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Show of the Sociedad de Irrigation y Terrenos de la Baja California, known as the "Mexican Company," the California Development Company, known as the "parent company,' and the various mutual water companies. The Mexican company was the owner of the lands, canals, and other properties situated in Mexico. The stock of the Mexican company was owned and controlled by the officers of the California Development Company, and the latter company made contracts with the mutual water companies for the delivery of water to them. The holders of the stock in the mutual companies, which represented an interest in the contract with the California Development Company, were entitled to purchase water. A main canal was excavated from the Colorado River, a few hundred feet north of the international boundary, a distance of about 7 miles, to the old channel of the Alamo or Salton River. For the remainder of the distance nearly to the Imperial Valley this old channel was used as a main canal. Water was first brought into the Imperial Valley in July, 1901. During the summer months of 1901 it is reported that 1,500 acres were put under irrigation. This was increased to 12,000 during the summer of 1902, and still further increased in 1903. During the summer of 1904 the water users of the Imperial Valley requested the officers of the Reclamation Service to consider the purchase of the works of the California Development Company, and to complete the system under the reclamation act. This request was based upon a tentative agreement made between the water users and the California Development Company, providing for the sale of the property of the California Development Company for $3,000,000, a portion of the water users agreeing informally that the purchase price and the cost |
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Original book: [State of Arizona, complainant v. State of California, Palo Verde Irrigation District, Coachella Valley County Water District, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, City of Los Angeles, California, City of San Diego, California, and County of San Diego, California, defendants, United States of America, State of Nevada, State of New Mexico, State of Utah, interveners] : California exhibits. |