The herald., 1893-09-07
POMONA.

Important Meeting of the City Trustees
The Water Works Question.
POMONA, Sept. 6.-The city trustees
met in the city hall lest night at 80, a
full board being present. The minutes
of the preceding meeting were read and
approved. The street committee asked
for and was granted further time on the
alley petition. On motion the reading
OF several ordinances was deferred to
another meeting. The specifications for
building sidewalks and crosswalks were
by motion numbered respectively five
and six and adopted. A resolution OF
intention to build an asphalt sidewalk
six feet in width on the west side OF
Elizabeth, or Main street, from the
south side of Holt avenue to the north
side OF First street, was passed and
notices ordered posted according to the
cases, Notwithstanding protest pre-
sented by the Southern Pacific COM
pany, 80 feet, and one or two other
parties 1876 feet, as the property owners
along the line controlling the other 546
feet were in favor of the improvement.
The regulation OF the width of cross
walks was four feet, which are to be
built at the expense of the city. The
various bills for monthly current ex-
penses, the salaries of officers, claims Of
the fire department, those OF the pound
master and printing bills were presented
and with one or two exceptions on
technical points, allowed. A claim OF
Miss Corinne Davis for fifty dol
lars for copying work done
in assessors Office was allowed; Treas
urer J. W. Goodwin asced for extra pay
in collecting Cor preparing books for col
lection) taxes, and upon motion was al
lowed one months extra salary; then
the matter of tho city purchasing the
water rights of the Citizens Water COM
pany was presented by Meesrs. O. q.
kellogg and J. E. Packard, on the part
OF the water company, came up, was
order authorizing the city clerk to have
a suitable notice published in the three
Pomona papers, and the printing, post
ing and distributing handbills calling
for general mass meeting of the citi-
zens of Pomona on Monday night next
at s O'Clock, to investigate and discuss
the feasibility. advisability and ability
to purchase the entire said plant, and
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evening following said mass meeting,
Tuesday, September 18th, at 30, to act
in the matter after getting the sense of
the property owners of our city.
Miss Lulu Thrall and her mother ar
rived home yesterday from their worlds
fair trip, after pleasant and enjoyable
visit in the east.
]. q. Todd and family are at home
again.
Misses Viola Marsh and Maria
Schwann, the patiently plodding and
expert bookkeepers, respectively OF
Fellows grocery store and Short d
Schwann, fruit shippers, left this morn
ing for two weeks rest at Santa Oata-
lima.
A rabbit drive north and east from
Pomona is being considered for Satur-
day next.
The celebration of the silver wedding
last evening, on the twenty fifth anni-
versary OF the marriage OF Rev. E. r.
and Mrs. Bennett, at their residence. on
the corner of Sixth street and White
avenue. was attended by, perhaps, some
800 persons, and it was indeed ono oi
the real pleasant affairs that have 90.
Cured in Pomona this season.
Mr.. Clyde Brooks ran in from his last
Los Angeles and Ell Paso run on yester-
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred J. Smith have re-
turned to San Pedro fora longer stay.