The herald., 1897-11-23
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PASADENA

PASADENA, Nov. 22.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) At the meeting of the
city council this afternoon City Attor-
ney Arthur reported that in accordance
with a recently enacted law, regular
specifications would have TO be issued
for the city lighting contracts for next
year. Next week specifications will be
ordered and the electric road will con-
tinue to furnish q certain portion of the
light. Warrants were ordered drawn
for the payment of certificates to the
amount of s4S76.05.
The petition from many citizens, ask
ing that the office Of city bacteriologist
1t being the sentiment Of the council that
the need of such an officer was not great
enough to warrant the expense.
A petition was received from property
owners on Cypress avenue between Or
ange Grove avenue and the Terminal
road, asking for the grading Of that
street, was referred to the city attor-
ney and the committee on streets and
alleys. The petitioners represented u
frontage Of 2S14 feet out of total of
$500 feet.
8. w. Hawley asked permission to
erect corrugated rooted building on
his premises on Little avenue. The
matter was referred to Trustee Reyn-
olds.
James Smith was granted the privilege
n fro nj. CT
walk on Union street.
The delayed report of City Recorder
Rossiter for the month of September
showed s23 in fines collected.
The city attorney was given one
weeks more time in which to prepare
specifications for the advertising for
bids for street lighting.
IN THE COURTS
James Law!er was tried on charge
Of vagrancy today in Justice Merriams
court and acquitted. Deputy Constable
Sam Wallis arrested Lawler, who was
suspected Of having been the man who
entered Clarence Bunnells house the
other day without knocking. Mrs. Bun
nell counld not identify him. but Wallis
found that Lawler came under the class
known as hobos. At the trial the police
testified to having seen Lawler loafing
about town. Lawler claimed to have
been employed at the Santa Anita ranch,
but the foreman Of the ranch testified
that he had never seen LaWler before.
Lawler addressed the jury, devlarinf
himself an American citizen looking for
work. He said that the deputy consta-
Bile arrested him simply to make his fee.
Lawler made very able defense The
jury was composed of w. y. Loughery.
B. Brown, Henry Black, +. =. Lukens, J.
Horton. James Smith, Thos, Grimes, A.
w. Hall. j. S. Classcock, C. f. Hamlin,
NJ. Z. Wood and Fred Conant
James Pegler, Henry Considinc and
Ray Usher, the vagrants arrested yes
terday by Deputy Constable Frank
Wright, were each given five days in
the county Jail by Recorder Rossiter to-
day. The men pleaded not guilty at first
and demanded jury trials. The recorder.
however, could not try them It once, and
having no means of giving bond they
were forced to plead guilty and take
their sentences, as in any case they
would have to languish in jail.
THE TERMINAL SWITCH
Work OF the Terminals switch to the
Devils Gate stone quarry viii probably
be begun on or before December 1st.
The switch will be nearly two miles in
length and the work will be let to con-
tractors about next week. The route
will be from above the Terminal pump
house, near Devils Gate. to and along
the arroyo brink into Millard canyon,
from whence stone will be taken out to
be put on the Los Angeles river levees
before the winter rains come on.
BREVITIES
The Los Angeles and Pasadena Flor
trio company has had some thought of
extending it's line westward to Orange
Grove avenue, thus securing the travel
which is at present done by bus. The
old injunction of the Terminal, forbil-
ding the crossing of the latters track on
East Colorado street, prevents the ex-
tension.
Henrique 1ndiyda, a nine-year-oId
Mexican boy son of Dolores O.. of Mad
cline drive, was thrown from his horse
this morning and two bones Of his wrist
were broken. The accident occurred in
front of the electric power house on
South Fair Oaks avenue. A dos fright
ened Henrique's horse. The electric
people put the boy on car and sent
him to the company's surgeon. DR.
Hodge.
The Pasadena Fruit Growers associa
tion will build substantial frame ware
house on the west side of the Santa Fe
track, so that fruit can be loaded directly
into the car. The association failed to
secure the Willamette Lumber compa-
py's building for the warehouse.
Miss Carter entertained the Monday
Afternoon CLUB this afternoon at her
home on the corner OF Hill avenue and
Mountain street. In response to roll
call each member gave a short talk on