Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-11

two to the running time of main line train carrying mails. Adequate and convenient local service on the valley branch, with close and certain connec- tion at the main line, meets the re- quirements of the valley for the pres ent, in the opinion of the railroad chiefs, and the diversion of through traffic to the longer loop may be de- ferred until it becomes practical ad- vantage to carrier and shipper
 Promises Kept.
 We mean to give the valley every facility required" said Supt. Ingram, and l think the people see that we are doing all that we can and making Improvements with reasonable prompt ness. What we promise we will per form. We promised to put on passen- ger trains and improve the schedule, and I think the people are pretty well satisfied with the present arrangement. We promised passenger and freight depots to El Centro, and both build ings are going up and will be com pleted within the time announced. The passenger station, think, will be bet ter than my plans contemplated at first. Personally l have been keenly interested in this region from the first and have done all possibly could to help along it's development and con vince our railroad people that it is great country from railroad point of view. It is especially encouraging that the chiefs, the men who have the authority to do things, are here to see for themselves Nobody realizes what this country is and what can be done with it until he sees it. We can talk and make reports and cite figures, but talk and statistics do not convince like personal observation"
 Better Than He Thought.
 MT. Kruttschnitt concurreo and ack- nowledged that he had not been pre- pared by all that he had read and heard to comprehend fully the re- markable results of few years work in the reclamation of the desert. He was particularly impressed by the character of the people settling the country, and remarked that the quail ity of the population was guarantee of the highest development of the re- sources and physical capacities of, the Imperial Valley.
 On Tuesday morning the special train went down the line to front, and the railroad chiefs made an eXcur- sion by team from Packard through the improved portions of the c, M. Co.'s ranch, where they saw what can be achieved in the thoroughbred stock line. The c. M. Co.'s herds of regis tered cattle, droves of Percheron horses, flocks of Cotswold sheep and great numbers of finely bred hogs in- terested them.
 Returning early in the afternoon to El Centro, the railroad men were guided to Holtville by w. F. Holt who was on the trip south and had been kept busy assuaging MT. Kruttschnitt's thirst for detailed information on all subjects pertaining to the progress of Imperial county. These side trips from the railroad enabled the transportation men to comprehend the extent and character of work already accom- plished by the settlers and to judge what the future has in store for the farmer and for the carrier of the farmers products.
 Engineers Problems.
 The engineers in the party were especially interested in the problems involved in protection of the valley and it's canal system against possible outbreaks of the river below the boundary line. Their conclusions as to the necessity for immediate con struction of protective works at Vol eano Lake, if they arrived at any, were not disclosed, but there Is no reason to suppose that any necessary precau- tion against the further cutting of New River channel will be neglected. That l \ ..sII I.o