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Azusa Foothill Citrus Collection

Box One: Documents of Early Azusa
	Author or Recipient	Date	Folder
Azusa Title Opinion	Widney, Robert M.	1874-75	1
Land Transfer Agreement	Dalton, Henry and Wolfskill, Lewis	1874-75	2-3
Contracts	Mound City Land and Water Association	1879	4
Correspondence from:	Wolfskill, Mathias and Lewis	1879	5
Resolution	Presbyterian Church	188-	6
Case Testimony	Dalton, Henry and Wolfskill, Lewis	1880	7
Land Transfer Resolution	Mound City Land and Water Association	1880	8
Agreement	Los Angeles County Bank	1880	9
Case Opinion	Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1880	10
Land Conveyance Records	Philips, Louis, et al	1881	11
Agreement	Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1882	12
Correspondence from: [Bill for Services]	Widney, Robert M.	1882	13
Agreement	Matz, Henry	1882	14
Chronology of Sabichi vs. Wolfskill Demurrer	Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1882	15
Relinquishment of Title	Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1882	16
Land Agreement	Martz, Phillip H.	1882	17
Agreement	Brunson, A.	1882-84	18
Land Agreement	Martz, Phillip H. and Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1883	19
Legal Papers	Martz, Phillip H. and Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1884	20
Court Summons to Jonathan Sayre Slauson	Los Angeles County Superior Court	1884	21
Legal Papers: Court Decree	Martz, Phillip H.	1884	22
Legal Papers	Sabichi, F.	1885	23
Legal Papers	Slauson, Jonathan Sayre, et al	1885	24-25
Land Agreement Draft	Roberts, Henry C.	1885	26
Land Agreement with map: Henry C. Roberts	Martz, Phillip H. and Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1885	27
Land Agreement Draft: R.M. Widney	Martz, Phillip H. and Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1886	28
Draft of Deed: Robert M. Widney	Martz, Phillip H.	1886	29-30
Correspondence from: Bill of Services	Stevenson, H.J.	1886	31
Draft of Deed: Robert M. Widney	Martz, Phillip H.	1886	32
Draft of Conveeyance: Robert M. Widney	Martz, Phillip H.	1886	33
Land Agreement Draft	Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1886	34
Foreclosure Deed: H.C. Roberts	Slauson, Jonathan Sayre and Martz, Phillip H.	1886	35
Land Agreement Draft: Robert M. Widney	Dalton, Henry	1886	36
Deed of Azusa Land and Water Company	Slauson, Jonathan Sayre	1887	37
Abstract of Title of Town of Azusa		1887	38

Box Two: Azusa Agricultural Water Company
	Date	Folder
By-Laws	1911-17	1-3
By-Laws	1911	1
Amended By-Laws	1917	2-3
Correspondence to: Dalton, M.G.Z. de	1909	4
Deeds	1898-1956	5-9
Deeds: Slauson, James	1898	5
Deeds: Certificate of Redemption	1910	6
Deeds: Grant Deed: State of California	1933	7
Deeds: Quitclaim Deed: Record Owners	1954	8
Deeds: Grant Deed: Kay, Michael D. and Vivian M.	1956	9
Agreements	1900-51	10-12
Agreements: Electric Power Company of Los Angeles	1900	10
Agreements: Gordon, Emma J., Wallace M. and Edna C.	1920	11
Agreements: Lucky Lager Brewery	1951	12
Stock Records	1894-1904	13-18
Stock Records: List of Stockholders	No Date	13
Stock Records: List of Stockholders	1897-99	14
Stock Records: Authorization of Proxy Vote: Slauson, James	1894-1901	15-16
Stock Records: List of Stockholders Proxy Authorization: Slauson, J.	1900	17
Stock Records: Delinquent Assessment Notice	1904	18
Accounts and Receipts	1895-1912	19-24
Accounts and Receipts: Receipts, Promissory Notes, Cancelled Checks	1895-1910	19
Accounts and Receipts: Bank Statements	1895-1912	20
Accounts and Receipts: Balance Sheets	1896-1900	21
Accounts and Receipts: Account with Azusa Valley Bank	1897	22
Accounts and Receipts: Monthly Statement of Water Collections	1899	23
Accounts and Receipts: State of California License Tax Certificate	1911	24

Box Three: Azusa Agricultural Water Company
	Date	Folder
Minutes	1890	1
Minutes	1912-1921	2
Minutes	1922-1939	3
Minutes	1940-1953	4
Minutes	1912-1927	5
Minutes	1928-1936	6
Minutes	1937-1949	7

Box Four: Azusa Agricultural Water Company
	Date	Folder
Affidavits of Publication . 11 items	1904-11	1
Correspondence with San Gabriel River Water Committee . 31 Items	1906-1912	2
Water Dues . 76 items	1895-1908	3

Note: A detailed inventory is included with each package.

