The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1894-08-13
PASADENA.

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nj Rates Come Down ?-Notes.
PASADENA, Aug. H. On Saturday
next the voters OF this city will be
called upon to elect board OF 15 free.
holders, whose duty it shall be to draw
up O special charter, which nhall be
submitted to the people for approval.
The question 10 one OF great Importance
to all interested in the advancement OF
the city, and the coming election. both
for naming the board and afterward for
the decision on the charter as present.
ed, should poll full vote. The list OF
Is fresholders nominated at the recent
meeting in Williams hall will be elected
without doubt, as no opposition has
been manifested in any quarter to any
of the parties named. The principal
thing was to secure level-headed citi-
zens OF experience, who would give the
matter their careful attention and
provide Pasadena with q charter suit
able to a city of 1000 inhabitants,
not $50, a. is the case under the present
charter. In drawing up this charter
the board of freeholders will have valu-
able assistance from the committee ap-
pointed BY tho council. consisting of
Councilman Weed and Hamilton and
City Attorney w. E. Arthur. This
committee, with the able. assistance of
our city attorney, should be able to aid
the board of freeholders very materially.
They have already taken steps in the
matter, looking to at once beginning
work after next Saturdays election.
Requests have been sent to q large num-
Der of cities OF this class for copies of
their charters, and in many cases re-
sponses have already been received. 1t
10 the purpose OF the comm to care
fully compare these various charters
and by selecting the best from each
to draw up charter second
to none. As before stated the question
ia q very important one and demands
the most intelligent handling. az the
future growth of our city will depend in
large measure upon its construction
being on Q broad and liberal basis. The
liquor question and the prohibition of
the sale OF intoxicants within the city
limits is one of the most important pro-
visions with which the trainers of the
charter will have to deal. There Is q
division of public sentiment on this
question which will have to be consid-
cred. 1t is, however, highly probable
that the new charter as submitted to the
voters will conform in this respect to
the present city ordinances governing
the sale of liquors.
The ordinances as they stand ct pres
emit, and if fully inforcsd, are doubtless
az nearly satisfactory az any that might
be framed. being the product of numer-
GUS experiments on the part of various
councils.
Other matters OF importance will come
mp later for consideration in connection
with the charter, and the HERALD will
zee that its readers are kept fully posted
on all proposed changes.
SHALL IT BE 25 CENTS.
Tomorrow afternoon the council will
once more wrestle with the Terminal
rate matter. At the last meeting OF the
board the matter was referred to the
attorney for investigation and report In
one week, and it is probable Mr.. Arthur
will be on hand tomorrow with his re-.
port. He will doubtless inform the
board that the city has a cause
for action against the company
to declare its charter forfeit, and will
likely hold that q suit il instigated
would eventually be decided against the
company. 1t is to be hoped, however,
that the company will voluntarily drop
the rate to its original figure, 25 cents
for round trip between Pasadena and
Los Angeles, and avoid any necessity for
carrying the matter into the courts. By
doing 40 they will soon become nsces-
sity through competition, and will re-
tain the good will OF the people generally.
who have been following this matter
with much interest since the council first
granted the compkny permission to raiss
its rates over two years ago. The action
OF the council tomorrow will be awaite d
with interest.
Mt. Wilson ia catching large crowds
ibis weather. Several parties have been
formed to 90 up during the present
moonlight nighta.
Work ia going on rapidly for the paw
ing on South Raymond avenue. This
thoroughfare is fast coming to the front.
number from this city enjoyed de-
lightful moonlight ride over the Mt.
hop at Rubio pavilion. 1t is the inten-
ton of the management to give eeries
OF these hops on Saturday evenings.
The steel vault which is to be placed
in the new block, corner OF Colorado and
Raymond, for the Pasadena National
bank, ia one Of the most secure affairs OF
It's Kind in the west. The Pasadena Ma
tlonsl Is among our leading financial in
sututions and stops at no expense in q
matter Of this kind.
In the Depths OF Misery.
ihousn endowed with wealth "beyond the
dreams OF avarice," the wretched sufferer from
chgHnic dyspepsia is plunged in the depths of
U ia1, he