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West Cache Irrigation Company secretary's papers, 1894-1919
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- West Cache Irrigation Company secretary's papers
- Dates
- 1894-1919 (inclusive)18941920
- Quantity
- 4 boxes, (2 linear feet)
- Collection Number
- UUS_COLL MSS 199
- Summary
- Includes documents relating to founding and construction, assessments and bonds, checks and deposit slips, time cards, resolutions, bylaws, contracts, etc.
- Repository
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Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Special Collections and Archives Division
Special Collections & Archives
Merrill-Cazier Library
Utah State University
Logan, UT
84322-3000
Telephone: 4357978248
Fax: 4357972880
scweb@usu.edu - Access Restrictions
-
No restrictions on use, except: not available through interlibrary loan.
- Languages
- English
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Papers include some of the first papers from 1894 when Wood gathered a group of West Side landowners to begin planning the construction of a canal from Bear River to irrigate lands in Cornish, Trenton, Amalga, and Newton, Utah. A block of correspondence with Utah Mortgage and Loan Corporation of Logan explains much of the financing problems of the company. The papers also contain engineer's estimates for various segments of work done on the canal and pay vouchers showing the disbursement of funds for such construction.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances.
Permission to publish material from the West Cache Irrigation Company secretary's Papers must be obtained from the Special Collections and Archives manuscript curator and/or the Special Collections and Archives department head.
Preferred Citation
Initial Citation: West Cache Irrigation Company secretary's Papers USU_COLL MSS 199, Box [ ]. Special Collections and Archives. Utah State University Merrill-Cazier Library. Logan, Utah.
Following Citations: USU_COLL MSS 199, USUSCA.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Arrangement
Arranged by subject matter.
Processing Note
Processed in the fall of 1994 by A.J. Simmonds.
Acquisition Information
The papers embraced in this collection were received in August 1994 as part of a gift from Walter L. Wood of Trenton, Utah. The papers were those of his father, Charles Gilbert Wood, 1867-1946. C. G. Wood served as founder and founding secretary-treasurer of the West Cache Irrigation Company, and the papers embraced in this collection are those papers of the company's secretary that he retained in his personal possession.
Related Materials
This collection should be used in conjunction with COLL MSS 97, The West Cache Irrigation Company papers, a collection acquired from Utah Mortgage & Logan. Collection 97 are those papers (including right-of-way deeds) that were retained by UM&L as part of its original role in funding the construction of the company and its various refinancing during succeeding years.
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
FOUNDING AND CONSTRUCTION, 1894-1913Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 1 | 1 | Founding Papers. includes 1894 agreement to hire surveyor, correspondence from attorney re: incorporation |
1894 |
| 1 | 2 | Letters from T.N. Judah, Sec., to Utah's Senators regarding Bear River streamflow and Bear Lake storage by U.P.&L |
undated |
| 1 | 3 | Utah Mortgage and Loan Corporation. Correspondence
(largely dealing with financing of canal construction and bond issues)
|
1899-1920 |
| 1 | 4 | Notes and Debentures |
1899-1917 |
| 1 | 5 | Trenton Irrigation Company
(Misc. papers and stock certificates)
|
1911-1913 |
| 1 | 6 | Riverside Pumping District. Letter from Utah Mortgage Loan Corp. declining to fund development of District
(see also, Simmonds, Reluctant Gentile)
|
undated |
| 1 | 7 | Engineers Estimates, nos. 1-100
(Estimate of construction costs of man and branch canals)
|
1900 May 16 - 1902 January 15 |
| 1 | 8 | Engineers Estimates, no. 102-180 |
1902 January 20 - 1903 December 22 |
| 1 | 9 | Engineers Estimates, nos. 181-178 |
1907 January - July 3 |
| 1 | 10 | Time Cards. Workers on canal construction for both individuals and contractors' employees (fragmentary) |
1903-1907 |
| 1 | 11 | Time Cards and Books |
1908-1911 |
| 1 | 12 | Water Turn Books; Main Canal & Water Rights transferred from original Battle Creek water rights and canal to West Cache Irrigation Company |
1911-1912 |
ASSESSMENTS AND BONDS, 1898-1914Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 2 | 1 | Correspondence re: assessments on capital stock |
1903 |
| 2 | 2 | Correspondence re: assessments on capital stock |
1904 |
| 2 | 3 | Correspondence re: assessments on capital stock |
1905 |
| 2 | 4 | Correspondence re: assessments on capital stock, cont. |
1905 |
| 2 | 5 | Correspondence re: assessments on capital stock, cont. |
1905 |
| 2 | 6 | Receipt Book. Stock subscription and capital stock assessments |
1898-1903 |
| 2 | 7 | Receipt Book. Capital stock assessments |
1905 |
| 2 | 8 | Receipt Books. Promissory Labor (or cash) notes |
1903-1904 |
| 2 | 9 | Printed Notices. Meetings, capital stock assessments, delinquent payments |
1898 |
| 2 | 10 | Redeemed Coupons. 1900 bond issue, Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, Chicago
(sampled)
|
1900 |
| 2 | 11 | Redeemed Coupons and Cancelled Bonds. Bond issue. Peoples Bank and Trust Company, Rockford, Illinois
(sampled)
|
1902 |
| 2 | 12 | Redeemed Coupon. 1914 Bond Issue. Cache Valley Irrigation District |
undated |
CHECKS AND DEPOSIT SLIPS, 1899-1915Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 3 | 1 | Checks and deposit slips |
1899 |
| 3 | 2 | Checks and deposit slips |
1900 |
| 3 | 3 | Checks and deposit slips |
1901 |
| 3 | 4 | Checks and deposit slips |
1903 |
| 3 | 5 | Checks and deposit slips |
1904 |
| 3 | 6 | Checks and deposit slips |
1909 |
| 3 | 7 | Checks and deposit slips |
1913 |
| 3 | 8 | Checks and deposit slips |
1915 |
MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS, 1900-1914Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Box | Folder | ||
| 4 | 1 | Board of Directors. Resolutions, drafts of by-laws, etc. |
1900 |
| 4 | 2 | Board of Directors, first drafts of minutes, resolutions, etc. |
1901 |
| 4 | 3 | Promissory Labor (or cash)notes for canal construction |
1901 |
| 4 | 4 | Promissory Labor (or cash) notes for canal construction |
1903-1904 |
| 4 | 5 | Weston Creek and Weston Slough Flumes. Contracts, etc. |
1902-1917 |
| 4 | 6 | Payment records. Canal construction and professional services (fragmentary) |
undated |
| 4 | 7 | Receipts and Disbursements. Trial balances and ticklers (fragmentary) |
undated |
| 4 | 8 | Supplies purchased (fragmentary) |
undated |
| 4 | 9 | Construction Contracts |
1905 |
| 4 | 10 | Cache Valley Irrigation District. Resolutions of Board, etc. |
1913-1914 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Irrigation canals and flumes--Cache Valley (Utah and Idaho)
Finding aid/Register created by A.J. Simmonds,
2012
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