The herald., 1894-12-03
SUNDAY At PASADENA
The Question OF City Parks I'm
der Discussion.
Outlook for the Coming Crop Of
Citrus Fruit.
rhs New city Charter Gives Trouble.
Local HsppsninGs-Sociai Items.
Person 81 Notes aud
Mention.

city parks 10 ct present receiving con
siderable attention at the hands OF tn,
city council and much interest has beef
awakened generally in the subject. 4
committee appointed by the council
rendered = report ct the last meeting
and we're given moro time to look int
the matter and receive bids for sites.
number Of proportions were submitted
with favorable report upon Mr.. Legg''
offer Of . fve-acre tract lying on North
Raymond avenue, bounded on the north
and south by Walnut and Locust streets
The location 10 very desirable one and
worthy Of consideration for several rea-
sons If the price is not considered toe
high. Being aitnatsd 20 near the bust
ncss center of town II woald be entirely
practicable to locate . city hall and
other municipal buildings upon it if de-
sired. Al 10 well known the city al
present owns neither lands NOR buildings.
the present city hall being only leased
for . short term Of years, and il We
ever expect to have any public buildings
II 10 time some steps were taken in the
matter.
Il was the original intention Of the
council to secure bids with q view oi
locating . number OF small parks, two or
three ia various portions Of the city.
Whether. however, it would not be bet
ter to devote all energies to the pur-
chase and improvement of one park
which would be Z credit and advertise :
msnt to ths city 10 an open question. 1t
certainly does seem that the latter prop
osition 10 the preferable OF the two.
With two or three parks the expense Of
maintenance would be more in proportion
and not nearly the showing could be
made. The whole matter 10 in its in
csption, but IL is we'll to carefully consider
before any definite action is taken. II
would certainly be = splendid thing for
our cisy to possess handsome pleasure
ground, and it would also be another
splendid thing for il to own q city hall
located upon that park.
The second report Of the committee
appointed by the council will be received
Ia . couple of weeks. and it 10 quite pos
sible that more favorable proportions
will bs submitted than At first.
THE CITRUS CROP.
Prospects for this years crop OF citrus
fruit in this vicinity are exceptionally
good. The fruit. especially oranges. has
set we'll. 10 Of good size and bids fair to
run aDout tine average in quantity.
Thanks to our abundant supply, the late
arrival Of the rains this season will not
affect the fruit, although . downpour OF
moisture soon would do no harm. As to
the condition of the market, it is of
c0urse too early in the year to tell any
thing definitely about it. The Fruit
Growers' association, which marketed
to advantage in favor of the producers
last year, will in all probability handle
the majority Of the crop, although the
coMMission man will. it is understood,
make hard fight for the business. Tho
associAtion last year handled most of
the fruit from here. and gave general
sstisfaction, although the results in
some cases were not AH large az
had been expected. This WAS due
largely from the fact that association
labored under the sadvsn tage OF being
new in the field, and many Of the tran
sactiona being in the nature of an ex-
pertinent. This year the association
will have the advantage OF last years
experience and an Established reputa-
tion In the market, and much better re-
suits are assured. Two meetings have
been called to complete arrangements
for the coming years work. but the
growers will probably be called together
soon for this purpose. One Of the es-
esntials to the success of the scheme is
that the growers generally shall join
and dispose OF their fruit through the
association. The larger volume OF bust.
nsas handled the cheaper proportion
ately will be the expense. One of tho
chief sdvantages Of tho system 10 to
regulate the shipments to oaetern and
northern markets 20 40 to govern gluts,
which were frequent end disastrous un-
der the old commission plan, whereby
every man worked ON his own hook.
Frequently two or three times as
much fruit would be shipped to an
ssstern market as could be used. The
results are evident. Prices went down
and the growers suffered. This, to q
large extent. was overcome last year,
and under more perfect system this
season the best of results should bs oh.
tanned.
THAT CHARTER AGAIN.
The disposition of the new city char
tor 10 an important question at present.
The board Of fifteen free-holders strug-
gled for many weeks over its production
and it will be presented to che citizens
for approval or otherwise in the near
future, accompanied by bill OF expense
to the taxpayers of over $1,000. of which
over $500 goes into the pockets OF the
two local papers, which amount, by the
way, 10 just double what it might have
been had the council seen fit to have it
published in but one paper instead of
two. The local press is divided az to
the validity of the document which has
been produced at oil this trouble and
expense, the News vowing that it is
worthless and full Of holes and the Star
maintaiug that it is all right and eound
~ dollar.
The mystic board of freeholders has
% yet maintained q profound silence in
regard to it, but promise to answer OBJ.
jections at later date. when all picke
have been received. In the midst of all
this difficulty why would it not
bs . good plan for the council
to appoint = board of comperent legal
Iights to examine into and pass upon
the documens 90 far as its legality is
concerned? The general public are not
supposed to be lawyers and the tax
payers have certainly the right to the
satisfaction of knowing whether or not
this proposed charter is good for any
thing OF not. II it is illegal, as claimed
by some. II should not be passed: but il
on the contrary it is sound, it should be
put through without further ex pense to
our citizeua Anv chanRas which NAV