Show HEAVY DAMAGE I er up SEA SES Salt Company Awarded Al Almost Almost Almost most Half a Million in inCourt inCourt inCourt Court SOUTHERN PACIFIC TO PAY SALT PLANT UNDER SIXTY FEET OF WATER Los Angeles Cal Cat Dec 31 Damages es esto to the amount of wore were awarded d the New Liverpool salt alt com coi company company pany today J y Judge Wellborn in tin the United States district against tIme the California Development company on account of destruction of el Q caused by an overflow of the Colorado river which resulted it was allege d J from the construction of canal Intakes by the Development company It is the largest verdict for damages ever returned in the jurisdiction of time the th dis die district district dietrict court The company sued for a total of about but tha the court disallowed a part Dart of the claim calm Damage Grows Rapidly When hen the suit was filed tiled in January 19 In the th form of a temporary In Injunction Injunction injunction junction the destruction of the works was not complete and dam damages damages damages ages of were wore asked As s the waters rose in the Salton sea until it completely inundated the works und under r seventy feet of water the claims wen werl Increased to Among the time claims were loss of railroad t O and loss of business These lems I ems I were not allowed by br the court i Beaten in Hard Fight I Included In the property of the thc th salt company were buildings b valued at 43 4 a railroad and three thre ad three thle quarter sections of salt sal deposit The he owners were puzzled when water from trum froman truman an unknown source began to pour Into Int the basin but finally traced it to t the tile Intakes which began to cut away in July 1805 1905 all the th water sater of the th Coin Colo Colorado rado had been diverted into the basin b ln Then began a hard fight to save the tIme property and control the water wat r The rh l falt alt company removed Its locomotives to a point of safety and at the end of I six months the water was again turned back Into its natural channel Two To months later the waters of the turbid stream again broke forth from the th ar artificial artificial artificial banks and completely Inundated ed the works which are still under r more than sixty feet of water The California Development company is a subsidiary company of the South Seuth Southern ern em Pacific Railroad company |