Imperial Valley press., 1922-10-23

perial Valley voted their aPPtoNal ~
the bond election on June ], w., ny
vote of more than four 70 one anu
even in the voting precincts III thc
territory which it is proposed to eS.
clude. the bonds carried by a large ma
jority.
Contract Binds
"The proposed contract IS an at-
tempt to bond us, rs land owners OF
No. 3, to agree TO pay the district an
costs of transporting our water to 40.
3 territory and distributing 1t to NO.
5 land; pay our pro rata of all damage
from seepage due to the East Hlgh
Line Canal; pay our pro rata or an
levee and protective works Ill Mexico I;
pay our pro rata of a connection with
the Laguna Dam and the construction
of a canal therefrom to Hanlon $ Head
ing and in the event an All-Amerlcan
Canal is built, to stand our pro rata of
that expense or depend upon getting
our water from some interests IN Mex
leo. In other words, as stockholders of
Water Company No. 3 we are beng
asked to agree to stand our proportion
of all expenses, both construction and
maintenance, of every kind and nature
made for bringing the water TO us.
All Of these expenditures we are TO
pay, not by the issuance of low rate
of interest bonds, but by monthly bills
which must be paid promptly upon the
penalty of our water being cut off,
such penalty being against the iEdivid
ual water user first and in turn against
No. 3 in its dealings with the district.
In other words, we agree to pay all
pro rata expense of the district but
will receive none of its benefits.
$50 far us we have been able to
learn, the selling agency of the Farm
Lands Association is responsible for
the filing of the exclusion petition and
for the renewed attempt to have No.
5 excluded from the district. No doubt
they think it is for their best inter
ests but our interests as individual land
owners are quite different from those
of the Farm Lands Association. They
are organized and their representatives,
control and manage our water com
pany for their benefit.
with the passing of Water Com
pany No. 3 VIII also pass tho donina
ton of this nonresident, speculative
land company and our lands vii! then
receive equal consideration and bene-
fits with those of al other land own
ers.
''Fo show how other water com
panies feel about the absorption, we
quote the following from 4 letter au-
by the board of directors of
Imperial Water Company No. ! and
signed by their secretary.
1.-THE Imperial Irrigation Dis
trict is subdivision of the State
of California, with power to levy
and collect assessments the same
as a country or city and with pow
er to purchase. maintain and opcr-
ate all canals necessary to the
proper distribution of wafer to the
different parcels or pieces of land
lying within said district.
''The people of Imperial Valley
some six months ago voted over
whelmingly $500, 900 for the pur-
pose of buying the corporate prop
critics of the different mutual
water companies. They have sold
the bonds for 1915 on the dollar
and have the money on deposit,
mostly in the Los Angeles city
banks, awaiting the time when the
Mutual Water Company will be
willing and ready to dispose of
their property to them.
at seems, at this writing, that
all or all but one OF the companies
are going to dissolve and that one
will probably be forced to do me
same thing, and | can see nothing
to be gained by this company in
refusing 10 sell their property to
the Imperial Irrigation District.
The time has, in my opinion, long
since passed when anything could
be done to have successfully fought
the absorption of the Mutual Water
Companies by the district.
Directors Disapprove
''At n special meeting of the direct
ors of Imperial Water Company No.
3 held at the company s office III Cali
patria on October 16, 1922, for the pur-
pose of considering the proposed con
tract, "a large number of stockholders,
including Ira Aten, G. +. Weist, sam
uel +. Burger. j. p. Burger, Edmund
Weleh, +. j. Waddeli, c. ii. Kennedy,
4. J. Bender and Earl c. Pound were
present and with the consent of Wee
President Thomas NJ. Montgomery the
following motion was made by Ira
Aten. seconded by f. j. Waddell and
unanimously carried:
".That it is the sense of the
stockholders of Imperial Water
Company No. 3 here present that
the proposed contract should be
disapprovcd and that No. 3 should
Immediately proceed with the alb
sorption into the district.
"The directors present at the meet
| ing were Vice President Montgomery
IC. f.. Guest and G. O. Hoober, and II
discussing the contract which had pcei
prepared by Stuart NJ. Salisbury, at
torney for the Imperial Valley Earn
| Lands Association and the company
they expressed their disappointment II
! finding the contract to contain crrone
| Gus statements and so unfayorable U
| the interests Of No. 3 land owners am
were unable at this meeting to decd
whether copies OF the proposed con
tract should be sent to the land own
ers for their consideration but ~ wa
| agreed that III the event the propose
contract is submitted to the lana own
ers, those advocating absorption shout
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