The herald., 1895-12-10
A Sign OF Promise of Raymond
Rebuilding
STREET AND SEWER WORK
An Elegant Rock Pile For Entertain.
ment Of Tramps.
A Twilight Burglar Scared Away Before ne
Secured Any Plunder-Pians OF the
Tournament Association

PASADENA, Dec. 9.--The city council
met in adjourned session at 10 am. for
the purpose of inspecting the North Fair
Oaks avenue work, but the matter was
postponed until next Monday at the re-
quest of the Blinn Lumber company, con-
cured in by Attorney Metcalfe. for the
property-owners.
At the regular afternoon session there
was full attendance of the board. The
first matter to come up was the neglect OF
the electric railway company to remove
the menace to life and limb ,occasioned by
the double track on the very narrow I'M
named street connecting South Fair Oaks
and Columbia street, and for which the
company has no franchise. As long ago as
last July the council adopted resolution
directing the city attorney to see that this
unauthorized piece OF track was removed
at once, Judge Weed said that negotia'
tons had been pending between the com.
pany and the property-owners in that vi.
cinity, and they had had plenty Of time to
arrange matters, but as they had made no
move to comply with the demand of the
council, he offered resolution directing
the city attorney to proceed against the
company at once. In discussing the mat
ter Judge Weed said Walter Raymond had
made proposition to the effect that he
would agree to bear one-third of the eX-
pense of putting in a bridge to extend
South Fair Oaks avenue over the cut
through which the Santa Fe and Terminal
roads pass, and another bridge to extend
Columbia street over the same cut. This
would bring the two streets together at a
right angle as they were originally, before
the deep cut was made which cut Oh the
ground at their meeting place and left
them to be afterwards connected
by this little short, unnamed street along
the side of the cut where the electric road
now passes. 1t is stated that an agree
ment was made by the railroad companies
at the time they were allowed to make
that deep cut that they would put the
bridge there whenever the council deemed
It necessary, and il this is the case they
should be held to it. Some members of
the board thought the best way to arrange
the matter was to have the bridges built
and use them for driving, allowing the
electric road to remain where it now is.
Others thought the company should be re-
CURED to provide sufficient width of street
alongside their tracks by purchasing from
the adjacent property. The fact that
Walter Raymond stands ready to bear
one-third the expense of putting in these
bridges land his offer extends also to the
maintenance of them,) is a good-sized
straw that shows which way the wind
blows, or rather it shows there is some
thing more substantial than wind in the
talk about the rebuilding of the Raymond
DR.. Slaughter and others protested
against the construction of sewer or
North Euclid avenue, on the ground that
many property owners on the avenue are
unable to pay for the same.
DR.. Rowland, Health officer, recon.
mended that the sewer be constructed. as
it was only the plea of poverty that caused
it to be postponed indefinitely. At the
present rate it looks as though it would
be long time before the city has q sewer
system really adequate to it's needs. 1t is
a matter well worth spending money for
and always adds more than its cost TO the
value of property.
A petition from property owners on Cy.
press street was submitted, asking for al
electric light on Cypress street at point
midway between Walnut street and Orange
Grove avenue. Granted.
j. r. Boynton asked for rebate on
assessed personal taxes.
Paul S. Heffleman, for the Los Angeles
HERALD, asked permission to place bull
letin in front OF his place of business on
East Colorado street.
Library bills to the amount of S112.20