The herald., 1898-01-22
LOS ANGELES COUNTY
PASADENA

PASADENA, Jan. 21.-(Regular Cor
respondence.) Mail service by electric
car between Los Angeles, Pasadena and
Altadena will probably go into effect
about February /. The postal author
tiles have been discussing such move
for some time, as the present and past
service by the steam road has been no.
toriously bad. Manager Smith last
night accepted a proposition from the
postal authorities at Washington, CIV
ing q specification, naming price and
asking. II the electric road would give
the specified service for the specihed
price. This service calls for ten round
trips on week days and four round trips
on Sundays and holidays between sta
tions A and C in Los Angeles and Pasa-
dena. The service to station A in Pasa-
dena will be less frequent. The electric
company will see to the delivery of the
mails from the cars to the several post
offices along the route. The mail Will
be carried in pouches on the regular
electric passenger car, said pouch being
fastened on a rod near the motorneer.
At each station the conductor will un-
lock the rod and slip the pouch off.
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
At the annual meeting of the Academy
of Sciences this evening In Throop hall
Vice President f. s. Daggett presided
in the absence of President Prof. G. F..
Holder, who is sick. Arrangements were
made for the issuing of two bulletins I'M
rnediately One Of these will be bac-
THEOLOGICAL report by Prof. Ernest b.
Hoag. chief of the biological depart
ment. The other will be a list of the
birds of the country by Joseph Grin
nell. Prof. Hoag's assistant
Secretary Hoags yearly report
showed many accomplishments which
the academy has made during the past
wear. officers were then elected as fol-
lows for the coming year: President,
C. F. Holder; first vice-president, Prof.
f. B. Hoag: second vice-president, De-
los Arnold; secretary, F. s. Daggett;
treasurer, oliver NJ. Gale.
Plans for work for the coming year
were adopted.
BREVITIES
A large and select audience listened
10 a highly interesting lecture upon
'Bacteriology in Relation to Agricul-
ture," by Prof. Ernest B. Hoag, in
structor in biology, in the biological
rooms of Throop institute at 1880 o'clock
this afternoon. Prof. Hoag, whose re-
searches have amply fitted him to deal
with his topic intelligently, showed how
bacteria are not only harmless but very
useful. In fact no plant or animal
could exist without bacteria. Without
them there would be no decay. The
lecturer emphasized the point that as
rule bacteria are not disease producers
They are highly useful to the dairymen
because without them cream would not
\ form and milk would not sour.
Two incinerations will take place at
Reynolds & Van Nuys crematory at
Mountain View cemetery next Sunday.
Never before have there been two cases
in one day at this crematory. 1t was
predicted by some persons that the fact
that Durrant's body was reduced
to ashed here would put Reynolds &
Van Nuys place under the ban, which
does not seem to be the case.
The death Of William H. Raymond,
formerly of this city, occurred last night
at II o'clock at his home in Orange,
where he went year or two ago from
this city. Mr.. Raymond was formerly
station agent of the Santa Fe road on
Los Robles avenue, this city. He had
lived here number of years at 40 North
Euclid avenue. He leaves a wife, q
daughter, Miss Bertha Raymond, who
Is an accomplished singer, and a son,
Clayton Raymond. The remains will be
-cremated at Mountain View cemetery
north Of town Sunday afternoon.
A. d. Hall. secretary of the local So
ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals. went up to Sierra Madre to
investigate the charge against Proprie-
tor Frederick Merrill of the Sierra Madre
villa. Mr.. Ball found that there seemed
to be no cause for action against Mr..
Merrill. The trouble grew out of a COM
plant made by Sierra Madre man to
DR.. Rowland, president of the society.
1t was recited that the hotel bus horses
were made to haul very big loads upon
empty stomachs, and that one of them
was also lame. Mr.. Merrill discharged
the driver of the bus.
The monthly social of the First Con-
gregational Christian Endeavor society
was given this evening in the Y. M. CA.