Imperial Valley press., 1908-04-25

Kruttschnitt and other heads of South ern Pacific departments to Imperial
 Valley, many suggestions of improve ment and extension of railroad service
 were presented to and considered by
 MT. Kruttschnitt, and most of them were taken under advisement." The director looked at all such matters i'll
 the cold light of business expediency the enthusiasm of his associates, who
 are in closer touch with the valley and
 it's affairs and are anxious to keep the
 transportation facilities abreast of
 progress in other lines.
 The director asked for facts and \ figures, and he accumulated stock . of information by personal observa- { tion. On the way north, some of the 7 matters taken under advisement were < decided, and orders were given for , construction of protective works at
 Volcano lake to prevent possible dam-
 age to the irrigation system by an
 overflow of the Colorado.
 It is not probable that the June
 flood this year will be high enough to cause serious trouble, but the rail
 road officials have learned that it is not wise to take chances on the vag- aries of the Colorado, and they have decided to invest about $80000 in in surance of their valley property and business. The cash receipts of the 1908, were $42,OOO more than for March, 19O7 That is one of the facts which influenced the department heads in their decision to spend money to safeguard the sources of revenue. Station Receipts.
 By way of parenthesis, it is not and never was true that the receipts of receipts at any other point in South ern California outside of Los Angeles. That statement has been true of the Imperial Valley branch as whole, and because the railroad treated all business of the valley as one item, crediting it to the Imperial country, disingenuous local braggarts have ap- propriated the credit for one station. The largest business on the Imperial 1l, ~Tk kI0 Do osf fn is at El Centro, and the cash receipts of that station exceed those of any other station. In outgoing freight, Imperial station leads at present. In incoming freight El Centro leads, as in the total volume of business.
 Levee to Be Built.
 Tn accordance with instructions from headquarters, force of men and
 teams is being assembled to begin
 work at once on the Volcano lake
 levee, which will extend from the Black Butte eastward along the ridge
 of delta cone and turn all flood
 waters from overfiowed land down the Hardy, preventing possible cutting
 black of New River channel The l9vee will be twelve feet high, twelve fleet across the top, and nine miles lbng, constructed with a six-foot muck ditch and an outside slope of to 1. ..ahe cost is estimated at $SO,0OO, and it will take six weeks to do the work. {, No work is being done on the Inter- J California railroad in Mexican terri tory The terms of concession do not require further extension this year, and
 at present other construction work
 of more pressing importance is given
 preference by the Southern Pacific.
 Train Service.
 When the line Is completed it Is
 probable that trains and 8, the El
 Paso and Los Angeles passenger ser
 vice, will be placed on that route.
 Difficulties in the matter of customs
 inspection, which might have inter
 ferred with the plan, have been ad-