Box Five: Azusa Agricultural Water Company and Azusa Land and Water Company
	Date	Folder
Accounts Payable . 129 items	1891-1912	1
Payment Receipts . 41 items	1895-1912	2
Tax Receipts . 30 items	1895-1912	3

Note: A detailed inventory is included with each package.

Box Six: Azusa Foothill Citrus Association and Company
	Date	Folder
Voluntary Dissolution Papers	1916	1
By-Laws	1902-55	2-8
By-Laws	1902	2
By-Laws: Copy of By-Laws	1920	3
By-Laws: Endorsed Certificate regarding number of Directors	1920	4
By-Laws: Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation	1948	5
By-Laws: Approval of Amendments	1954	6
By-Laws: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation	1954-55	7
By-Laws: Amendment to By-Laws	1955	8
Miscellaneous	1914-55	9-17
Miscellaneous: Maps of Oil Systems	No Date	9
Miscellaneous: Map of Busk Factory Site	No Date	10
Miscellaneous: Notes regarding taxes on subdivision	1914	11
Miscellaneous: Certificate of change of principle place of business	1917	12
Miscellaneous: Refund Notice	1918	13
Miscellaneous: Certificate of Increase of Directors	1920	14
Miscellaneous: Newspaper Articles: "Azusa Packing Houses Merge"	1946	15
Miscellaneous: Map of Proposed Pipeline	1952	16
Miscellaneous: Permits to sell and issue securities	1955	17

Box Seven: Azusa Foothill Citrus Company
	Date	Folder
Land Papers: Plot Map and Description	1891-1951	1
Correspondence regarding Deeds	1903-08	2-11
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Pacific Electric Railway	1903	2
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Pillsbury, George E.: L.A. Inter-Urban Railway	1906	3
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Instructions to Title Insurance and Trust	1906	4
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Silent, Charles	1907	5
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Lindley, J.T.	1907	6
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Slemmons, H.M.: L.A. Inter-Urban Railway	1907	7
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Lindley, J.T.	1907-08	8-10
Correspondence regarding Deeds: McBride, Joseph A.: L.A. Inter-Urban Railway	1908	11
Certificate of Redemption	1915	12
Chain of Titles	1919	13
Correspondence relating to Land Plot	1919-52	14
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Easement of Public Road	1925	15
Agreement: Pacific Land Securities	1929	16
Policy of Title Insurance: Azusa Foothill Citrus Co.	1930	17
Correspondence regarding Deeds	1930-47	18-20
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Los Angeles County Surveyor's Office	1930	18
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Griffith, C.A.	1936	19
Correspondence regarding Deeds: Bank of America, Azusa Branch	1947	20
Land Papers: List of Lots Sold	After 1948	21

Box Eight: Grant Deeds to Azusa Foothill Citrus Company
	Date	Folder
Slauson, James	1901-03	1
Vosburg, Kate and Macneil, Louise	1902	2
Cohn, Kaspare and Hulda	1904	3
Azusa Land and Water Company	1905	4
Hinman Investment Company	1905	5
Patent and Deeds of Section 22	1892-1920	6
Deeds of Section 22	1908-18	7
Azusa Foothill Citrus Association	1915	8
First National Bank of Azusa	1917	9
Strong, Annie	1917	10
City of Azusa	1919-54	11
Spires, Mary Harrison	1919	12
Owl Fumigating Corporation	1920	13
Pasadena Ice Company	1924	14
Grube, A.C.	1924	15
Macneil, Louise S. [et al]	1925-36	16
Lee, George E. and Helen Owen	1929	17
Security Development Corporation	1929	18
Metropole Holding Company, Ind.	1929	19-20
Phillips and Hambaugh Realty and Construction Corp.	1931	21
Pacific Land Securities, Ind.	1931	22
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway	1934	23
Tongg Ranch Inc.	1965	24

