The herald., 1897-08-19
Committee Still Actively
at Work
FOR THE GRAND BOULEVARD
ENGINEERS REPORT RECEIVED
YESTERDAY
South Pasadena in Line-Further
Work Planned-A Property
Owners Meeting

At the meeting of the Pasadena and
Los Angeles boulevard committee YES
terday at their rooms in the Temple
block there were present Messrs. Chas.
Silent, j. S. Slauson, N. B. Blackstone.
r. J. Waters, L. E. Mosher, w. A. Spald-
ing, e. H. Lockwood, J. b. Stoutenburgh,
and Engineers Purcell and Jewett.
Chairman Mosher presided, and after
the roll call, F. A. Cattern, representing
the property owners of South Pasadena.
reported that mass meeting of the
property owners of Fair Oaks avenue.
South Pasadena, had been held. per-
manent organization had been effected,
and committee appointed to cooper
ate with the general boulevard commit
tee, toward the construction of the bou-
levard
Mr.. Cattern further reported that a
petition had been sent to the city council
of South Pasadena, signed by majority
Of property owners of abutting frontage,
initiating the proceedings for the con-
struction of the boulevard along Fair
Oaks avenue connecting with the adobe
road route; and also that meeting of
the property owners on the adobe road
will be held this week and similar or
ganization effected.
The next business was the reading of
the engineers report. A map of the pro-
posed route was tackled against the wall
and Mr.. Jewett read the report, which
stated that it had been impossible to
adhere strictly to the instructions of the
committee, especially through the city,
where the public interests were SO nu-
merous that to ride over them ruthlessly
would produce obstacles more impassa-
ple than mere physical ones The report
lurther stated that the cost of removal
or opstructionS, the value of viaducts
and of public Improvements were ali
features impossible to ignore, and that
IN presenting the report the engineers
Iafter having carefully balanced the phys
ical, financial and general difficulties
occurring on the various routes, one with
another, had decided on that illustrated
advantages and least obstacles, the 9TH
ers being impracticable for boulevard
purposes.
The proposed route was then read. as
follows: Commencing at the intersec-
ton OF Olivera street and the plaza, run
ming thence easterly across Alameda and
Macy streets, in which are located re-
spectively the Southern Pacific railroad
and Pasadena Electric railway tracks,
and by viaduct to point near the in
tersection of Ogier and Avila streets;
thence nearly due east, crossing the Los
Angeles river and adjacent railway
tracks by a viaduct 1900 feet in length
by approximate measurement to point
about $50 feet north OF the Mission road ::
thence in northeaSterly direction. fol-
lowing the contour of the bluff and cross
ing Avenue 26 at its intersection with
Richmond street; then crossing the
Southern Pacific railroad tracks by a
vladuct at a point midway between
Johnston and Hancock streets, and in
terSecting the Mission road at a point
opposite the intersection of Gates street
with the Mission road; then following
the Mission road to it's intersection with
BALDWIN street, where the proposed Pas
adena end of the boulevard commences.
We further recommend that the Mission
road be Widened on the northerly side"
Signed by $. p. Jewett and Gervaise Pur-
cell.
At the conclusion of the report the
map was carefully inspected by the COM
mittee and informally talked over for a
short time. Then Judge Silent made a
motion that the committee receive the re-
giners' report-not adopt 1t, since it was
the desire Of the committee to have a
conference with the people of the East
Side with reference to the route they
desire to have-but it could be received
without anybody's committing them
selves in any way. Mr.. Waters seconded
the motion and it was carried.
Judge Silent next moved that the
chairman invite the property owners of
Main, Spring and Los Angeles streets
to general meeting to inspect the maps
and give their ideas or the subject of a
boulevard and their corporation to the
work. Mr.. Spalding seconded the mo-
tion and it, too, passed. Mr.. Slauson
then made motion to the effect that the
chair appoint committee on the East
Side to confer with the property owners
over there with view to getting contri-
buttons of rights of way in exchange for
or in view of the enhanced value and
Improvement in their property that the
boulevard would accomplish. That mo-
iion was also carried with Judge Silent's
second. Next the subject of finances
was dealt with for brief period, and the
advisability of having the maps traced
was discussed and decided upon affirma-
lively by motion. The closing business