Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1919-10-24

ACCEPTANCE FOR THE PUR-
POSE OF OPERATION, because
the contract with the state express
~ provides that the transfer to
and the operation by the Big Wood
Company SHALL NOT IN ANY
MANNER LESSEN THE RE
SPONSIBILITY OF THE IDAHO
IRRIGATION COMPANY with ref
erence to the terms of this contract
NOR. SHALL SUCH CONSENT
UPON THE PART OF THE
STATE LAND BOARD BE CON
STRUED AS A FINAL ACCEPT
ANCE of such portion of such ca
nal, il being always understood
that the acceptance Of said irriga-
ton system shall be in its entirety"
Mr.. Bissell says: II HE ACTUAL
COST or OPERATION AND
MAINTENANCE IS SAID TO BE
BETWEEN $500 AND $500. all
Of which is now paid by the Com
pany except the 35c collected from
the settlers" and later THE PRES
ENT MAINTENANCE or THE
PROJECT IS ABOUT s250.O00.00
A YEAR
THE AVERAGE COST OF
MAINTENANCE AND OPERA
TON DURING THE PAST FOUR
YEARS DOES NOT EXCEED 800
10000. and this fact can be verified
by an examination of the records
in the office of the Commissioner
of Reclamation. The report Of the
State Auditor of December 16. 1917,
above referred to says: I'VE find
the cost of maintenance and oper-
ating expenses during the past two
years to have been as follows:
1916 --.--....-.-........-.......---- $4,000 20
1917 approximately $50. 10000
THE ACTUAL COST, therefore. for
the total acreage under contract
HAS BEEN ABOUT s1.00 AN
ACRE INSTEAD OF $500 OR $500
Mr.. Bissell read from a report by
Mr.. Rays to the bondholders of the
Company: THE PRESENT
MAINTENANCE OF THE PRO I
JECT IS ABOUT s250, 10000. OF
WHICH s27,OOO.0O GOES TO
MAINTAIN AN OFFICE IN NEW
YORK"
Mr.. Bissell states that these figures
were taken from the report of the
Vice President and General Man /
ager and official authenticity is
therefore. implied. If the figures /
are taken from the Company's re- /
port TO the bondholders Of Deem I.
Der 81. 1917. which we assume they |
are, WE CHALLENGE MR. BIS 1
SELL TO SHOW Us ANY WAR (
RANT FOR THE STATEMENT ,
THAT THE PRESENT MAIN /
TENANCE Is ABOUT $3.50 600 90 I
4 YEAR" OR ANY OTHER
AMOUNT. OF WHICH s27.OO0OO (
GOES TO MAINTAIN AN OFFICE /
IN NEW YORK" Under Cash F.!
Disbursements" for the year 1917. Z
there is an item
Legal, New York. Chicago and =.
Trust Company Expense and Mis- 4
cellaneous Expenditures. S27. 10000 +
Mr.. Bissell's statement that the
maintenance and operation expense
for the project is charged with an
item of S27 100000 for supporting an
office in New York is absolutely
false. as the report plainly shows
The same report shows that only
SS,66S1s was paid for the same pur-
pose in 1916 and also THAT
THESE EXPENDITURES COVER
ALL LEGAL, EXECUTIVE
TRUST COMPANY AND OTHER
EXPENSES IN CHICAGO AND
NEW YORK. THE MAINTE-
NANCE AND OPERATION AC-
COUNT HAS NEVER BEEN
CHARGED WITH ANYTHING
EXCEPTING LEGITIMATE LO-l
CAL EXPENSE FOR MAINTAIN
ING AND OPERATING THE SYS-
TEN.
MIR. Bissell says: Since the or
ganization of the Farmers Protec-
tive League. THE COMPANY HAS
BY ITS ACTIVITIES BEEN COM
PEELED TO SPEND MORE
THAN 4 MILLION DOLLARS ON
CONSTRUCTION WORK on
project WHICH THEY HAD
CLAIMED BEFORE THE STATE
LAND BOARD WAS ALREADY
COMPLETED. HAD THE PRO-
JECT BEEN THROWN ON TO
THE SETTLERS IN 1915. THIS
1000. 10000 WOULD HAVE
COME FROM THE POCKETS OF
THE SETTLERS"
THE COMPANY DID NOT REP
RESENT ON APRIL "a. 1916.
THAT THE PROJECT WAS CON-
PLETED. 1t asked the State Land
Board to order the State Engineer
to make an examination TO DE-
TERMINE TO WHAT EXTENT 1T
WAS NOT COMPLETED. When
sometime later the State Engineer
reported that there was no money
in the Carey Act trust
fund with which to make the exam
ination. the Company's offer to ad-
vance the sum of 100000 FOR
THE PURPOSE OF EMBEDDING :
THE EXAMINATION WAS AC-f
cEPTED BY THE BOARD. and be-
fore IL was completed THE COM
PANN HAD LOANED TO THE