The herald., 1895-06-04
PASADENA NEWS NOTES
important Meeting of the City
Council
A PETITION WITHDRAWN
The Death of a Very Prominent
Citizen
Extensive Improve vements to Be Made al
Hotel Green-Ex- Governor Markham
Returned-News Notes


President Cox and Trustees Lukens and
Washburn present.
w. II. Wiley presented petition.
signed by tifty-three prominent business
men and firms, asking that the Term
inal Railway company be allowed to re-
duce the number of trains between here
and Los Angeles. and that its franchise
be amended to that effect. The franchise
now calls for ten trains per day each way.
Mr.. Wiley addressed the board, stating
in few words the .reasons for this
amendment being asked, which are un-
derstood by everybody. He thought it
manifestily unjust that the Terminal
company should be compelled to run
empty trains back and forth twelve times
per day.
Mr.. T. E. Gibbon, attorney for the Ter
minal road, then addressed the board. He
said the company if ever had any doubts
about the number of its friends III Pasa-
lena these doubts were now dispelled,
as this petition showed, being obtained,
it was, in very short time, and only
five men encountered who refused to
sign it. Their petition was gotten up
and circulated by some good friends of
the road on their own responsibility, and
hearing of it, he thought 1T might be well
to supple ment the petition by brief
statement. The Terminal road has los
vt leas: seventy per cent of its business,
and is now losing $l00 u day. Ii this loss
was doing anybody any good the COM
pany would not ask anything. The speed
OF the morning and evening tram. which
ire in the most demand. will be increased.
President Cox asked: IF the franchise
we're to remain as it is at present
wouldn't it hurry up the building OF the
extension to Salt Lake?'
Mr.. Gibbon replied: mo; on the con-
trary, our building that extension de-
pends upon the showing we are able to
make on the road now in operation. We
must show good earnings in order to
keep up our credit in financial circles.
AS far as the probability of the extension
ever going by way of Glendale was con-
cerned, Mi. Gibbon said that route was
not feasible, and the people of Pasadena
need never fear that this city will not be
on the main line when the extension is
made. The company asked that relief be
gwen as soon as possible, as they could
not stand a loss of $4,000 per month, and
must have relief in some way.
y communication from Herman de La
guna was read. withdrawing his former
petition for an electric road franchise
and presenting another which provided
for the following route: From the inter
section OF Marengo avenue i'll the
south line Of the city, running thence on
Marengo to California street; on Califor-
MIA street to Euclid avenue; on Euclid
avenue to Colorado street; ON Colorado
to De Lacy; on De Lacy to Union. MIR.
Laguna only asked. he said, that the
franchise be put up for sale to the high
est bidder. and the advertising would not
cost the city anything. President Cox
and Trustee Lukens thought when fran
chises were secured up to the city limits
would be time enough to consider grant
ng fran chise inside the city limits OF
Pasadena, Bids were opened for street
work on West Walnut street. There were
two bids those of j. G.. kinsman and J.
b. Hughes, and the work was awarded to
the former. Two bids were received for
furnishing fire hose to the city, and that
of Harper & Reynolds was accepted.
price 50 cents per foot, guaranteed to
stand pressure of 500 pounds per square
inch for four years use.
An ordinance was passed ordering Villa
street widened to GO feet where 1t IS less
than that width by taking 10 feet from
the north side.
The city engineer was instructed to
make a diagram of the sewer system on
Marengo avenue.
Ordinances were passed establishing
the grade of alleys in the Hotel tract and
in Defries subdivision.
A resolution to grade, gutter and curb
walnut Slrcet, lToit pdlI OahS W
avenue was passed.
The Union Ice company asked permis-
sion to erect an ice house on the east side
of Broadway near Glendale street.
Granted.
Property owners on Garfield avenue Pc
titioned to have the street sprinkled be-
tween Illinois street and the norJh city
limits, the same being regularly graded
street. This brought up again the vexed
question of how to sprinkle the whole
tity with only facilities enough to prop
erly sprinkle q very small part OF it.
Trustee Lukens thought the main thor
oughfares ought to be we'll attended to if
some Improvements had to 60 in conse-
quence.
The report of the various city depart
ments for May were read and placed on
tile. Recorder Rossiter's report showed
that there were seven arrests Tor viola
tion of the htchng ordinance, besides
many fines that had been paid in the pre-
vious month for the same offense.
City Attorney Arthur stated that he
had found law on the statute books.
passed i'll 1889, which appeared to au-
thorize the city to go ahead on the city
park proposition, although he was not
prepared to say that it harmonizcs with
subsequent legislation. 1t is an act en-
titled An act to enable incorporated cit
les and towns to acquire, maintain and
improve public parks ana boulevards.
LII prO"lueS tHdI ANY Incorporated CITY
may acquire and hold land for this pur-
pose, either by purchase or condemna-
tion under the provisions of the code of
civil procedure. The land so acquired
and held may be within the corporate
limits or conveniently adjacent thereto.
and in either case shall be subject to the
jurisdiction of the municipality and to
the ordinances thereof. The city is given
power to determine by ordinance what
lands are proper to be acquired for park
purposes. and the further power is con-
terIed OF levying a tax sufficient to buy
parks or to maintain them annually or
both Or the trustees may cali an cleo
tion to vote bonds for these purposes. If
an election is held two-t thirds Of the votes
cast shall be required to authorize the
boads, which shall run for not more than
twenty years.
Death of a Prominent Citizen
PASADENA, June 3.--The death of
Charles Fl. Randall. as stated yesterday,
occurred Sunday morning at 9 o'clock,