The herald., 1896-03-03
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETS
Crown City Citizens Tired of
Street Music
THE SALVATION SOLDIERS
Must Hire a Hall or Cease to Bang the
Drum
A Handsome New Business Block In Prospect
An Unsuccessful Attempt at Sui.
cide-Soclal Brevities

AoADLSAy MhTCu Z.-4u uo ClJy COuu-
Gil met in regular session at p. m.,
with President Cox in the chair and
Trustees Weed and Hamilton present
Attorney A. r. Metcalfe addressed
the board in behalf OF the protestants
against the paving of Msrsngo aveeue,
stating that while there was but 1140
feet frontage represented on the petit
tion for the improvement, out of total
frontage of over 2400 feet, there was
1914 feet represented on the protest.
As number Of those who signed the
petition also signed the protest, the
city attorney decided that their names
should not be counted on the protest.
The matter WAS laid over Tor one week.
Messrs. Stewart and Lockwood ad-
dressed the board regarding the pro-
posed widening OF Lake avenue, urging
that the work be got under way as soon
as possible. There we're three protests
filed against the widening. one stating
that it had been represented to the
property owners that the widening and
putting down OF six-foot sidewalk
foot altogether, and that it was to be
uniform from Colorado street to Cali.
fornia street, all of which they now be-
lieved to be untrue. This protest was
signed by property owners represent
ing 2410 feet frontage, while the others
were signed by 1040 feet and 33O feet
respectively. The time for hearing was
set for one week from today (March o.,
at p. m.
Judge Weed introduced an ordi-
nance, which reads as follows:
Section THAT it shall be and is
hereby made unlawful for any person
or persons to beat any drum or to
blow any horn or to play upon any
other musical instrument upon any
travelled street or highway in the city
OF Pasadena at any time. without a
special permit in writing 80 to do first
had and obtained in the manner and of
| the form hereinafter described.
"Sec. 2-Thst it shall be aud is here
| by made unlawful for any person or
persons to engage in holding or con-
Quoting any public meeting for the
purpose of lecturing, hsranguing,
preaching, praying, exhortiDg, singing
or selling any article of merchandise,
or other like purpose, upon any trav-
eled street or highway of the city OF
Pasadena without special permit"
Section three provides that said per.
met shall be obtained from the presi-
dent Of the board when in his judg-
ment it "does not conflict with the
purposes of this ordinance, to-wit:
the promotion of the safety and secur-
ity of public travel, and not otherwise,
provided that such permit shall spe-
city the time when and the street or
highway where said privilege is to be
exercised"
TIE violation of the ordinance is
made punishable by fine not to cX-
ceed $500 or Imprisonment for three
months, or both.
Judge Weed, in presenting this ordi-
nance, stated that in Redlands @ per-
son had been arrested and tried under
a similar ordinance and the ordinance
had bsen sustained by the supreme
court, and that his ordinance had been
drawn by City Attorney Arthur in &C
cordance ith this supreme court de-
cision. The only objection he had
heard wac that the president of the
board might not be willing to gr mt
permit, "but," he added, 1.-THE supreme
court presumes that city authorities
are not fools, and that they know when
q permit should be granted" Trustee
Hamilton refused to second the motion
| to get the ordinance under way, 30 he
obligingly took the chair 30 that the
president could do so, after which he
put the motion, and Trustees Weed
and Cox registered the vigorous "aye,'
which in one ore meeting will spell
mo" for the Salvation army SO far as
street meetings are concerned.
A protest was presented against the
proposed work on Cypress avenue,
representing 1896 feet Of frontage.
The matter was postponed.
Property-owners on Mentor avenue,
representing 21l3 feel. asked that the
grade be established from Colorado TO
San Pasqual streets. Granted.
| Property-owners on Summit avenue
asked that the street be graded, gut
tered and curbed and sidewalksd with
cement walk six feet wide. Granted.
Brown & Sutlif asked permission to
erect brick building with front
principally of glass next their place OF
| business on South Fair Oaks. Granted.
| Reports we're flied by the various city
officers showing the amount OF city
| property in their possession, with esti-
mated value as follows City engineer.
| 1897; city clerk and assessors Office,
! $l.l29 80; miscel aneous, $l95; city mar
shal and tax collector. Sl,20735; super
intendent OF streets, Si,ll6.5o.
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