The herald., 1896-11-22
NEWS NOTES FROM PASADENA
Citizens Meet to Consider a
Railroad Franchise
NEW MAIL BOXES ARE SET
Bat the Men Who Mashed Them Are
Not Caught
A Good Crowd at the Ball Game--The
Theosophists Increase in Number.
General News Brevities.

General News Brevities.
PASADENA, Nov. 21.-A mass meet
ing of representative citizens was held
this evening in the board OF trade rooms
on West Colorado street for the con-
sideration of the extension of the fran
chise to the Santa Fe Railroad COM
pany
c. H. Rhoades was chosen chairman.
c. C. Brown said he thought the Eiec-
trio railway company had manifested
disposition to build if they were given
time, and he thought the service was
very good at present and the citizens
ought to give them a chance. Mr.. John
Mills differed from Mr.. Browns view,
saying he thought the company ought
to get to work at once
Mr.. Meharry moved that committee
Of five be appointed to draft resolutions
for presentation to the city council con-
cerning the matter of the electric fran
chise. ]. w. Wood and j. G. Rosster
wanted to know whether this meeting
was intended particularly for the peo-
pie on the horse car lines in the eastern
part of the city, who were the particular
sufferers from the lack of electric road
facilities or whether for all citizens.
Judge Rossiter thought the time for
the completion of the roads ought to be
extended, as times are hard and the
company ought to be treated with as
much courtesy as is extended to other
business men in the way of extension
Of time on obligations. He said the
road had made many friends and no
enemies, and had done much for Pasa-
s-t- 70 1,o tot
Mr.. Meharry said he would like to
see the company build double track
on East Colorado street and other
streets in the eastern part of the city,
but he was not in favor of franchises
being granted two years In advance of
building. If extending would result q
building within sixty days he would
favor 1t.
j. w. Wood asked that Mr.. Clark ex-
plain what the road wanted.
Mr. Clark said he thought Pasadena
people realized that the company was
trying to do Its best. He had recently
returned from the east and found that
there were very few plans made six
months ago that could be realized now.
He had not asked a single member of
the council for an extension. He tld
stated in reply to questions that. when
the time came If it was impossible to
build at once they would have to ask
the company could build. The material
had been contracted for. but not de-
livered as yet. He had stated to COM
mittee of property owners last summer
that the company was ready to put
their tracks IN shape as soon as the
property owners We're ready to do their
part That the company would grade
between their tracks at any time the
property owners were ready. He could
not promise that tracks would be
down by the expiration of the fran
chise December 10). When We got
the franchise all we asked was the
privilege of making the horse car lines
electric lines-not for new franchises or
to hold new territory Mr. Clark had
heard the stories about the Pasadena
electric road being built out of the pro-
ceeds of the consolidated electric road
of Los Angeles, then In turn the Santa
Monica line being built from proceeds
of Pasadena lines. He said not
dollar Of the earnings of either road had
gone towards the building of the other.
j. S. Torrance said he understood this
meeting was called to profit against
extending the franchise, but he couldn't
see but what the sixty or more people
present were most OF them favorabl to
extending the time. Hc-thought there
was not the slightest chance of any
other company coming in and building
lines.
M. Torrance made an amendment to
the effect that the sense of the meeting
be that the council be requested to
grant reasonable extension of time on
the franchise.
c. c. Brown thought there ought not
to be anything in the way of new line
that might want to come in, and if the
present company is rot ready to go
ahead and build soon the franchise
ought to be open to others that will
build.
The chairman said he thought the
road had no enemies-all wished it
we1l-but there were others who lived in
the outlying districts who needed the
road badly. He thought 60 or 80 days
was a sufficient extension of time.
j. W. Wood said there We're many
who opposed every Improvement that
corporation might make. and that when
q man bought property in outlying dis
tricts he took chances.
Mr.. Early moved that the whole mat
ter be laid on the table, which was car
ried. De-. ....s
MAILBOx BURGLARY
Fourteen of Uncle Sans mailboxes
were broken into early Thursday morn
ing by means Of cold chisel used on the
padlocks. The boxes themselves were IN
most instances demolished, so that new
ones had to be put In, which was done
yesterday afternoon. The boxes robbed
were situated as follows: All boxes save
one on North and South Orange Grove
avenue, namely, at the corners of Col
umbia, Bellefontaine, California and
Colorado streets and Lincoln and Fair
Oaks avenues: two boxes at the corner
Of Grand avenue and aLockhaven. and
Grand avenue and Arroyo Vista; one
box on the corner of Pasadena and Cali
fornia; every box on North and South
Marengo avenue at the corners of Tenn
pie, Colorado, Walnut and Villa. and the
box at the corner of Summit and Illinois
Miss Wynne,. who is an artist residing
III the Bfockway block on the corner OF
Colorado street and Marengo avenue
1aw the box burglars break into the
X box on that corner, in front of the NJ E.
Gnarch She was awakened at about Z