The herald., 1895-05-08
SANTA ANA
neetlng Of City Trustees-Snuthern Pacific
Desires q Franchise

Heeting Of City Trustees-Southern Pacific
Desires Franchise
SANTA ANA, May 1.-The board of
city trustees met last night and as usual
large crowd of spectators attended. The
first business was request from George
E. Freeman to repeal ordinance 1872 and
re-enact ordinance 1911. No action was
taken. .l,..
e. e. Keech appeared before the board
and asked that the sidewalk on the west
side OF West street be not ordered down
for tn g present. rs it was the desire OF all
the owners to not put it in at present,
but would later on. The paving of Fourth
street would take all the loose cash. On
motion the resolution was adopted and
the walk ordered down.
The report OF the city clerk on the sew
eral funds was read and ordered filed.
One item was very interesting. that OF
the water works fund for the year ending
May /. 1895. 1t showed balance in the
treasury. of $1337.53, after paying all ex.
interest on the rest which is good
showing.
Ordinance No. POS in regard to electric
light plant was read for the second time,
and petition was then read signed by a
great number of the property owners ask
ing the board to take action to submit to
vote of the people at an early date the
electric light plant. Another petit
tion was then read signed by a
great many of the property owners OF the
city asking the city board to utilize the
power of the Olive mill for electric lights.
through the present lessee, G. M. Holmes,
with schedule Of prices for city arc
lights; also for incandescent lights. On
Hofo q
lourned meeting of the board one week
from next Thursday.
The Southern Pacific Railway company
through J. A. Muir of Los Angeles,
asked for a franchise for steam railroad
commencing at the western boundary
Line OF the city where it intersects with
Fifth street, then east on Fifth to Hespe-
ria street, south on Hesperia
street to Second street, east on
Second street to a point directly south of
Q point at the intersection of Fourth and
ID streets. thence north to the northern
boundary Of Fourth street.
This petition caused quite little ripple
OF excitement.
Action was deferred until some future
time.
w. II. Spurgeon appeared before the
board and protested against the street car
track being showed eighteen inches closer
to his side of the street than it is on the
other in order to make the road straight.
he asked the clerk to record his protest.
+. M. Goff's delivery horse took run
down Fourth street this afternoon and
ran against Geo. Bessitt'e team skinning
Bessitt's horse badly and demolishing
Goft's buggy, getting loose and ran away
few blocks and stopped without a
scratch.
Mrs. Malinda Mason of Garden Grove
died yesterday and will be buried tomor-
row in the Anaheim cemetery.
The cards are out announcing thu en-
gagement OF Max Posener, one of the
most successful business men of this city,
and Miss Anna Levy of Los Angeles
formerly of st. Louis. At home in Los
Angeles May 18th. This engagement will
be surprise to great many OF Mr..
Posener's friends who will join in wish
ing him many years of happiness in his
choice Of better half.
The case of the city OF Santa Ana VS..
the Santa Ana, Orange and Tustin Street
tlway company came up In thesuperior
court today. The case was set aside and
vacated on the ground that the court is
disqualified to make the oraer, and by
consent the case was continued to May 9th
at 2 pm, for such orders as may be
proper in the premises. great deal OF
interest is taken in the case, as the street
car company is still at work tamping in
gravel and clay.
There never was such time in the in
surance business as today in Santa Ana.
Policies by the score have been Cancelled
today and new ones written at great
the old rates.
Mrs. Dr.. Geerton and daughter Daisy
started today for Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Mrs. w. L. Wightman went TO New York
City. and Miss Bessie Slack and Mrs.
Grigsby went to Galesburg. Ill.