The herald., 1893-08-16
PASADENA.
Nfuoh Irtsrett In the Paving matter-Ths
9teiI Case,

rfucb Irtsrstt in the Paving MAtter-The
steil Case.
p...nsrA. Aue. lb.--The all-absorbins topic
of ,hs day IL the paving matter Everyone is
interested, and the outcome of the affair Will be
watched with much interest.
The star, commenting editorially upon the
matter this evening, says:
"The protest against paving Fair Oaks and
Raymond has arisen Independently Of the op.
oition to tho who.c improvement with refer
ence 10 this protest the council Will not po
extrem ~ Improbable that 4 contract will be
executed under toe new call issued yesterday.
The council are carrying the proceedings p % 70 an
scarcely probable that . contract will be
awarded % . contractor who will be able to
psrics,M the wors Faar naces
~ mi: 4 exsctly IN ino wish the article in this
mornihg's HERALD upon the action OF tne
council In ordering bids feadvertised for; us
Clearly impossible to get good firms to bid on
the work under the present proceedings, az
they avs we'll aware that no money could Do
WIN. under these circumstances. the commu-
nifty ihonld be put e the expense pa.. 81 Teaover'
tisng e. bids y d!culs q 70 % Ssa nut mn bv
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ssssSiish ct Sii shsif rights.
present. Known are ficiently .correos to allow low
sas Ss ,scsiysd wSdy pa paving sSis
provt1inT o % the council sees At to disregard the
wishes Of seven -tenths OF the interested prop
erty owners, a. shown ny tneir signatures upon
This street every one knows needs paving
badly, and II would be Of great benefit 70 the
vhctSer this is the proper time to force this ex.
pense upon the property owners is open 70
| grave doubt. In Los Angeles, RiveHide and
| than in Pasadena at present. has been stopped
! on account Of the financial ktringenoy, and Ills
| hardly fair 70 expect more from our citizens
| than in these eighboring places.
| Another thing to be taken into consideration
10 that unless contracts are let for Kay mono
ana FAIR 0ss. syenuss % ~ No
tion between the three pieces OF pavement
which are to be laid under the present specin:.
to Soi Se wsded through in crossing Fair Oaks and
Ali this hss however. doubtless been given
wnsesicn "! taken, Yesterday. and the outcome
The c.ss ...esur steil, for selling beer con-
trary to the city ordinanbe, came up for trial
| this morning before City Recorder Rossiter.
The defendant was represented by Colonel
, Wellborn Of Los Angeles, City Attorney W. Z
! Arthur conducting the prosecution H
tion from the fact that 1t will be in the nature
OF . test case. the defendant intending to carry
1t to the higher courts.
AT the opening Of the trial the defense moved
demurrer nled some time ago. The motion was
overruled and several witnesses for the prose-
cution examined, among them being City Clerk
Dyer and Marshal Buchanan. Mr.. Buchanan
testided to finding beer being drank at 6teii's
restaurant on July 2Sth at 4:15 p. m
No evidence was put In by the defense, and
the conrt returned : verdict Of guilty. dxins
Thur.day next ,t 10 .. m. for sentence.
The city council met a. 1 board Of equaiiza.
tion at O'clock this afternoon with Mr.. Weed
IN the chair, and All members present
Asseesment books, volumes and 2, were ex-
Mr. =. L. Jones presented q s.claim for a re-.
duction on the asBesgment OF his block on East
Colombo street. It being assessed at $1,000.
On motion the smount was reduced to
The application Of Mr.. Bainbridee and p.
g. wooster for injunctions which were died
yesterday were denied.
ns B. Slater from $500 to ss7s. s.e 0ls'm o1 oar-
No other hu.iness coming up the boar ad.
1ouaneu until tomorrow at p. m.
NoTRs.
meeting Of the Lowe reception committee
ConsiderAble business was transacted. "s'
general meeting Of the board Of trade on
Thur1dhy afternoon next at 3 O'Clock A renort
Will Be received from the COMMITTEES on the
An appeal to the supreme court has been
taken In the case OF Moses Mulchincock found
guilty Of battery and fined $50.
Quite : serious runaway occurred near the
Centa Fe station this morning. Mrs. q. a. |
Rhodes wss In the buggy whom her horse be
came frightened, overturned the vehicle throw |
ing the LADY out. and in1uring her quite seri.
touqd the collar bone fractured, besides numer. |
oNa bruises.