The herald., 1895-10-23
THE PAVING n PASADENA
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Street Strengthening Must Come
First
COUNCIL CHAMBER ECHOES
The Rev. Clark Crawford's Statement of
the Case
An Unfortunate Admission by Trustee lam
iIton That the City Has Employed
Private Detectives

tnesStre6J was nelu last evening, accord
ing to announcement.
The report of the committee OF FIVE
consisting of Colin Stewart, G. Z. Me-
harry, R. 7. Vandervot and r. X. James,
appointed for that purpose, was submit
ted as follows s.
We, the committee appointed by the
chairman5 of the meeting OF property
owners on East Colorado street, tor the
purpose of street improvement, held Oc-
tober 7tb, would hereby submit to the
meeting the following report:
First-That the aforesaid street be
properly graded and its grade established
before contemp plated Improvements he
commenced; and, further, your commit
tee are not able,to svy whit kind of pave
ment or road bed would be best suited to
all purposes and at the same time salt
all parties interested bnt after making
an examination of various kinds OF ma
teial that might be used for macadam
purposes think that foundation OF
coarse granite, properly,,rolled and topped
off with Esome of the. same material as a
filler, would be good road.
motion was made tha. the above re-
port be adopted and City EngIner W. B.
Clamp was called upon 10 give his opln-
ION, based upon recent observations in
the east, as to the merits of different
kinjs of paving, which he gave at some
length.
The motion to adopt the report was
lost and motion was made by Mr..
James that committee be appointed
to investigate the Strengthening OF the
street, doing away with the projections
made into the street by the Meth odist
church and all other preliminary matters
with regard to the improvement of the
street.
This was carried and the following COM
mitsee appointed: Justise Brookway G.
4. Meharry, DR.. 7. S. Green, DR.. H. X.
James and E. E. Spulding. An ad-
journment was made until Monday even
ing, Novem Der 4th.
COUNCIL MEETING ECHOES.
At the late meeting or the council the
following statement was presented by the
Rev. Clark Crawford:
To the Honorable the Mayor and Coun-
:il of Pasadena-Gentlemen Our pres
ence here will raise in your minds the
questions: Who are you? What brings
you hither? What is your wisn?" We
answer these supposed questions as fol-
lows:
We are the representatives, of large
number OF your fellow citizens and ours.
We do not appear before YOUR honorable
body as uictators. but to make a respect-
full state mnet concerning matters that in
volve the welfare or our common muni-
cipHllty. 4ou are aware that for many
months it has been very generally be-
Ieved that the ordinance respecting the
sale of intoxicating liquors was being
violated. There seems to be no doubt
now in the minds of either the friends or
the enemies OF the ordinance that it has
been broken with impunIty. Indeed,
nj hp Mt dor s.,I
recently that he and others had trafiicKed
in strong drink contrary to the city s
laws. Our police have seemed unable to
secure sufficient evidence to convict
those suspected OF breaking the ordin-
ace, except in few instances In about
three-fourths of the cases made the evil
dence has been secured by private oiti.
Zens at their own expense. The officers
say that because they are so we'll kDown
it IS very difficult for them TO discover
violations of the law Furthermore. they
have made the reasonable demand that If
anybody knew the law was being ira
versed, he should either furnish the evil
deEce of chat fact or De quiet.
Now, many citizens, believing that the
numerous reports OF the illegal sale of in
toxicants had a foundation in fact, and
believing tnat the city officers were en-
titled to the cordial support of the moral
forces OF the community in the effort to
enforce the wholesome laws which have
made Pasadena, to the best classes 0
people, the most attractive residence city
on the continent, began to ask. what
can we do?' They thoughtfully an dis
passionately pondered the situation.
They did nothing in haste. They felt
that no small coterie, church, society or
individual, should, alone. attempt to sup.
ply the neeoed assistance; but that all
the churches, societies and individuals
whose aim is the conservation of the
Citys moral interest should unite and act
together. In this union there would be
not only strength but wisdom and is
cretlon. Questions and methods tnat
should come up for consideration would
thus he viewed from various stand dpoints
and the ultimate policy would be at one +,
conservative and aggressive. Accord
lngly convention was held whose mem-
bershlp was composed of two delegates
from each OF the nineteen churches and
societies represented. This convention
resulted in the formation of a permanent
council, IN which the moral forces OF :h e
city might, when necessary, focus them
selves. This council represents between
3OoO and 4oJn members, besides many ad-
herents whose sentiments we voice
A few persons whose ideal of the
rights and duties of citizenship we can
not understand contend that we are not
justified in thus com bining for the pur.
pose OF calling the attention of officers to
tne VIOLATIONS oil law. We do not believe
that you share in their feelings. We sub
nit that they who, IN the interest of
sobriety and good order, seek to aid the
constituted authorities in the force
ment OF law, have better right to do that
work than has the offender to continue
his lawlessness unmolested. We stand
for the majesty and involability of the
peopie's law. with malice toward
none, and with charity for all, - we mold
shat when man is unwilling to obey the
laws OF the community in which he
lives. il he cannot change them be
should move into a community whose
laws Are in harmony with his practices.
Any other course is stark anarchism, and
that Is no better in native American
than IN Herr Most.
Some pretend to think that we should
not employ detectives in com passing the
object OF our council. If they were clan.
deetinely robbed of their money, they
would make use of detectives in hunting
down the culprit, and no one would for d
moment question their right to do il. L
the public funds were being stolen by
some unknowh persoh, and anybody
should discover the thief by secret
service, he would be Universally an
plauded. We fancy that III that case thu
emphasis would be placed not upon the
question whether the detectiveH,was en-
firely discreet but upon the fact that he
found his man. Only when the offense
IL that of selling intoxicants is objection
raised to secret service detection. We dc
not speak thus because we feel that oul
city council looks upon our methoos o.