Box Nine: Azusa Foothill Citrus Company
	Date	Folder
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company	1900-29	1-2
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: City of Azusa	1900-29	1
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Jefferey, Edward R.	1902	2
Grant Deed to Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Off, John, Blanche	1903	3
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company	1903-45	4-47
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Rupe, R.W.	1903	4
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Los Angeles County	1911	5
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Contract Water Company	1913	6
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: First National Bank of Azusa	1917	7
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Berkhead, John W. and Mabel	1923	8
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Barlett, G. Maurice	1925	9
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Vosburg Brothers, Inc.	1926	10
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Lee and Schellenburg	1926	11
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Wolfskill, W.L.	1927	12
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Williams, Charles E.	1928	13
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Azusa City School District	1928	14
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Houze, Deblon and Lela	1929	15
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Wells, Clement T.	1929	16
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Neil, Mary Turnbull	1929	17
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Pacific Land Securities, Inc.	1929-30	18-19
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Miller, R.F.	1930	20
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Phillips and Hambaugh Realty	1930	21
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: McGachan Jack	1930	22
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Dovidio, Ferdinando	1930	23
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Los Angeles County [Road Deed]	1930	24
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: State of California	1930	25
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: City of Azusa	1931-45	26
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Rothe, Victor and Cora	1931	27
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Guyton, Francis J.	1932	28
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: State of California	1933	29
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Schneider, Joseph and Ina	1934	30
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Lot 41, Tract No. 10660	1934-58	31
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Griffin, Loretta	1934	32
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: State of California	1936	33
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Dwiggins, Clare V.	1937	34
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Ebner, Joseph and Katie	1940	35
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Howard, Charles	1941	36
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Day and Night Manufacturing Company	1942	37
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Defense Plant Corporation	1943	38
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Bartlett, George M.	1943	39
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Chicago Engineering Company	1945	40
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Rodecker, George M.	1945	41
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Reconstruction Finance Company	1945	42
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Omart Investment Company	1945	43
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Phillips, Thomas J.	1945	44
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Thayer, Richard K.	1945	45
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: Greig, Phillip L. and Irma A.	1945	46
Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company: General Orange Products Company	1945	47

Box Ten: Grant Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company
	Date	Folder
Soluble Plant Nutrients Company	1946	1
Holmes, Joseph and Mary	1946	2
Middlebrooks, J.K. and A.L.	1946	3
Lowery, John and Gertrude	1946	4
Aerojet Engineering Corporation	1946	5
Humiston, Fred and Dorothy	1946	6
Mann, Percy; Higgins, Robert; and Malnie, Sever	1946	7
Rulofson, Alfred M. and Catherine B.	1946	8
Nasser, Leo	1946	9
Belcoe, J.W. and Helen	1946	10
Brady, Howard F. and Evelyn G.	1946	11
Stewart, Charles and Ann	1947	12
Consolidated Rock Products	1947	13
Young, M.R. and S.P.	1947	14
Riddell, Delbert C. and Kathleen N.	1948	15
Cotkett, Early G.	1949	16
Azusa City School District	1951	17
City of Azusa	1952-59	18
Azusa Rock and Sand Company	1953	19
Citrus Union High School	1954	20
Azusa City School District	1954-64	21-22
Azusa Citrus Association	1955	23
Cole, John Burton	1955	24
Los Angeles County	1955-60	25
Benson, B. Jay and Catherine L.	1956	26
Monrovia Nursery Company and Rainbow Angling Club	1957	27
Title Insurance and Trust Company	1957	28
State of California	1958	29
Padillo, O.J. and S.V.	1959	30
Investors Savings and Loan Association	1959	31
Monrovia Nursery Company	1960	32
Azusa Valley Water Company	1964	33

Box Eleven: Quitclaim Deeds to Azusa Foothill Citrus Company
	Date	Folder
Lindley, A.R. and T.B.; Welch, W.H.; and Steele, E.W.	1908-20	1
Slauson, James; Macneil, L.S.; and Vosburg, Kate S.	1917	2
LaFon, Evelyn A.	1920	3
Jewett, S.P.	1921	4
Vineland Irrigation District	1923	5
Jewett, S.P.	1926	6
Los Angeles County Flood Control District	1927	7
Pacific Land Securities	1930-31	8
Bucklin, Ellen G.	1932	9
Neil, Mary Turnbull	1934	10
Macneil, Louise S., et al	1945	11
Consolidated Rock Products Company	1946	12
Covina Irrigating Company	1957	13
City of Azusa	1959	14
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway	1961	15

