The herald., 1896-07-17
POMONA


POMONA
Tho City Water Question SettIed-County Di-
vision Advocated
POMONA, July 16-Although the city
council did not take any steps to nullify
the water bonds. nor officially to release
Messrs. Fleming & Beckett from their
proposition to sell the flow of water near
Indian Hill at the price of $115.000, nor
from their proposition offering to take
Off the city's hands $1O3,0O0 of the bonds
to be issued, at a premium of SIC, 900, at
last nights special session, the project
to consolidate the water systems Of the
valley under one head remains virtually
unaffected by the city councils failure
to take any action last night.
Regarding Messrs. Fleming G. Beck
cts notice to the board of the resembling
of their option to the city for the pur-
chase of certain property rights. Nom
action on the city's part was advised by
the special council in the city's employ,
owing to the fact that in answer to a
telegram sent by City Clerk Garthside
yesterday asking certain contractors to
consent to release of the contracts en-
tered into by the city. the General Con .
structiOn company of San Francisco
made reply that they would only consent
to release providing the city of Pomona
reimbursed them for any loss on their
part in the citys failure to carry out the
contract entered into between them.
The name of the new water company
will be the Consolidated Water Com
pany of Pomona, the capital stock OF
which, 1t Is understood will be $500 900.
Articles of Incorporation are said to
have been hled at Los Angeles today.
If this statement proves true, it must
necessarily mean that a good zeal of
outside capital, aside from that possess
ed by the two old water companies and
Messrs. Fleming & Beckett, will be
brought here, as the sworn statement
Of the two old companies made to the
city council as to the monetary valua-
tion of their respective plants is as fol-
lows:
Pomona City waterworks, $36, GOO; Cit
liens Water company, $22, 500. Added to
this may be given the valuation placed
by Fleming & Beckett upon their plant,
which is $115,000. Then may be added
the estimated cost of piping, as was pro-
posed by the city, but which it is hardly
probable the Consolidated Water COM
pany will carry out, and which was
stated to be $80000, making a total OF
only $3.50, 500.
| 1t is stated here that the corporation
Will be composed of stockholders from,
Pomona, Los Angeles and Pasadena,
and that the company has contracted to
buy the pipe lines Of both the Pomona
City Water works and the Citizens
Water company. Pomona will, there
fore. have under one system the water
at present furnished by the two old COM
panies, and in addition the 96 inches
owned by Messrs. Fleming G. Beckett.
but what water rates will be charged
none can tell.
Comment by the local press is as fol-
lows:
Times: A more happy outcome from
long controversy could not be desired.
The outcome probably settles the d.
vision controversy, and clears the way
for policies which will satisfy all reason
able persons that their interests will be
best promoted by preserving the city's
present area.
Progress: With the understanding
that Is current upon the streets that the
chief cause of the movement for city di-
vision has been removed by the aban-
donment of all efforts to sell the water.
bonds, we do not blame the city trustees
for taking the action they did.
An option is given the city to purchase
the system at any time within five years.
THE APRICOT CROP.
The drying and canning Of apricots for
this season Is about finished, several of
the drying yards having ceased opera
tions yesterday, with more to follow in
few days.
The cannery which stopped work yes
terday has handled 200 tons, most Of
which they dried They are making
preparations to also handle the peach
and tomato crops, expecting to handle
800 tons of peaches and 200 tons of to-
matoes, but will not handle prunes this
year.
Another firm that will close work on
apricots at the end of this week have
handled 275 tons, paying SIS per ton for
them in the green state. The Pomona
Deciduous Fruit association will also
cease work on apricots at the close Of the
week.
The Republicans of Pomona are talk
ing steps to organize a campaign club.
and have issued a call for a meeting
to be held on Monday evening next at
Company DIS armory for the purpose of
organizing.
A local paper says that among the nu-
merous public matters that are being
discussed these days is the proposed San
Antonio county Is frequently mentioned.
10 quote from the article, which appears
In the Pomona Progress, it says:
The longer people think about II the
more favorably they regard 1t. Pomona.
Ontario, Chino and Azusa are all too far
removed from their respective county
seats ever 10 expect TO derive adeQua te
benefit from their boards of supervis-
OrS.
San Antonio county as proposed will
not contain over 1000 square miles OF
territory, and when it is considered thar
San Bernardino county has 20. .O55 square
miles, Los Angeles county about 4OO0
end Riverside county 1000. one can at
once see the material advantage to be
gained by concentrating expenditures
into so small an area.
Some may claim that the taxes would
be greater, but the record of Orange
tai annual expense as per salary account
for running Los Angeles county is about
1,060. and for Orange county $40. 100:
San Antonio county could and should be
run for even less.
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