The herald., 1897-01-26
Board of Trade Members Meet
and Banquet
THE cOUNcILMEN CONVENE
Payment Ordered Of Bonds Soon to Pail
Due
Monthly Meeting of the Shakespeare
Club-Doings in the Social World
-Brevities.

PASADENA, Jan. 25.-The annual
meeting and banquet of the Board Of
Trade were held this evening.
COUNCIL MEETING.
At the regular meeting of the city
council this afternoon there were pres
ent President Hartwell and Trustees
Reynolds Hamilton and Patten.
A petition was received from prop
erty owners on Illinois street request
rue from Illinois street to north city
limits be graded, guttered, and curbed
with cobblestones. The signatures rep
resented only 556 feet out of total Of
1887 feet and was therefore referred
back to the petitioners for more sigma
lures.
A petition was received from prop
erty owners on Illinois street REQUEST
irg that Illinois street be widened to 60
feet between Los Robles avenue and
Fair Oaks avenue. Signatures repre-
sented $500 feet front out Of total
of 1876 feet.
The committee on auditing and finance
reported as follows: There are munich
pal bonds sold and unredeemed to the
amount of s115.20O. upon which interest
will be due February l to the amount
of $500 That there are municipal
improvement bonds maturing Feb
ruary l to the amount Of $500. That
there are library municipal improve
ment bonds sold and unredeemed to
date to the amount of S., $50, upon which
interest will be due to the amount Of
$416.50 on February 1. That there is a
library municipal Improvement bond
maturing February to the amount of
$425. We would therefore recommend
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be paid and that warrants be ordered
paid for such bonds and the interest
coupons when presented. Signed by H.
NJ Hamilton, chairman of the auditing
and finance committee.
Harry Diamond was granted permis-
sion to erect sign in front of his place
of business on North Fair Oakes avenue.
A. B. Hogan addressed the board
asking that the street work on North
Orange avenue be examined and ac-
cepted as soon as possible.
Property owners between Fair Oaks
avenue and MareIgo avenue on Illinois
street asked that Illinois street be
graded and curbed, the width to be 33
feet from curb to curb Signatures rep
resented 1,761.5 feet frontage out Of
total of 1900 feet.
The committee on fire and water re-
ported that they had authorized the
chief of the fire department to send the
smoke hood east to be altered and i'm
proved without any cost to the city
save express Of freight charges. The
purchase Of a dozen oil skin slickers
and one Taylor hose-coupling jacket
was also recommended.
Trustee Reynolds brought up the mat
ter of the electrical railways failure
to take up the old track at the corner
of Euclid avenue and Colorado street
as ordered by the council. If they do
not do 1t soon the tracks will be covered
up by the grading soon to be in opera
tion.
SHAKESPEARE CLUB
At the regular monthly meeting of
the Shakespeare Club Saturday after
noon the first part of the session was
taken up with business.
Miss Pieritt read highly interesting
paper on Mysticism in Literature"
showing what large part this percep-
tion of the spiritual played in fiction.
She thought that the best works were
produced by the combination of mysti-
cism with scientific realism.
Hon. H. N. Rust of South Pasadena
entertained the members of the club
with an account of recent experiences in
Arizona. He described volcanic DESC
iation near Bagdad. where, as yet, there
IS no vegetation owing to the condition
of the soil. Some of the customs Of the
MoJave and Apache Indians were no.
ticed. The Grand Canon of the Colo
rado was vividly described, as well as
the clin dwellings. among which Major
Hust round some ancient relics of In
dian life. At the close of the evening
Major Rust was given vote of thanks
Tor MS entertaining address.
SOCIAL NOTES.
the guests of the Spaulding entertain
ed their friends Saturday evening with
minstrel performance. The guests
were received by Miss Ethel Phelps and
Mrs. e. e. Spaulding. The guests to the
numDer OF 100 or more were ushered
into the dining room, where soon the
performers entered to the tune of the
monte carlo march. They were dressed
I'M striking variegated costumes and
their faces were blackened with char
coal IN the approved manner. Prof. Lu-
clen Gilmore acted as interlocutor. and
the other mfnstrels were as follows:
Messrs Crooks" Sutton. "Hooks''
Howard Move Up Johnson" Hatch.
Zones" Green, "Tookem'' Fish, Spoon
er. chambers and end men Dead"
-'Dasy,' Messrs. Davis and Nathan.
botn INDIVIDUALLY and as group they
produced a great deal of fun, and the oc-
casion was pronounced a great success.
Refreshments Were served and the
evening closed with dancing, music be-
ing furnished by an orchestra
A TRIP AWHEEL.
Messrs. Theo. Coleman, E. J. PYLE. II.
ID. Pyle, III. II. Klamroth, H. I. Smart
on bicycles, and Messrs. w. w. Leithead
N. S. Leithead and Barker ina carriawe'
made the trip to Lankershim Yesterday
At that place luncheon was enjoved, ana
q ranch belonging to Mefsrs Leithead
was inspected Mr. Coleman and M
Klamroth suffered some Inconvenience
on account Of nat tire, but otherwdse
the trip was a very pleasant one ana
Will likely be repeated.
BREVITTES.
g. = Marshall's house on Cypress av-