Box Twelve: Quitclaim Deeds from Azusa Foothill Citrus Company
	Date	Folder
Union Rock Company	1923-27	1
Azusa City School District	1928	2
State of California	1936	3
Wolfskill, William L.	1944	4
Southern Finance Service	1947	5
Manning, J.H. and A.H.	1947	6
General Brewing Corporation	1947	7
Moyer, Selma	1947	8
Owners of Record	1950	9
Day and Night Manufacturing Company	1951	10
Structural Engineering Company	1952	11
Douglas, Howard W. and Ruth A.	1952	12
Owners of Record	1959-63	13-15
Monrovia Nursery Company	1967	16
Azusa Pacific College	1971	17

Box Thirteen: Azusa Foothill Citrus Company Certificates of Title
	Date	Folder
Certificate of Title .Section 22	1889-92	1
Guarantee of Title .Section 22	1920	2
Title Search .Lots 5 and 6	1930-31	3
Title Search .Lots 9, 10, 11, and 12	1930-31	4
Strong, Annie	1917	5
Grube, A.C.	1925	6
Guarantee of Title .Block 29	1917	7
Unlimited Certificate of Title .Block 76	1903	8
Unlimited Certificate of Title .Subdivision 2	1905	9
Title Search .Lot 43, Subdivision 2	1925	10
Guarantee of Title .Lot 44, Subdivision 2	1930-31	11
Title Search .Lot 44, Subdivision 2	1930-31	12
Title Search .Lot 53, Subdivision 2	1930-31	13
Title Search .Lot 54, Subdivision 2	1929	14
Title Search .Lot 55, Subdivision 2	1930-31	15
Title Search .Lot 70, Subdivision 2	1929-31	16
Guarantee of Title .Lot 76?, Subdivision 2	1919	17
Hellman, I.W. and Bicknell, John D.	1904	18
Guarantee of Title .Lots 79 and 82, Subdivision 2	1919-24	19
Title Search .Tract 10713	1931	20

Box Fourteen: Azusa Foothill Citrus Company Agreements
	Date	Folder
East Side Committee	No Date	1
Randall, W.A.	1904	2
Los Angeles Inter-Urban Railway	1906	3-9
Daniels, P.C.	1908	10
Vosburg, Kate Slauson	1910	11
Stevens, E.A. and Maggie	1912	12
City of Azusa	1916	13
Covina Irrigating Company	1917	14
Exchange Orange Products	1920	15
Pasadena Ice Company	1923-27	16-17
California Fruit Growers Exchange	1924	18
California Compressed Gas Company	1925-30	19
Davis, E.A.	1925	20
Fruit Growers Supply Company	1926-27	21
Azusa Boy Scouts Committee	1928	22
Phillips, Penn M.	1929	23
Phillips and Hambaugh Realty and Construction Corp.	1930	24
Scott, Henry W.	1930	25
Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County	1930	26
Fruit Growers Supply Company	1931-34	27
National Orchard Heater Company	1931	28
Department of Public Works, State of California	1936	29
Brokaw, Robert	1936	30
San Gabriel River Spreading Corporation	1937	31
California Fruit Growers Exchange	1939	32
District Exchange Association	1940	33
Garnier, Camille A.	1948	34
City of Azusa Sewer	1955-59	35
Kleppinger, Wellie P.	1956	36
Los Angeles County	1960	37
Azusa Unified School District	1964-69	38
Anderson, Mabelle S.	1970	39

