Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1914-01-02
Water Companies Decide
Unanimously to Undertake
To Do Work Below Line

Representatives of the mutual wa
ter companies met Wednesday in the
office of the directors of Water Com
pany No. l. Companies 6, 8 and II
were out in force, and the No. board
was in special session.
1t had been pretty well understood
that the last hope of getting Mr.
Holabird to make the necessary re-
pairs to canals on the Mexican side
of the line had gone a glimmering,
and it was up to the mutual COM
panies to take the matter in hand,
and they had met to do so.
There was no dissenting voice, eth
er as to the necessity of action or to
the plan as outlined in the resolutions
adopted. These resolutions certainly
show that strong, evenly balanced
men have the matter in hand. A
more comprehensive plan for gaining
the desired result, with the least pos
sible friction, could hardly be out
lined. If. Mr. Holabird's oft repeated
assertion that he has the welfare of
the people of Imperial valley at heart
and is willing to do anything within
his power to serve them with water
will ring true, the mutual companies
will have little difficulty in accom-
plishing the desired work.
The amount of money now in the
hands of the various companies and
payable on or before the tenth of this
month will finance the undertaking.
The directors of Water Company
No. / had been called in special ses-
sion, and Immediately upon the adj
journment of the advisory committee
met and unanimously approved of the
controls the heart of the valley and
fully 70 per cent of the people of this
valley are depending upon this COM
pany for their water supply, and it is
certainly gratifying to know that the
officers of this company are equal to
the occasion.
The following resolutions were
passed:
"Whereas, At hearing had in the
superior court of the county of Los
Angeles, Cal, on the Goth day of De-
cember, 1918, in the case of the Title
Insurance Company versus the Cali
fornia Development Company, ct al,
upon the petition of Receiver w. H.
Holabird, praying for an order of
court authorizing expenditures aggre-
eating $150,000 to be made on that
portion of the canal system Of the
California Development Company sit
uated in Mexico; and,
"Whereas, Upon the showing made
at such hearing by the creditor in
terests in said above entitled action,
the court denied the petition of said
Receiver w. H. Holabird, on the
ground that the court, through it's re-
ceiver, had no territorial jurisdiction
in Mexico; and,
"Whereas, The maintenance of said
canal system of the California Devel-
opment Company, especially in Mex
leo, has fallen so far in arrears as to
seriously threaten the water supply of
each and all of the said associated
mutual water companies for the sea-
son of 1914; and,
"Whereas, By reason of such rul-
ing it becomes imperatively necessary
that the associated mutual water COM
panies of Imperial valley, dependent
upon the canals of the California De-
velopment Company for their water
supply, Immediately do and perform
the work on the canal in Mexico ne
cessary to be done to provide for the
delivery of an adequate supply to
each of said water companies for the
season of 1914; and,
"Whereas, Said associated mutual
water companies feel that the cost of
the necessary work and repairs above
referred to should be met and paid for
from the current receipts of the said
California Development Company,
now, therefore,
"Be 1t Resolved, That &C. N. Perry
be forthwith employed by said mutual
water companies to do and perform