =.

1t will cost from IS to IS per lot,
for the irrigation and growing season,
for water furnished by either the Boise
Artesian Hot & Cold Water or the
Capital Water companies to those
residents of Boise planning to increase
the production of food stuffs in this
city this year.
Following days of careful investiga-
ton and numerous conferences be-
tween the officers of the city and rep
resentatives of the respective water
companies, Mayor s. H. Hays today
announced the general understanding
that has been reached. He sets forth
the results of these conferences max
ing it safe for those who desire to di-
rect their energies to raising of crops
on lots to proceed with their plans.
Many applications have been re-
ceived by the city building inspector
from residents who desire to turn va
cant lots into beneficial use this spring.
With a tentative understanding as to
what the water tie is to be, the mat
ter of seeding anu cultivating the lots
will from now on proceed vigorously.
The statement of Mayor Hays is as
follows.
MAYORS STATEMENT.
After a number of conferences
with both the Boise Artesian Hot &
Cold Water company and the Capital
Water company, this general result
has been arrived at: Where it is pos
sible for people to take water from the
existing taps, that the additional
amount of water necessary for the
irrigation of crops raised for food
stuffs will be furnished at half price
subject to such reasonable rules and
regula tons as the conditions in each
case may require. 1t is difficult to
lay down full set of rules and regu-
lations at this time because the condi-
lions are different under the two sys.
TENS and because there are a great
many varying conditions under each
of the systems particularly under the
Capital Water company's system. In
a general way, the rules and regula-
tions will be about as follows:
GENERAL RULES.
Il. New taps will not be put
in for the puruose of furnishing
this service unless by some spe-
cial arrangement The reason for
this is that it would be impos-
sible to put in all of the taps re-
CURED within reasonable time
limit and the cost of putting in
the tap would be equal to or
more than the entire cost of the
water for the season. Then
again, the labor necessary for
this work would have to be taken
from some other work now being
done.
%. Where the soil is very
sandy and the persons desiring to
cultivate the soil have not had
any previous experience, careful
examination should be made to
ascertain whether the result would
be satisfactory. If there is not a
reasonable prospect of success,
the work should not be taken up
under these unfavorable condi-
tions.
%. 1t will be necessary to
cconomiZe i'm the use of water and
only use so much water as is
necessary for the production of
the crop. We will have the ad-
vice of the University Extension
department and other specialists
on this feature and articles will
he published from time to time