Box Fifteen: Azusa Land and Water Company
	Date	Folder
Minutes: Board of Directors	1891-1906	1
Correspondence to	1890-97	2-8
Correspondence to: Bicknell, J.D. and Crank, J.F.	1895	2
Correspondence to: Bulla, Robert N.	1894	3
Correspondence to: Coates, Thomas	1894	4
Correspondence to: Davies, James M.	1890	5
Correspondence to: Demens, P.J.	1897	6
Correspondence to: Howes, F.C.	1890	7
Correspondence to: Snyder, Meredith P.	1895	8
Assets	1892-94	9-11
Assets: Schedules of Lands with Appraised Values	1892	9
Assets: Appraisal of Town Lots	1892	10
Assets: Documents regarding sale of personal property of Azusa	1894	11
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company	1888-94	12-15
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company: Bicknell, John D.	1888	12
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company: Eager, Charles L.	1889	13
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company: Tompkins, David	1890	14
Deeds to Azusa Land and Water Company: Persinger, M.H.	1894	15
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company	1888-1921	16-34
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Dean, W.O.; Grant, F.M.; and Perkins, R.A.	1888-93	16
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Baker, George F.	189-	17
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Southern California Railroad	1890	18
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Kerckhoff, William G.	1890	19-23
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Coates, Thomas	1894	24
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Davies, J.M.	1895	25
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Azusa Agricultural Water Company	1895	26
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Snyder, Meredith P.	1895	27
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Azusa Agricultural Water Company	1898	28
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: List of Conveyance	1900	29-30
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Hellman, I.W. and Bicknell, J.D.	1904	31
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Bovard, Jennie A., et al	191-	32
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Azusa Foothill Citrus Company	1921	33
Deeds from Azusa Land and Water Company: Wells, Alvin	1921	34

Box Sixteen: Azusa Land and Water Company
	Date	Folder
Stock Records	1893-94	1-11
Stock Records: List of Dividends paid to Stockholders	1893	1
Stock Records: Certificates for Dividends	1893	2-10
Stock Records: Note regarding Stock Agreements	1894	11
Legal Papers	1895-97	12-13
Legal Papers: Sheriff's Certificate of Sale of Real Estate	1895-96	12
Legal Papers: Vineland Irrigation District vs. Azusa Irrigating Co.	1897	13
Agreements	1887-93	14-32
Agreements: Azusa Agricultural Water Company	Year	14
Agreements: Bentley and Grant	Year	15
Agreements: Strashly and Rickter	Year	16
Agreements: Kerckhoff-Lenzuer and Company	Year	17
Agreements: Nadeau Vineyard Land Company	Year	18
Agreements: Jeffrey, J.N.	Year	19
Agreements: Azusa Irrigating Company	Year	20-21
Agreements: Kerckhoff, William G.	Year	22-25
Agreements: Southern California Railway	Year	26
Agreements: Kerckhoff, William G.	Year	27
Agreements: Southern California Railway	Year	28
Agreements: Teague, J.N.	Year	29
Agreements: Stockholder's Agreement	Year	30-31
Agreements: Slauson, James	Year	32
Accounts and Receipts: Receipts "Azusa Land and Water Co."	1893-95	33
Agreements	1895	34-35
Agreements: Slauson J.S. and James	1895	34
Agreements: Bickneel, Demens and Plater [et al]	1895	35
Accounts and Receipts	1897	36-40
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle	1897	36
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle	1897	37
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle	1897	38
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle	1897	39
Accounts and Receipts: Subtitle	1897	40
Miscellaneous	1891-1902	41-57
Miscellaneous: Diagram of Acreage	No Date	41
Miscellaneous: Notes	No Date	42
Miscellaneous: Resolution	189-?	43
Miscellaneous: Objections of Kerckhoff, William G.	1891	44
Miscellaneous: Certificate of Redemption	1894	45
Miscellaneous: Affidavit regarding Deed: Persinger, J.B. and M.H.	1894	46
Miscellaneous: Resolution: Azusa Irrigating Company	1894	47
Miscellaneous: Notice of Stockholders Meeting	1894	48
Miscellaneous: Protest against division of property: Jewett, S.P.	1894	49
Miscellaneous: Notes regarding property of Demens, P.A.	1895	50
Miscellaneous: Notes regarding stock: Linsley, et al	1895	51
Miscellaneous: Instructions regarding Conveyance of Property: Davies	1895	52
Miscellaneous: "History of Conveyance under Division"	1895	53
Miscellaneous: Certificates of Redemption for Delinquent Taxes	1896-97	54
Miscellaneous: Hellman, Isaiah W.: Agreement with Brotherton, T.W.	1897	55
Miscellaneous: Notes regarding Division of Stock	1897	56
Miscellaneous: "Water History": Azusa Land and Water Company	1902	57