Imperial Valley press and the Imperial press., 1907-01-12

destroy the absolute title and right in the name of the party to whom the stock was issued.
 Your supcrintendcnfs time for the past year has largely been taken up with emergency work, which has ne- cessitatcd some neglect of his usual line of duties; such work as blasting out the channel of New river gath- crng men and crowding to the limit work of strengthening the main canal levce to protect us from overflow, and ! then to put through an emegergoncy canal Co get the water supply restored where the main canal was washed away. and later with the situation at ] the Bluan slough. exaggerated re- ports of which produced a scare of no small proportions, and a demand that ] he personally investigate and report ] frequently upon the conditions, and any possible means of relief from the ! danger of having our water supply en- tircly cut off.
 In addition to its being very bad economy to waste money on hand labor. it is doubly bad during the heated part of the year when the weeds grow very fast and the men work very slow. It has also been i'm possible to get as much help as was needed much of the time.
 In the month of March, while your president was in the North with Mr. McPhernn. he investigated a dredge that had been very favorably reported to the directors, who were earnestly studying the machinery question, and upon his favorable report a contract was made to purchase one of the ma chimes, and it was expected to have it in operation by June, but within ten days after the contract was signed up the San Francisco earthquake and fire destroyed the plant of the manu- facturers, and disorganized all busi- ness in that section.
 New Ditch Dredger
 The Dutton Ditching Company only asked for an extension of time to carry out their contract and un- doubtedly at 8 greater cost than the contract price have furnished the ma chine, but because of such difficulties as frequently occur in getting a new machine into commission it has hardly had test trial yet Similar mchines at the North have handled as high as 1900 yards in 24 hours and an aver age 1900 yards for long periods of time
 A sew machine is being gotten up and built in Los Angeles by w ater Company No. 1, the success of which will be watched with great interest by your directors.
 The Rose ditch system is still in very unsatisfactory condition, the Cal ifornia Development Company hav- ing been too busy with the Colorado river to give attention to more than small extensions and repairs in our distributing system.
 In practicing the utmost economy in the management of the company bus mess, even possibly going to the limit of false economy, we have been using the same business sense that most of our stockholders havie been usng in the management of their private af- fairs.
 It is the policy of your directors to systematize as much as possible the company's work. That is, to have the line of duty of each employe clear ly drawn and make him responsible for it. This is the policy of the South ern Pacific Company and all corpora tions employing large numbers of men.
 Every crossing of one empIoye into the field of another tends to befog the line of individual responsibility, and lessen the inducement for independ- ent affort and initiative in his own special line of duty with every em- ploye. In short you can spoil the best employe by refusing to trust him