Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1906-05-12
AN IMPORTANT MATTER
Conflict Between Imperial Water Co. No. 5, and California Develop ment Co. Reaches Acute
 Stage

ment Company and Imperial Water Company No. 5, establishing a settle ment between the two companies for all matters up to that time, and pro- vldlne a basis for tie conduct of fur ther operations. This contract was made between Mir A, H. Heber who was then president, and general mana ger, representing the California Devel- opment Company and the board of di- rectors of Imperial Water Company No. 5. It was published in the PRESS of May 27th, 1905. together with the proceedings of the stockholders meet ing of the California Development Company. at which Mr. Heber was given complete control over its prop erty and affairs.
 This contract has been matter of controversy between the companies in- terested almost ever since 1t was made. the California Development Company objecting to its observation and Water Company No. insisting upon 1t. Matters now seem to have reached an acute stage, as the following letter from General Manager Cory of the De- velopment Company, addressed to the stockholders of Imperial Water Com pany No. 5 will show:
 CALEx1co, CALIF., May 5, 1906. To THE STOCKHOLDERS OF IMPERIAL WA
 TER COMPANY No. 5:
 GENTLEMEN For some time past, ne- sotiations have been pending between representatives of the California Devel- opment company and La Sociedad de Yrrigacion Terrenos de la Baia Cali fornia which two companies l now rep resent. on the one side, and your direc- tors on the other, for settlement of the several matters in dispute between the first two named companies and your company. It seems practically certain that no agreement can be arrived at at this time.
 There is, and always has been, one condition insisted upon by The Califor- nia Development Company and La So- ciedad de Yrrigacion y Terrenos, name ly: The immediate full payment of all sums for water due these companies by your company. It is needless for me to call your attention to the special and extraordinary reasons why all money now due the companies I represent should be immediately paid; but, inde- pendent of these special reasons, water charges must always be paid when due, for in any other way the companies can not do business.
 The water rentals (so-called) due from your company July l. 1905, and those due January l, 1906, are wholly unpaid, and if these are not paid at once steps will have to be taken by the companies I represent to cancel the contract under which that water is being delivered. |, therefore, on behalf of each and both The California Development Company and La Sociedad de Yrrigacion y Terre- nos notify you that unless all money then due from your company for water is pad by May 20, 1906, action will be brought to cancel. annul and set aside the contracts between Imperial Water Company No. and La Sociedad de Yr- rigacion v Terrenos and The California Development Company, either or both, under which water has heretofore been delivered to said Imperial Water Com pany No. for use by it's stockholders.
 Before taking ths action, inasmuch as all the settlers of Imperial Water Company No. have paid their assess ments due on July 1, 1905 and January I, 1906 covering the amount levied for the amount of water rentals due our companies and such money having ap- parently been used for other purposes, we think it no more than fair to call your attention to our proposed action
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