| Show LEGALITY IS questioned forest service asks attorney gen eral for an op nion washington the forest service has submitted to the attorney general the question of the legality of the tice of so charging commercial corn com banies for the right of conducting water through the reserves tor for the development of power and other pur poses as to cause them to contribute to the expense of maintaining the re serve the service has heretofore ex acted payment for pipelines pipe lines taking water from the streams 1 in the re serves but the right to do so has been question and it is now the pur pose to secure the attorney general s view on the point the forestry ad ministration takes the position that the companies should pay something for the service they receive through the conser conservation atlon of the waters of the streams on which they rely and they find their only opportunity in the charge of right of way practically all the water used by them la is con keyed through pipelines for the pro of electricity and the bemani la Is constantly increasing |
