Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1916-12-22 | Page 9 | Lane Drafts Water Power Leasing Bill

1 I LANE TE DRAFTS V WATER ATER WATERPOWER WATERPOWER PO POWER TEll LEASING BILL Washington Dec Dee 21 A 21 A bill naming a commission of ot cabinet officers to su su- su water power pOWel leasing was proposed proposed pro pro- posed to President Wilson lIson today by b by Secretary Lane who suggested ested It be e made an administration measure to supplant several eral water power bills hills pen pending ln In Congress Tho The commission would havo o power to grant Krant leases for tor the use US of ot public lands and navigable streams for waterpower water waterpower waterpower power development under lIndt r terms tho they would prescribe as general g re regulations I No o lease would extend exten beyond fifty years cars i