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THE IRRIGATION AGE. 



LEASES WATER POWER. 



The secretary of the interior exe- 

 cuted a contract on behalf of the 

 government with Wonder Electric 

 and Power Company, of Philadelphia, 

 whereby the latter company leases for 

 a term of ten years, beginning May 

 11, 1911, the right to develop and 

 utilize the water power located on the 

 main canal of the Truckee-Carson proj- 

 ect, Nevada, at or near a point where 

 the waters delivered by the canal are 

 discharged into Carson river. The 

 maximum rate of discharge at the 

 point for the purpose of this lease is 

 not to exceed 500 acre-feet per day 

 except under exceptional circum- 

 stances. The contract provides that 

 the government is to receive 10J/2 

 cents per acre-foot for water delivered 

 and utilized. 



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