The herald., 1897-07-22
Ia; J. H. Caruthers, Rialto; Mr.. and Mrs.
F. G. Dyer, Santa Monica; F. ]. Under
wood, New York.
(Adv)
ARROYO STREET-CAR BOULEVARD
An Exposure of Manifest Trlckerv

To the Los Angeles and Pasadena Boule-
ward Committee: The undersigned, a cti-
zen of South Pasadena, being deeply inter-
ested in its present welfare and future
prosperity, and therefore much concerned
as to the best route through its territory
of the boulevard you are endeavoring to
construct, wishes to impress upon your
consideration few facts and logical in
ferences bearing upon the two routes pro-
posed and soon to be voted upon by your
selves.
| l. 1.-THE Los Angeles and Pasadena
boulevard is the name under which the
concession of rights-of-way, property, etc..
has been conceded and will be granted.
and under this name it is proposed to give
our citizens in consideration of their con-
cessions and donations, a public highway
from the city of Los Angeles to and into
the city of Pasadena. If you, as one of the
contracting parties do less than this-if
you, for instance instead of constructing
your road through South Pasadena into
Pasadena stop in the middle of our territory
or propose to stop there, you thereby fail
| to meet your obligations, and parties of the
second part would be released from their
| obligations.
This is just the position in which the
adoption of the arroyo route would place
you. Its promoters propose that you con-
struct a boulevard from Los Angeles into
the center of South Pasadena corner of
Mission and Meridian streets, and there
stop, leaving the public "to cot it, the rest
of the way into Pasadena. But, they say,
Pasadena will come down and fill UP the
gap; her wealthy citizens would want so
badly to connect Orange Grove with the
boulevard that they would buy the right
of-way from Messrs. Green and Porter and
all others owning property all the way
down to Mission street. That would be an
invasion of municipal territory unheard
of, and is the shabbiest pretense of trick
cry. No sensible or honest man would
seriously advocate such a scheme. An in
complete, unfinished. mangled and Grip
pied route is not what South Pasadena,
nor Pasadena, nor the boulevard commit
tee wants. What does 1t mean, then? The
design is plain enough to the intelligent
citizens of South Pasadena.
| 2. 1t has been thought and said by many
who are acquainted with the maneuvers
of the chief promoter of this unfinished,
conglomerate scheme that he must be
working in the interests of the electric
street railroad company, with which
road he seeks to wed the boulevard
in an unnatural and unholy ali-
ance, simply to defeat the whole
| enterprise by rendering it unpopular and
| impracticable. But I think more personal
| considerations control his actions in this
matter. Thus suppose his route is adopt
| ed, it would not be an unheard of thing
| for slight changes to be made in the line
under one pretense or another. The sur
veyor in charge of the work might find it
| impracticable, or inexpedient, or unde-
sirable to make the ascent from Sylvan
avenue to Meridian street the South Pas
adena termnus), and SO recommend that
! the route be DETECTED north on said Sylvan
avenue; or suppose Pasadena, where this
promoters chief interest lies, and. where
he has abettors, no doubt, should decline to
make the connection with South Pasadena
on Meridian street, as proposed, but would
/ be willing to work up the long hill of
Sylvan avenue into boulevard connecting
with Orange Grove. What then? Only this
and nothing more. the boulevard would
run directly in front of E. H. Lockwoods
hne residence and block of land, making
him happy, and it would be kept out of anv
portion of South Pasadena that is worth
showing to the public, and render bannv
all real estate agents and others who are
Jealous of our superior location and grow
ing prosperity.
Ihls conclusion is justified by the action
Oh this gentleman when, as one of a COM
mittee appointed by meeting of our citi-
zens, he not only failed to perform his .
duty, but misrepresented things is his own
behalf by saying Messrs Green and Porter
would not give right-of-way between their
pieces OIL property, just south of the ter
minus OF Orange Grove avenue.
| D. In confirmation of the disfavor with
winch this arroyo route is held is the fact
that IN company with nearly all our most.
intelligent, practical and reliable citizens.
on the petition in favor of the Meridian
street route is found the name of Major
N. II. Rust, the father-in-law of the arroyo
route advocate.
T. In Keeping with this arroyo mans
tactics was his attack in your committee
melting last week on our most respecta-
BILE and upright citizens, Messrs. Graham.
Hodge. Daugherty and Cattern, our local
boulevard committee when pleading for
more time; he asked, "How do you know
| Mr. Chairman, whether all the names tn
this Meridian route petition are genuine
or trumped up for purpose?" To Intimate
that such men as those refereed to would
commit forgery is simply an indication or
| an ill-disposed mind
| 5. The expense Of condemning pronertv
for right-of-way on Mission street. west
of Meridian, and the whole of the ostrich
farm, near the arroyo, would be enough to
swamp the enterprise, if attempted. the
latter alone being held at $4,000.
| 6. Should South Pasadena receive tho
cold shoulder of your committee, and only
its low lands and sparse improvements be
brought to view on the line of the boule-
vard, the other nine-tenths lying high and
slightly, with fine residences and large,
beautiful orchards and vineyards, will be
exempted from any obligation to contrib
ute for the construction of what will be
OF no use to them, and very little financial
aid can be got out of the arroyo section Of
the town. Respectfully submitted,