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Show BITTER FIGHT BETWEEN I TWO GREAT COMPANIES Western Pacific and Southern Pacific Officials Make Statements. OAKLAND. Jan 8 The Western Pacific Pa-cific Hallway company is continuing its track-laying operations on the I.'nlted States trulnlng wall, extending Into 8an Kranc:sco bay. and its representatives declare de-clare that It will continue to do so. J. T Williams, engineer in charge of constructive construc-tive work between Oakland iiii'l Mar;, s- llle, was on the scene this morning and directed the unloading of materials to continue the work thai had been proceeding proceed-ing during the night, anil only the slight delay Incident to the arrival of lumber. tC, provided an interruption. Mr. Williams's Contentions. Mr. Williams insisted that his company Is violating no injunction In laying the track where It Is He said: We are providing pro-viding on the proposition that the land We arc now occupying Is Government property and thnt the State courts have absolutely no Jtirlsdh Hon over It. ' We pinpun- t,. r.h, ;. the courts und to secure our connection "with San FVanciBCO nr,,I th- I'aclll an b legal mrans, but we do nut propose to be- bluffed out by an injunction that is not effective." Manager Calvin's Statement-Referring Statement-Referring to the dispute regarding the terminal facilities on tne eastern shore of Sun Francisco baj Vice-President and Qeneral Manager E K .( alvln of the Southern P. ii Ifle coin pit m loday author-Izi author-Izi ,1 the follov, Ing Htat, nient "Thrre haa never la-en anv Intention on the part of the Southern Pacific to build a system of docks on the. north line of San Antonio estuary or any other work involving the cutting or destruction of the north training walis No plans of sui h Improvement have oer been made Tin- Southern Pacific company has done no pile-driving except on land to which Its title is undisputed. Owns All the Land. "The Southern Pacific company Is the owner of all the laud between high water and the low water and the m rth training wall and the Oakland moe. and as such Is the undisputed owner of all rlpatlnn right incident thereto. 'Any lmproement that the Southern Pacific company contemplates on the area between the low tide line and the pier head line and between the north training wall of San Antonio estuary and the Oakland Oak-land mole will be conducted strictly In accordance with the law." |