Imperial Valley press., 1910-06-18

All Qu0SJlOuS ISldLluS Io Iu0 WdISA situation in Imperial Valley have been referred by the convention of direc tors of mutual companies to a com mission of nine residents of the val ley, which will be named today by the presidents of the companies. The commission is empowered to consider the engineering, financial, legal and business questions involved, to collect information and to recommend Solu tions of all the problems confronting the settlers to a general meeting to be called later.
 The meeting of directors, held in El Centro last Wednesday, resolved that in the absence of definite in formation it was inexpedient to take further action toward raising money to assist the receiver of the c. D. Co.,, in controlling the Colorado river, and referred the matter to the commits sion. The question of the advisability of forming an irrigation district under the Bridgford Act also was referred to the commission.
 The matter of the propased new intake was disposed of by the follow ing letter, addressed to the chairman:
 Chairman F. s. Webster,
 Dear Sir:
 A preliminary typographical survey covering a proposed new canal or in take to concrete heading at Andrade, shows the canal will be much more costly to construct than rough esti- mate of our Engineers, before said survey was made, Illustrating the in ability of the human eye to determine the topography of any ground.
 We find that we would have to re- move 9O0,OO0 cubic yards of earth to make the canal, or intake; that one half of this could be moved with teams, and the other half, being below water table, would have to be removed with dredge. The total cost would be approximately $134,000. This makes it impossible for me to consider for moment, If would meet the de- ~|mand for water at the low stage of the river. Have been considering for some time the Lidgerwood Dredge, built in Chicago, which operates from a turntable track on the bank of the canal
 Fortunately, I had written the Lid gerwood people more than week ago. asking for prices. Now propose to wire for prices, and date, F. O. B. cars, Chicago, of two Lidgerwood ma chimes, with view to using them on the bank of the old or present intake, to tide us over the low water stage, which we can probably do, unless the recession of grade in river proper should make 1t impossible, with any device, to get water into our heading.
 w. H. HOLABIRD,
 Receiver c. D. Go. Calexico, June IA.
 CnalTIudn II. D. WSUoIcI SdiiOu IhO meeting to receive the reports of the I engineers, who had been sent out to examine the river and ascertain the conditions resulting from the change of course about twenty miles below the intake of the canal system. All the directors of mutual companies were present, and many farmers and business men attended. The meeting was representative of all interests in the valley.
 County Surveyor c. N. Perry, one of the exploring party made brief verbal report. He said the velocity of the river from Yuma down to the Bee river had increased notably and that many "bores" showed a securing of the channel to be in progress. The main body of water in the Bee river-or the Abejos, as 1t appears on the maps of the delta-is working to the northwest and is cutting back the channel Twelve distinct bores in the dozen miles of the Abejos between the point of departure from the old