The herald., 1893-09-02
TRAVEL BY WIRE TO PASADENA,
The Consolidated Company Will
Soon Build the Road.
The Santa Fe Company Adopts Re-
trenchment Measures. M
General Manager Clark OF tho Electric
Road and tho Supervisors Agree
ON the Terms of Fran 4tfs
chfse-Notes.


took another whirl at the sale of an
electric railroad franchise, the road be-
tween Los Angeles and Pasadena. s'z
Not discouraged by the $25 bid re-
oeived last time, they propose totry it.
again. gsff a@ues4
They took the precaution TO have
with them yesterday, while discussing
an ordinance, Mr.. CLARK of the electric
road company of this city, and adopted
several OF his suggestions into the
document. av ~.s
The ordinance, which advertiaes the
franchise for sale and calls for bids, was
gone over section by section. AS
amended 1t was adopted and ordered
published in the HERALD. The bids lor
the franchise will be received up to Oc-
tober 4th. 5a.
The provisions OF the ordinance,
which is quite long,. are substantially
the same as that which was framed be-
fore, with some changes.
1t calls for q double track street elec-
tric railway for passenger traffic only,
and the route is specified as follows:
Commencing at the intersection OF
Pasadena avenue with the north city
boundary line of the city of Los Ange-
les. thence along Pasadena avenue to a
point in or near Garvanza where pub
iic highway turns from said Pasadena
avenue easterly along the side Of the
hill, and runs along and over former
right OF way of the Los Angeles and
San Gabriel valley road; thence along
said last mentioned public highway on
q trestle, adjoining the present road
way. ON the aoutherly side thereof, to
point about 200 feet west OF the west
erly end OF the county bridge across the
Arroyo Seco; thence crossing said pub
lie highway to the northerly side there
Of; thence across the Arroyo Seco on
bridge to be constructed by the grantee,
adjoining and Immediately above the
present county bridge; thence along said
highway to q point on the west boundary
line Of the city OF South Pasadena.
There is q provision allowing the road
to paes over the route OF the old toll
bridge ACROSS the Arroyo Seco.
1t Is stated that work shall begin 90
days from the granting OF q franchise; If
not, and il the road is not completed and
in operation along its entire length be-
tween Los Angeles and South Pasadena
within IL months, 1t works complete
forfeiture of the franchise.
1t is also provided that II any portion
of the road after completion is unused 30
days, it also works a forfeiture of the
franchise.
Trains are to be run one hour apart
between q. m. and IL p. M. except
between 8 and 8 q. M, between Los An
geles and Pasadena, when they shall run
half an hour apart, and the same time
between 4 and7 p. m. The last train
from Pasadena to Los Angeles must be
not before IL p. m.
The road is also required to pave be-
tween the rails aud for two feet on each
side.
The board is confidently counting on
bidders for this franchise who will l.make
offers that will be bona fide, and offer to
give reasonable price for such valua-
BILE privilege.
OFF FOR CHICAGO.
A special train left the Arcade depot
yesterday afternoon on the 2 o'clock
train, en- route to- Chicago, occupying
the special Pullman car San Juan. The
party goes by way of San Francisco, ar
rivlng there at 1915 this morning,
spending the day there and leaving on
the fast mail at o'clock in the. after
noon.s They will reach Salt Lake City
on Monday morning, where they will
stay until evening, in order to see Salt
Lake and view the scenery on the Dem
yer and Rio Grande in the day time.
They will leave the Denver and Rio
Grande road at Pueblo for Chicago, at
which point they will arrive on Thurs-
day morning at o'clock. The party
will retain the San Juan through to
destination. 1t is composed of the fol-
lowing well-known citizens of Los An
geles: o. j. and F. II. Muchmore and
party, J. G. and T. d. Mott, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Pomeroy, A. ii. Braley and
sister and Miss Kimball, DR.. and Mrs.
]. h. Haynes and Mrs. Hardy, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. P. Mulford, Miss Jennie M.
Durgan, j. 3. Barrett, Mr.. and Mrs. ID.
A. Scott, Mrs. B. F. Coulter and daugn-
ter, Mrs. 0. Handy.
Another party will probably be organ
lied within the next week or ten days,
following the same route.
STILL ECoNoMIzING. M
The Southern California Railway COM
pany is like all the other big incorpora-
tions saving expenses at every possible
place.
Yesterday number OF decapitations
were made in the auditor 8 office, the fol- /
lowing being relieved: Harry Fleming, 4
Melville Rust, j. M. Carse and III. j q
Nickereon. sa
Miss Birdie Wesson OF the same Office
resigned, and Mr.. John Beamer Of the
La Grande station force was among the
outside beheaded.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. EXCURSION.
The chamber of commerce excursion-s
lists will leave for Chicago at / 80 p. M.
on Monday. They will have special
train of yestibule Pullman cars, which
will be decorated with banners.
Fully 150 people, if not more, will
compose the party. Stops will be made
at Kansas City, Topeka and Julesburg.
where public receptions will be given
the tourists. Those intending to 20
should secure their sleepers and quar-
ters today.
Mr.. J. M. Johnson, chief clerk, and
Mr.. Brunpel Flint, superintendent of
the railway mail service, have just re-
turned from a trip over the Mount Lowe
railway, with the view of giving mail
service to the resorts ON that line. Mr..
Flint expresses himself with the belief
that Mount Lowe ia to become one OF
the most popular resorts in the world.
II: Y. Ives, who was killed on Thurs
day in railroad accident in Massachus-
etts, was assistant to Vice. President w.
b. HoDins0n OF the Santa Fe company.