The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-12-07
VOTE WATER BONDS
IN DOUBT ABOUT REFUNDING
PRESENT DEBT
Four Years in Which to Purchase the
Present Supply of Water From
Lyle Creek

Lytle Creek
SAN BERNARDINO, Dec. 6.-The ues-
ton of voting more bonds for the purchase
of a supply of water for the city is to be
submitted to the people, and at he same time
a proposition to refund the present debt. in
Cured by putting in the present plant. After
the payment of the $4,000 due on the bonds
next month, together with something over
$500 interest. there viii be left n, bonded in
debtedness of SSS,000 in per cent bonds,
that will be taken in 4 per cents ii the old
ones can be taken up. Of this, however,
there is some doubt. In 1898 supply of
water was obtained from j. l.. Campbell
amounting to 100 inches, on rental to the
following June. 1894, of $3.50, and the option
of purchasing for $50 800 the 100 inches. AT
ter that date the rental for nineteen years
was to be 1880 per year. and up to June,
1894. the purchasing price was soo,0OO; from
that date to 1886 it was S57 800, and from that
date there was no price nxed and 1t could be
obtained at whatever price the owner, 1t
having passed into the hands OF \. G.. Hub
bard of Redlands, might fix, and probably
nothing under 100000 would be considered.
There is four years time yet allowed in
which to purchase the water, and with bonds
at per cent interest. the latter would be
much less than the present rental. There
is quite a strong opposition to the issuance
of more bonds, unless the others now out
can be refunded at lower rate. and there
is opposition to the purchase of the present
supply of water, as it is thought water can
be pumped from the artesian belt for less
money.
BRENITIES
There was quite an attendance this morn
ing at the meeting of the board of super.
visors. to see what would be done with the
president of the horticultural commission
who carried off the library. He was pres
ent. and was ordered to bring back all the
books he had procured after being made
horticultural commissioner. He was per-
mitted to retain those which were his before
that appointment. He promised to do so,
and the other members of the board of hor-
ticultural commissioners were instructed to
attend to the sorting out and return OF the
county books.
The Masonic lodge Phoenix No lis, elect
ed the following officers last night: John
Flagg. W. NJ; J. W. Barton, S. W: C. A.
Mackechnie, j. W.; Lewis Jacobs, treasurer;
Walter Hubabrd, secretary. The lodge
voted to keep st. Johns day by attending
church at hte Congregational on Christmas
night
Token lodge No. 292 I. o. o. F.. elected
the following officers: G. Renwick, n. G.;
W. Parsons, V. g.: I. w. Duckworth, sec
Rotary; 5. Role, treasurer: AL NIettler,
James Fleming and Z. Daley, trustees
w. II. Cornman post No. 81, c. 4. R.,
elected the following James La Niece. Com :;
Z. A. Smith, S. Y. G.; \. G. Gill, J. V. c..
}. G. Wood, Chap; esley Thompson
Surg; \. Fussel, Q. NJ. +. T. Singer, o. D.;
\. NJ. Robertson, O. G.: John Burnett, o
s.. J. Marchant and 7. c. Chapman, c. of
A.: n. II. Barton, delegate to department
encampment, with J. NJ. Hurley as alternate
Two school houses were broken into Sat
ufday or Sunday night by hobos who evil
IDENTIFY used them for sleeping shelter.
Nothing OF account was taken from either
Mrs. j. b. Iibbot of Rialto, who died at
Los Angeles Sunday, was buried here today
the funeral taking place this morning at the
Methodist cuhrch in Rialto the interment
in this city.
James o. Slater, formerly of Canada.
died here yesterday and the funeral took
place at his late residence this afternoon.
The high school football team of this CITY
claims the championship for their class in
Southern California, having been unbeaten
for many years, and the boys wish to play
game with the high school team of Los An
geles, but the latter, remembering their last
meeting, when the San Bernardino boys did
up the Los Angeles boys by score of to
0, will not accept challenge and arrange a
game, evidently fearing another or worse
beating
The new county officials are getting posted
on their duties in the hall of records and put
ting in month of hard work in doing so.
Carl Ferguson has been elected ianitor of
the Terrace grammar school,
The leprosy case is ended. The woman is
dead