SHOSHONE IRRIGATION COMPANY,
W. F. Cody, President,
Bronson Rumsey, Vice-President,
H. C. Alger, Treasurer.
George T. Beck, Secretary and General Manager.
Cody, Wyoming, Jan 29 1904
We the undersigned hereby agree that all moneys received by Bronson Rumsey as trustee for one half interest in the Cody Townsite Co. shall first be applied to the payment of water rights due the Shoshone Irrigation Co. & there after where said water rights are fully paid, the all moneys received from the Lincoln Land Co. shall be paid by Bronson Rumsey to Phoebe Hearst
[1] until a certain note of thirty thousand dollars owing her, from the Shoshone Irrigation Co is fully paid.
W. F. Cody
George T. Beck
Bronson Rumsey
H. C. Alger
Estate of Nathan Salsbury Rachel Salsbury, administratrix
Note 1: Phoebe Apperson Hearst (1842-1919) was the wife of California senator and Comstock Lode magnate George Hearst. At the insistance of Mrs. Hearst the Hearst Estate provided an indemnity bond of $30,000 at 7.5% to the Shoshone Irrigation Company project. [back]
Title: Shoshone Irrigation Company Agreement
Source: McCracken Research Library, MS407 Bronson Rumsey Collection, MS407.1.10.01
Date: January 29, 1904
Topic: Buffalo Bill's Wyoming
Sponsor: Supported in part by a grant from the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, a program of the Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
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