The herald., 1895-07-02
pasadena CITY COUNCIL
Oakland Avenue Is to Be Ex-
tended
ABOUT SEWER CONNECTIONS
Action Deferred in the North Pasadena
Annexation Scheme
Report Of the Committee - Death Of MIR.
Plcner- Another Car Accident on
ABOUT SEWER CONNECTIONS
--- Picner-Another Car Accident on
the Electric Road


meeting of the city council this Afternoon
there were present President Cox, Trus
tees Weed and Washburn. The first mat
ter to come up was the protest of prop
erty owners agai nst the extension OF Oak
land avenue on the basis proposed-tha
is, that the people living and ownin:
property on the street, south of Eldorado
should be required to help pay for extend
ing the street north to Colorado, through
the property of single citizen, whom
they claim is getting all the benefit
Judge Brockway addressed the board as
one of the protestants, and in behalf OF
the remainder OF them. He said that he
thought it was not tair that all the prop.
erty owners along the street should be
assessed to benefit single one, and that
not very progressive citizen, either, ac-
cording to his notion. Judging from his
speech. there is considerable feeling
aroused over the matter. Judge Weed
said that the matter had come before the
council in way somewhat out of the or
dlnary, in that the petition had been
signed by what appeared to be a majority
of the property owners, and they asked
that the street be opened on certain con-
ditions. which conditions were agreed to,
and now the com issioners having re-
ported in favor of the opening, the ques-
biOu StOou upon bNe pOlHJ as 10 WuelHeT
the board would accept or reject their re-
port.
y A Gibbs then said few words in favor
of the opening of the street, and denied
emphatically that ne had ever asked any
body to nelp in the opening of the street,
saying that he could get along very well
without it. and that as matter of fact
the property owners below him on the
street had come to him favoring the open
ing.
protesting against the extension of the
street principally on the ground that
Alvin Gibbs had been holding his prop
erty as a speculation for years, with the
expectation of realizing profit from the
opening or the street, and that property
owners should not be obliged to pay for
the opening of the street.
Mr.. Gibbs at some length denied the in
situations made in regard to his interest
in the matter and showed how the open
ing of the street would be of great ad-
avntage to property owners.
Trustee Washburn in moving that the
protest be denied, said that he did so for
the reason that. while Mr.. Gibbs was get.
ting big price for his land, if the mat
ter were not fixed this way, it would
would cost the property owners just as
much in the end. The motion was
carried, and the street will be extended.
A resolution ordering the grading,
curbing and guttering of Pasadena ave-
nue. from Colorado to California street
was passed.
E. H. Lockwood addressed the board
on the matter of grading Arlington drive,
speaking in the interest of Mr.. Collin
Stewart, and B. 0. Kendall spoke in the
interests of Mr.. Sawyer, and as these in
terests seemed to clash. the council ad-
vised the matter be laid aside until Mr..
Sawyer's return, he being in the east.
The matter of an ordinance to enforce
the making OF sewer connections by those
who are located along the line of sewer
was laid over although the subject was
discussed in an informal manner. Judge
Weed stated it as his convection that the
matter of expense should be more evenly
adjusted, SO that those living along the
line of a sewer already laid at the ex-
pense of the city should not be allowed
to make connection at no expense to
themselves, while those noe SO Fortunate
ly situated are obliged to pay out of their
own pockets the cost of having sewer
put in. City Attorney Arthur. being
asked whether people could be forced TO
connect their premises with sewer, said
they could. and he said further that he
had always advocated such an ordinance,
and at the time the present sewer system
was laid he was against sucn an unequal
sharing of benefits for which all We're
taxed alike. Mr.. Strong made a very
brief statement to the board, which, how
ever, contains the whole matter in nut
shell. While the residents OF Marengo and
Los Robes avenues can connect with the
sewers with no expense to themselves
other than the usual work of making the
connections. those who are unfortunate
enough to live on Euclid avenue, which
is between the above mentioned streets,
must pay the additional cost of laying a |
sewer system of their own. Plans for |
an extension of the present system are
now in the engineers office, and the COM !
mittee of the council that has the matter
in charge is hard at work getting rights
OF way and making preparations for an |
early commencement of the work.
The bond of Edward Groendyke. with |
E. M. Wood and S. 2. Jewett as sureties, /
in the sum of $l000 for the faithful per-
turmance of his agreement under the
electric light franchise granted him not
long since. was placed on file.
Another comm unication was received
from William Stanton, asking for some
relief from the uncertainties of street car
travel. Some discussion arose, but the
unanimous opinion seemed to be that the
present arrangement is an unmitigated
nuisance. A number of instances were
related in which it was positively affirmed
that the conductor of the car did not
know which street he was bound for until
the switchman turned his car upon the
street OH which he belonged.
The meeting OF North Pasadena citizens
to consider the matter of annexation to
i
report of the committee and the subject
was discussed, but no definite action was
taken. The following extracts will show
the tenor of the report
In regard to taxation: "There is an
other question en- tering into the matter
that will materially affect it in favor of
North Pasadena. The law authorizing
the annexation of outside territory to a
city expressly provides that said annexed
territory shall never be taxed to pay in
uebtedness of the city outstanding at the
time of annexation. Taking the figures
for 1894. out of the total expenditure of
$72. 762.62 there were paid that would
come under this law % per cent of the
total Expenditure for the year, so that
North Pasadena would pay at the. rate Of
IS cents to the city's ST.
''On this basis our old problem would
be, state and county, on present basis on
$1,000 at $1.5O, SIS; state and county at
$1.2O, $l2; city tax at 10 cents or $1,000
$11 25-S2.2 % increase. $s.25, or only 5.5
pc r cent. In other words, the increase
would amount to one-half Of the present
tax. e. AS to the benefits which
may he derived from annexation we re-
spectfully report as follows: Over one
third of the money received by the city
is expended in its streets for repairs. cul-
verts, crossings, care Of storm water clean
ing, sprinkling, lighting, etc. In all of
these ways North Pasadena would be ma
terially benefited.
We would also be especially ben