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<br /> <br />;[" <br />, ';;,:l..~;. <br />.' ':;f-;.':~ <br />.. ,.,'-''>.." <br />~.~";-S: <br />, <br /> <br />,i <br /> <br /> <br />lower end. is not adequate to make use or water available in North Fork. To <br />a certain extent. ther1ilfore. enlargement is a proper charge against a pa.rt <br />at least of the lands presently served~ <br /> <br />In view of these ind.etel'lllinate factors the only practicable basis <br />for assessing cost of the canal iIl1provement seems to be a unif'ol'lll division <br />of that cost over all the lands involved. <br /> <br />It is possible of' course, to detel'llline from the cost of 'Spring <br />Creek reservoir the value of an acre foot of its storage capacity. Along <br />wi th this capaci'ty however, is joined the <lirect flaw and storage that will <br />be transferred to upper lands OIl Leroux Creek. which because. of the substan- <br />tial benefits these lands willreeeive,seems to require that the upper lands <br />shall share in the cost of' the pr()jeet~ <br /> <br />A great deal of time and hard thinking could. be spent in trying <br />to arrive at values 'Uhieh 1I/0111d be fair in one or another of the hundreds of <br />individual situations invoJ.ved in the projeet. but it is not probable that <br />eoncrete values could be worked out in more than.a few eases. The marginal <br />eases. both .on upper and lewel,' lands. probably could Ilotparticfpate in <br />such dete1'lllinations e:lCeept upon ill11l'lllll that 'Irould be praetieally prohib- <br />itive; <br /> <br />Certain sound gener:al principalll do. however, se$lll1 clear. No <br />matter lIhere the lands are loeated all of them are definitely and to a <br />oertain degree eq)lally, dependent upon the building of the project works.' <br />Even .the very few who now have entirely adequate vater rights would be <br />relieved of muoh time and neoessary e:x:pense in maintenanoe of numerous <br />Leroux Creek reservoirs and ditohes. Those 1rlth poor present water rights <br />would. have to IlUbsortbe to a greater part of the. projeot oost; <br /> <br />By the method proposed, or enlarging the capital stock of the <br />Fire Mountain Company. and making ilhe neoessary stook subscriptions the <br />basi'S;, for individual repaymel!lt contracts~the .neoessary differentiatic)J!l <br />between individuals oan at least be appro:x:i.mated. espeoiallY in view of <br />the obligation to l1e assumed by the ;whole campany. and a t l'Ouble some <br />'attempt to evaluate the water transferred to upper Leroux Creek lends <br />. CIUl be aVQi ded. <br /> <br />If in addition upper lands assume. all cost Qf 0pe;J."atien and <br />maintenance of Leroux Creele and OVerland. reservoirs l-eaving the Operation <br />and maintenanoe of the naw canal to users under it. the closts of Such <br />operation andmaintenanoe will progably be quite fairly divided. <br /> <br />Projeot .Area <br /> <br />The ultimate area involved oon.sisvs of <br /> <br />Lands below Fire Mountain Canal . . . <br />Lands above Fire Mountain Canal . . . <br />Total Irrigahle Area 0 . . .. . <br />Less lands 1rl th adequate water .. <br /> <br />8.642 AC. <br />4.910 AC. <br />13.552 AC. <br />1.(),2 AG. <br /> <br />Nlfi' PROJ"ECT 1\I-lEA. . . <br /> <br />. 0) . . <br /> <br />. 12.500 AC <br /> <br />-8- <br />