The herald., 1897-10-19
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PASADENA

PASADENA
PASADENA, Oct. 1S-(Regular Cores
Dondence) At the regular meeting OF the
council this afternoon President HartWeH
and Trustees Hamilton and Reynolds were
present. The principal item was the near
lag of protest from ten residents in the
southeastern part of town against the ST.
mons Brick and Contract company. The
petition asked that an ordinance be passed
prohibiting the excavation of the earth
leaving deep holes for water to stand In
and become stagnant, breeding disease
impairing the value of property and en-
dangering life and limb. The petition fur
ther requests that nuisance. caused by
the burning of the kilns, be removed, giving
as reasons that the burning "prohfbits
Nthe petitioners enjoyment of their proper
ty. that the gas actually drives persons
IRON their homes, and that the noise pro
hibits" sleep The plant is dubbed "a grea:
nuisance and property-destroying agent
The petition was referred to the street
and alley committee and the city attorney
Joseph SimOns, senior member OF the ST.
mons compny, was seen tonight and stated
his side of the question. He says that
bricks are burned only about once month
The gas story is only a story, and as to
excavating, the holes will be filled up. BY
a strange coincidence. many of the ten
petftioners are in debt to the Simons Bros.
for material for their homes. The brick
company has been in its present location
for ten years, and the homes OF the petit
tioners have been built up around it SINCE
Mr.. Simons thinks there Is material In the
fields to keep the plant going in its pres
ent location for about two years more,
The Oak Knoll owners have five horse
power gasoline engine for pumping water
situated near the brick fields. This en-
gine is responsible for much OF the noise
credited to the brick company.
So far as maintaining a nuisance Is con-
cerned, the company does not intend doing
any such thing. They say that the smell
of the place Is not as bad as the gas works
which are much closer in, and also that
the noise of brick burning, which takes
place only once a month, is not as loud as
the noise made at the electric road power
house continually. The accusation has
been made that the Simons company had
excavated into Lake avenue, and that they
were planning to go to the middle of that
street. The Simons Bros say they have
no such object in view, and that the report
therefore has no foundation. So far they
have not cut into the confines Of the street.
and a fence encircles the excavations that
have been made.
petition was received from G. r. Prem
tiss requesting permission to maintain a
dairy of twenty-five cows ON South Ma
rengo avenue, near the corner of Glenarm
street, WHICH is lHSlue the CITY llIHltS. Inc
dairy has been maintained there for eight
years. The matter was referred to the
health officer, who will investigate and re-
port
Further hearing in the matter of sewer
protests was postponed for two more
weeks.
The petition of G. B. Post to be allowed to
to erect a hay shed on Union street, cor
ner of Little avenue, which was received
at the last meeting and referred to the fire
committee, was granted, Chairman Rey-
nolds having investigated and reported IA
vorably.
Mrs. Alma Corson was granted permis-
sion to keep not more than five cows at her
place on Lake avenue, near the Santa Fe
track.
F. L. Ryder was granted permission to
erect a porch and stairs on the old build
ing at No. 20 Dayton street. This building,
which was Pasadena's first public librry,
nearly twenty years ago, has remained
vacant since the building of the present
library building on Raymond avenue in
1887. 1t will be remodeled somewhat and
used as a double tenement house.
Mrs. P. c. Taber was granted permission
to erect a sign in front of No. "a West
Colorado street. under the supervision Of
the superintendent of streets.
N. w. Severy was granted permission to
erect a sign in front of No. . North Fair
Oaks avenue, 1.-THE Racket"
KILLED BY THE CARS
Clarence Peterson, 26 months old, was
playing on the Terminal track this morn
ing, about half a mile away from his
mothers home, which is in the arroyo at
the end of Garvanza street, south of High
land Park and inside the city limits of Los
Angeles. Conductor Haggins train, leav-
ing Los Angeles at 11:50 a. M. struck the
child at about 1855 breaking nearly every
bone in his body and killing him instantly.
The engineer could not see the babe on
account of high bluff and sharp curve
at this point. The train was coming up
grade, rather slowly, at the time. The
child was struck by the cowcatcher and
rolled from the track. The train was
stopped and the babe was taken to its
mother Mrs. William Peterson. The father
is a shingler by trade. 1t was found that
the frontal bone, right arm and left leg
were broken. The coroner held an inquest
this evening.
BREVITIES
Fred r. Brown, a carpenter. of GIT Sum-
NIT avenue, arrested Saturday night for
beating his wife. was released to await
his examination, which will take place to-
morrow morning before Justice Merriam.
Saturday night Brown came home drunk,
and threw his wife down on the floor and
beat her. She told the marshal of this
and Brown was locked up. The young
couple have been married only two or three
years, and Mrs. Brown is spoken of as
very nice little woman. She told her story
to Justice Merriam this evening, which
made Brown out a very brutal scllow when
he is drunk. Mrs. Brown is too plucky to
go into tears. and she will push the charge
against her husband. She is at present
staying with neighbor, as she is afraid
to be left alone with Brown. Divorce pro-
ceedings have been in contemplation be-
tween the two for some time Brown s
father, J. A. Brown, an old and respected
resident agreed to be responsible for his
~on'a appearance