The herald., 1895-11-12
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS
Telephone and Street Car Matters
Are Considered
THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES
Is Scheduled to Be Held on New
Years Day
An Impromptu Exhibition Which Nobody Crit
icised-Tourists Coming in Numer.
ousiy-Social Notes

PASADENA, Nov. 1.-the city coun-
Gil met in regular session at . p. M, with
President Cox, Trustees Weed, Hamilton
ana Washburn present. The matter oil
licensing hackmen came up for discuss.
ion, the ordinance having been intro
ducsd at the last meeting. Judge Weed
said he had talked with the hacxmen
about it and some of them were in favor
of license of $40 per month tor six
months, with no license for the remain
der of the year. Also that the liverymen
pay a like tax and if they have number
of hacks that they pay $40 per month for
each mack that solicts public bu:lness.
After some discussion a resolution was
passed requesting the hackmen. livery
men and eXpressmen to hold meeting
and agree upon the matter among the m
selves, su Emitting their conclusions to the
board by next Saturday. In this way 1T
was thought an ordinance might be
passed that would impose tax satisfact.
ory all around.
Attorney Gibbon appeared in behalf of
the Terminal road to ask :nat action be
taken upon the matter of removing the
fagman from the Colorado street cross
ing. This was granted with the under
standing that train, will be required to
slow up upon approa aching the crossing.
Herman De Laguna appeared before
the board to urge the advertisement of
his franchise for q telephone ana tele-
graph line from Los Angeles to Pasa-
dena. He saiu the rates on such line
would be reduced % to so psr cent below
those of the Sunset company. When
pd W a fac ha ha uai1
$3.50 for business houses and from 81. 80 to
81 for private houses. He said the obi
nance he was presenting for the consider
alton OF the board was all exact copy of the
one granted to the Sunset company, ex.
Cept that the clause was adued TO the
effect that thls line was to be q part of
the competitive line to be erected in los
Angeles. Mr.. De- Laguna said he was
ready to agree TO have the line completed
within year. but there seemed to be
some doubt in the minds of the board as
to whether Mr.. De Lasuna intended to
possible he would have a valuable fran
chise for sale about the time this was
granted to him. However, 1t is probably
immaterial to the public WHISTLER Mr.. De
Laguna or somebody else builds the line,
Just SO it is built. Trustee Hamilton was
in favor of granting he franchise. The
matter was referred TO the committee on
judiciary and the city attorney, to report
at the next meeting.
The matter OF the electric railway COM
pany preem pting the little street between
its power house and its car sheds on
South FAIR Oaks avenue was brought up,
and the general opinion seemed to De
that If the company would give, In lieu
thereof land enough for a street on the
south OF the power house, a trade could
be made, and they be allowed to close up
the other street. Judge Weed said the
board ought to compel the company to
make a reasonable passaseway along the
turn connecting South Fair Oaks anu Co.
lumbia street., wh-re the danger to any.
one driving when a car is near IS very
considerable, as pointed out some time
ago in these columns.
Bids for street work on Pasadena av-
loway, grading, 20 CENTS. curbing 80
cents, gutter Az cents; J b. Hughes,
grading Is, curblng 277s, gutter 1877; j.
q. kinsman, grading q, curblng -, gut.
ter 49,; Ward d Roberts, grading ! 5, curb
ing 81, gutter -. The contract was
awarded 10 j. B. Hughes.
Marshal Buchanan reported the appoint
Ment OF J. G. Walker as "a deputy marshal
for the opera house, and the same was
approved.
J. Il. Bike asked permission to pedde
medicine in Pasadena without license.
A deed from j. A. Muir, superintend-
emit of the Southern Pacific railroad COM
pany, and Thomas B. Cfiss of New York
city. conveying to tbs city OF Pasadena
. strip OF land east OF land parallel TO the