The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-01-27
Contract for American Falls Dam is Submitted
to Upper Valley Farmers

construction or said reservoir, anu sho
use and benefit thereof shall have
been received, and the first ana sec
ond payments made thereon, as hereih
nrovided and after determining the
amount of storage desired for pro-
nosed government. reclamation pro-
iects. shall determine the size OF the
reservoir to be constructed and VIII
send the Contractor statement OF
the approximate height of the Dam:
SO decided upon, and his estimate OF
the storage capacity which VIII pe
made available thereby, provided tnat
if after the said statement has peen
issued. other parties shall desire 10
participate in the construction OF the
said reservoir, the Secretary OF the
Interior, il he deem 1T advisable, may
admit them to such partlclpatlon Oh
terms not more favorable TO sucn par
ties than the terms PROVIDED IN Inns
contract. and in that event ne snali
re-determine the size of the reservoir
to be constructed, and will send the
Contractor a revised statement OF the
approximate height of the dam, ana
4 revised estimate Of the storage ca
pacity. which will be made avaliaDie
thereby, and this statement and esti-
mate shall supersede any statements
and estimates previously issued.
II. The Contractor will pay to the
United States in installments, as mere
matter provided the proportionate
share sof the total cost OF said reser-
voir
acre-feet is OF the total storage capaci-
ty Of the said proposed reservoir as
estimated In the said statement Of the
Secretary Of the Interior, and shall pc
entitled to the use and benefit OF the
same prOp0rtiOnate share OF the stor-
age capacity made available BY the
construction Of said reservoir. TO be
used in exchange for an equal amount
of water from jackson Lake Reser-
yoir, the said total cost Of said Ameri-
can Falls Reservoir to include allscost
and expense of whatsoever nature or
kind in connection with, growing out
Of or resulting from the construction
! Of said reservoir including the cost
equipment, engineering, superintend-
ence, administration and overhead ex-
ipense, and the cost and expense OF
rights, property; rights Of way and
damages 0f whatever kind.
TIA. That the first instanment shall
be ten cents ($.10D per acre-foot, which
shall be paid by the Contractor to the
United States at the time this con-
tract is signed by the Contractor. and
transmitted to the United States at the
time this contract is signed by the
Contractor, and transmitted to the
United States for acceptance and ap-
prevail of the contract by the Secretary
of the Interior, the Contractor will pay
to the United States the sum of.........--.
............. Dollars,
being at the rate of two ($2.O0) dol
lars pei acre-foot of the storage capac-
ity applied for by the Contractor, as
the second installment, toward the cost
of said reservoir and thereafter the
Director of the U. S. Reclamation
Service, the Chief of Construction, or
the Engineer of the U. S. Reclama-
ton Service in immediate charge of
the construction of the said reservoir, |
will make quarterly estimates of the
amount of money needed for each
three months period, and at least six
ty COO days prior to the beginning of |
the quarterly or three months period
for which such estimate is made, will
notify the Contractor of the amount |
of money needed for use during such
quarter and at least thirty 900 days
prior to the beginning of such quar-
ter, the Contractor will pay to the
United States its pro-rata share of the
total amount so estimated to be needed
Contractor to pay the same proportion
ate part of each quarterly estimate
which 1t has agreed to pay of the to-
tai cost of the reservoir, i. e., the pro-
pOrtiOnate part which,.
feet
Is of the total capacity of the pro-
posed reservoir as estimated by the
Secretary of the Interior in the said
statement provided for, in paragraph
i6 thereof, provided that if the said :,
second installment shall not ye re- !
'eived on sufficient number of con-
racts to make it possible to build =,
| reservoir of six hundred thousand :
500, 000) acre-feet at American Falls,
hen at any time after the expiration =
4 nine CD months after the Contrac- =
or shall have been notified Of the y ;.
pproval of this contract by the Secre- :
airy of the Interior the said second !,
'ayment of two $4,000 dollars per y
.cre-foot will be refunded to the a
contractor upon its demand and the :.
ontract thereby cancelled; but it Is !
Understood and agreed that the said :,
irst payment of ten cents ($11O)
er acre-foot will probably. by that q,
me, have been spent and will not be .,
but will be forfeited by the g.
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10. Upon the completion of the said q
merican Falls Reservoir, the Direc- r.
or of the u, S. Reclamation Service h,
nall make statement of the total
ost and expense of the said reservoir 90
lcluding all the items hereinbefore ar
lentloned as chargeable as part of n
he cost and expense Of said reservoir, in
nd the Contractors pro-rata share 81
hereof in the proportion above speci- m
ed, and If the amount chargeable to gr