Imperial Valley press., 1912-09-30

cphone communication from his quar-
ters had been interrupted and that
he had to go to Calexico to reach
Colonel Holabird by telegraph. No
Mexican government officials took
part.
According to Colonel Holabird, the
Southern Pacific railroad is back of
the seizure and is working through
Andrade, who is assistant general pas
senger agent of its lines in Mexico,
as we'll as receiver of the Mexican
canal company.
Andrade, who is at present in Los
Angeles, said last night that he acted
simply in his capacity as receiver Of
the Mexican company, to take posses
sion of the gates. He states that all
but one of the gates OF the Sharp's
heading were already in his posses
sion and he simply took over the re-
naming one.
Water to Run On
Il wish to make it clear" said Mr..
Andrade, that the flow of water was
not shut off and will not be stopped
for an instant. 1 have the welfare Of
Imperial valley at heart and would do
nothing to harm it. Besides, it is not
necessary to stop the flow. All 1 have
done is to take rightful possession of
these gates. They are under the juris-
diction of the company of which I am
receiver and l am acting under the
of Mexico.
"A. F. Holt of Redlands, the contractor
who had the work of reconstructing
fed me that his task was completed.
l do not recognize Colonel Holabird in
his official capacity and dealt entirely
with Mr.. Holt"
w. j. Doran, a Southern Pacific off
cial, also vice-president Of the MeXi-
can canal company, was interviewed
concerning the seizure las night and
said:
Mr.. Andrade is an officer of the
Mexican courts and is working subject
to the dictation of a Mexican judge.
The Southern Pacific knows nothing
about his actions nor is it conversant
with what he has done or what he is
going to do"
Colonel HOIabird OutspOken
Colonel Holabird was frankly out
spoken last evening in his denuncia
tion of the seizure.
Ever since my appointment by
Judge Bordwell in 1909 as receiver of
the California Development Com
pany'' he said. there has been a hot
time in Southern California. At the
time I was appointed the Southern Pa.
cifc thought I could be controlled.
When they found out their mistake.
they fought me and have been doing
il ever since. They did not like my
way of dispensing equal and exact
justice to all creditors and my refusal
to lie down and permit the big cred
itor to control the company.
Despite the warfare of the South
ern Pacific 1 have held on to the Mex
lean as well as the Imperial valley
canals and have collected all the reve.
nues for deliveries of water in the
United States. Andrade has collected
for water used in Mexico and has tried
to control the Mexican lines.
Furthermore. I have spent $974.44
in improvements. of which $3.50, 900 has
been spent in Mexico. Now that the
company is on a paying basis. the
Southern Pacific Company has defied
The courts and grabbed II. l have
notified the court of the cOmpany's ae-
tion. / have also notified the mutual
water companies in Imperial valley 10
deal only with me and that they can
maintain their rights only in Ameri-
can courts. What show has an Ameri-
can in Mexican courts unless he owns
the court?
II don't know what steps the court
will take, but all the parties inter
ested in this case are American citi-
zens and should abide by the decisions
of the American court"
Heaviest Creditor
The Southern Pacific is the heavi-
est creditor Of the California Develop
ment Company, which went into bank
ruptcy three years ago. Colonel Hola-
bird declares that this move is only
one of a series planned by the rail-
road to freeze out the next largest
creditor, the New Liverpool Salt Com
pany, which holds a judgment against
the development company amounting
to S456,746.23 for the loss of its salt
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