Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-11
PASADENA PICKINGS.
Many improvements Under way
ana Projected.

every manu-. Oh Ooiofauo nucce, bca'
the First National Bank, q fine busi-
ness block is taking shape. Another
is fast approaching completion near
Marengo, and In all probability tho
Methodist Church will soon be added
10, making large and imposing edi-
flee.
Street improvement is seen every
whore. Colorado street has been |
graded az as far as Lake avenue, and |
lined with cement walks presents a |
fine appearance. Ii will in the near |
future be pushed through to Monrovia,
making one Of the longest streets in
Southern California.
California street is being graded its |
entire length. and is the favorite place |
for speeding the many trotters which
Pasadena takes pride in. The new
Raymond avenue horse-car line is
completed, extending the entire dis
tance from the Hotaf Raymond TO
Colorado street, this thoroughfare now
being one - the finest in the city
Through the political and other in
fiuence Of Mr.. II. E. Webster the post
Office has been taken from Tar Oaks
avenue and deposited in the geo
graphical center OF Mr.. Webster's
property on Raymond avenue.
To the northwest is the Webster
Hotel block, opposite is the Webster
property. To the southwest is the
Webster Opera House. In other words
Mr.. 9. j.. Webster is the boss of Pasa-
dcna, and 10 whooping mp Raymond
Avenue for all it is worth. He has
put the depot here; has moved the
California street one up, and, in short,
he runs the town, 80 sad q rabid Re.
publican 10 your correspondent.
"Tho trouble iB Mr. Webster is
Democrat, and The truth is that while
he may have centered things about
his own interests, having the power,
ho has done a great deal for the city.
All the big things originated with him.
II he gets up stock company, he is
the one to insist upon the capital
stock being up among the six figures.
Webster has accomplished much for
Pasadena, and has shouldered enor-
NOUS responsibilities, and is man
that every community would be proud
Of" 30 Faid Democratic Pasadenan.
Thus it would eeom that politics have
some influence in the town in determ-
ming tho lives and fortunes of the
people.
= Mr.. Webster, like many more, is IL
creature OF the times, has grown up
with the town, and was genius
awaiting development. He. is the
owner OF the finest place in Pasadena;
has charming wife, is rich, prosper
Gus and happy, and when he reads
this in the Astor House, New York,
where he perhaps is now in the inter-
ests Of PASADENA, he will wish himself
back in Los Angeles county.
The Social Call, a weekly, has
changed hands and name. Mr.. j. NJ.
Shawhan, the city editor of the Star,
has taken, it is said. part of the con
troll and ii will be the Critic in>the
future. Mr.. Shawhan is what might
he called an all-around man, in fact,
one of the best in town. He
is said to be the best boxer in Pasa-
dena, and he can step measure with
grace. Every member of the Pick
wick Club can testify to this. In short
Mr.. s. is valuable man in COM
munity, and when he cons these lines
he will have the happy satisfaction of
knowing it, which, as a modest man,
Tho was not supposed to know before.
The only important business item
OF the week is the failure of Robt.
Hentig, late Hentig & Jeffress. That
plumber should fail is remarkable
under any circumstances, and this is
believed to be the only case on record.
The failure has attracted so much
attention that it has been looked into,
and it was found that enormous as
are the plumbers supposed profits,
he is still open to some of the difficult
ties that beset trade in general Mr.
Hentig is entirely solvent and will
pay dollar for dollar and 20 on. He
has fine trade, but one little thing
tripped him. His men insist upon
being paid once week or oftener,
while his outstanding contracts can
be collected only by waiting. So
when the creditors put on the screws
he was forced, as a matter ofself-pro-
lection, to go under.
Many of our citizens are going East
for the summer, while cottages at the
seashore have already been built.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Wotkyus
are in San Francisco. Mr.. Wotkyns
intends at an early day to erect fine
residence on Orange Grove avenue,
near Colonel Bakers, in the old col
onial style. Old-fashioned houses
seem to be coming into fashion. .
Mr.. G, f. Holder has just moved
into his new house that is modelled
after those of century ago, yet has
all the convenienees of modern ones,
and is fair sample of the new homes
being built by people Of cultivated and
aesthetic tastes in the summer places
OF New York and New England.
Speaking of Mr.. Holder reminds me
that Pasadena is a growing literary
center. Mr.. Holder is a prolific
writer for magazines and the press,
his name appearing in about every
publication. He is the author of four
or five books on popular, natural his
tory, and ] am informed has two in
press which will appear this fall,
His publishers are Chas. Scribners,
Dodd Mead 4 Co., and Appleton of
New York, and Boston and London
firm. Mr.. Holder has done more to
advantage Tasauena IN the East than
any one here.
Another OF Pasadena's authors is
Miss Grace Ellery Charming, grand
daughter Of the famous founder of
Unitarianisn. Miss Claiming has
written a delightful book on the un-
published letters and papers of her
distinguished grandfather, and shows
that she has style OF more than or
dinary grace and beauty. In all prob
ability she will be heard from again.
There is nothing like success for a
young wri er, and Miss Channing's
work received unusual praise from the |
hesvy-weights of the Eastern press.
The Rev. E. i. Conger, Pasad9na's |
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