The herald., 1896-04-28
Lays Ont a Program for Next
Year
THE TOURNAMENT OF ROSES
To Be Made Even More Attractive Than
Heretofore
The City ConnciI Awards Many Contracts for
Street Improvement - Charged With
Theft-Notes and Brevities

PASADENA, April 27.-The annual
meeting of the board of trade took
place this afternoon. with an attend
ance of about twenty-five members.
After the reports Of the officers were
submitted the election Of officers was
proceeded with, resulting as follows:
President, G. H. Keyes; vice president,
c. D. Daggett; secretary, f. P. Boyn-
ton; treasurer, P. M. Green; directors,
Messrs. Keyes, Daggett, Hill, Stearns,
Stewart, Adams, Hertel.
President Keyes in his report, after
detailing at length on the many good
things the board has secured for Pasa-
dena, and the great benefit it has been
to the community, makes the following
recommendations for the coming year:
First-The New Years Tournament
Of Roses occurs at time when few
places in the United States can make
any floral display. 1t can. with proper
advance advertising, which will doubt
less receive attention, be made the
means of drawing to our doors early
thousands of visitors who now come late
or do not come at all. With increased
numbers must come added effort on our
part to attain high excellence in the
floral display at this unusual date. To
this end I recommend that the board
appoint a committee to investigate and
report upon the varieties Of flowers that
can be made to bloom profusely before
New Years and to disseminate informa-
tion concerning the proper cultivation of
the same.
Second-I beg to recommend early
organization of a Fiesta floral commit
tee, to the end that Pasadena may next
year have entries in every class for
which awards are made. The uniform
high character of Pasadena's entries
this year clearly shows what can be
done in the future. The fame of the
q IN n
drew many thousands to the state; the
gold Of her wheat fields and the gold of
her orange groves have drawn tens Of
thousands since; the golden flowers of
the San Gabriel valley may be as mag
netic in the remaining years of the cen
tury.
Third recommend the issue of a
new board of trade pamphlet for the
coming year, not alone because the edi-
t1on OF the last is nearly exhausted but
because our growth and Improvement
makes necessary restatement of our
case.
Fourth-Every thoughtful citizen has
long since recognized that Pasadena has
outgrown the form of government under
which We now operate. 1 therefore
suggest that the board take steps to Sc
cure the Inauguration of a new charter
proceedings.
Fifth desire to recommend that
securing of the state legislature such
legislation and appropriation in behalf
or Throop Polytechnic institute as Will
enable 1T at an early date to abolish or
reduce tuition fees and bring to reside
within our gates the large body of stu
dents that 1t would thus be able to
handle. Such action is both reasonable
and feasible as general legislation. Sim
liar legislation has been enacted in be-
half OF educational institutions in
other states. notably in the case of
worcester Polytechnic institute, Mass
achusetts Institution of Technology
and Cornell university. Similar legis-
iation gave to the state of California
what Is now it's great university at Ber-
Kelley. Throop institute, with its plant
Of 100000 and 800 students is no longer
an experiment Pasadena has pledged
her faith to the institution and know no no
better way for the board of trade to
redeem this pledge than by taking the
action indicated. l also trust that
among the standing committees Of this
board for the ensuing year may be one
on Throop institute extension.
COUNCIL MEETING.
The city council met in regular ses-
sion at pm. President Hartwell in
the chair and Trustees Washburn,
Hamilton, Patton and Coffin present
bids were opened for street work and
contracts awarded as follows: Los
81 cents; curb, % cents; gutter, IA cents.
Terrace drive. J. Showalter, grading, 10
cents; curb, 12M cents: gutter, Is cents
sidewalk, 10 cents. Fair Oaks avenue,
w. B. Webster sidewalk, 9A cents per
square foot. Marengo avenue asphalt
pavement, j, A. Fairchild. paving, per
square foot 20 cents; gutter, per lin
cal foot, 36 cents. Gutter concrete, 2 feet
wide, paving from Colorado to Walnut.
petition signed by Thomas Nelmes
and George M. Bergin, asking that a
portion of a private drive through Glen
Rosa, which had been recorded as pub
lie highway, be declared closed, was
submitted. Granted.
RESOLUTIONS ordering work as follows
We're adopted: Gutter and curb on both
sides of Marengo avenue. and cement
sidewalk on east side of same between
the Southern California railway and
Illinois street; grade, gutter and curb
and cement sidewalk on Union street
between Raymond and Marengo grade,
gutter curb and sidewalk on Moline ay-
enue from Southern California railway
70 villa stseet; paving Union street. gut
tering with granite and sidewalking
from Fair Oaks to Raymond.
Special specifications for the granite
gutter on Union street We're also
adopted.
Clerk Dyer reported the appointment
OF Bruce Turner, S. M. Munson and n
D. Kellogg as deputy city assessors Re-
ferred to committee on auditing and fl
nance.
The statement of campaign monevs
paid by John r. Slater, candidate for
marshal on the Republican ticket. was
submitted, showing the amount paid fo
have been s25.
An itemized statement by Geo. H. Cof-
fin, Republican candidate for trustee
showing SIS to have been paid to the Re,
publican committee for campaign pur-
poses, was submitted.
A statement from George D. Patten.
Republican candidate for trustee, show
Ing payment of the same amount, was
presented.
John r. Slater, declared elected mar
shall. appeared and qualified for the DO
sttion, filing a bond in the sum of s25.
900, with Messrs Green. Bonebrake.
Markham, Dr. Mohr, A. X. McQuilling.
L. 9. Porter, B. F. Ball as sureties.
Mr.. Slater was then sworn in. 1t is
understood that the papers in contest
proceedings will be filed in few days,
for this office as we'll as for that now
occupied by Mr.. Coffin.
Judge nj. G. Hester rendered, by writ
ten communication, his services as CITY
attorney, and asked for his appointment
placed on file.
City Treasurer H. c. Hotaling SUBJ
mitted report up to April 90, showing
balances in the various funds.
PETTY THIEVING
!. -. Murphy was arrested last even
ing by Officer Bristol and Jailed chars.
Su Win having Stalen numerous sets of