Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-12
SUNDAY CONCERT
AGAIN DELAYED
OPPOSITION ASKS MORE TIME
FOR APPEAL
Robert j. Burdette Announces Inten-
zion TO Vote for Concerts-Pasa-
dena Postofflce Stands Sixth.
other News
PASADENA Agency,
01 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone, Main lfO5.
spocini 10 'rho 1IcraI1.


Telephone, Main 1908.
Special to The Herald
PASADENA, Dec. 1t.--At the meet
ing Of the city commissioners this aft
ernoon Rev. Robert J. Burdette an,
nounced his conversion TO the side Of
the people petitioning for Sunday after
noon band concerts i'm the city parks
thus giving the one added vote neces-
sary to carry i'm their favor Commits
sioner Medill moved that the use OF
one of the parks be granted the petit
tioners and Rev. Burdette supported
the motion. stating however, that he
still believed that the best results for
The community and the best govern
ment came from the Sabbath OF the
Puritans, that cities like New York and
Cincinnati, which have disregarded this
Puritan Sunday, are "rotten," and that
Boston, which still keeps it, Is a better
example of model city government.
But the commissioners do not own the
parks--they belong to the people, went
on Mr.. Burdette, and if a larger num-
Der desire the concerts than oppose
them they should have them. But the
quick settlement of the veXing problem
did not rest today in the added sup
port for the measure. Rev. Keates,
chairman of the local Ministerial union,
b. =
ed more time in which to organize the
opponents of the concerts, claiming that
the length of their petitions does not
represent the real strength of the op-
position.
Will Bar Out Ragtime
Capt. c. NJ Simpson spoke for the
concerts and said that the other side
had had just as much time as those
= favoring and urged that there be nc
more delay. Band Director Shelton told
of the quality of music his band would
play and said that "ragtime" would
be religiously barred. Others in the
audience spoke and some few PERSONAL
tiles were indulged in. Finally a mo-
tion was made and carried fixing next
Monday morning at 10 o'clock as the
time for n vote and giving both sides
the full week in which to hustle for
names on their several petitions. On to-
days petitions 1882 names favored the
concerts and 9S7 opposed them
Secretary Brink states tonight that
there will be meeting of the Minis
terial union tomorrow forenoon at the
Y. M. c. A. for the purpose of deciding
on the steps to be taken during the
coming week. L is proposed to hold a
monster mass meeting of those op-
posed to the concerts and to provide
for house to house canvass for sign
ers to the petitions. Those favoring the
concerts will keep their petitions cir
culating in the meantime. Today's
meeting gave no indication as to how
Commissioners Windham and Crowell
will vote.
Pasadena Stands Sixth
The Pasadena postofice stands sixth
among the postofIices of the state OF
California as regards its annual busi-
ness. The other offices in their order
are San Francisco, Los Angeles. Oak
land, Sacramento, San Jose This is
according to the last report of the au-
ditor for the postoffice department and
ought to provide ammunition for the
men who are preparing to ask con-
gress for u public building for the
Grown City. Every one of the cities
named has a public building except
Pasadena. In fact, there are lust six
public buildings in the state, Stockton
being the other lucky city. Stockton
ms regards population and postofice
business is away behind Pasadena, a
fact which diSprOVes the claim that
the authorities at Washington will not
recommend pOstoffice buildings to be
located in cities which rank with Pasa-
dena. The auditors report shows that
there are scores of cities throughout
the United States ranking far below
Pasadena in both population and post
office business which have government
buildings Postmaster Wood is of the
opinion that the Crown City can have
a building If its claims are rightly pre-
sented and persistently urged at Wash
ington and those supporting the pres
ent movement intend that all that is
possible along these lines shall be done.
Rumor of Hotel for Echo
A large force of men We're at work
today on top of Ech mountain putting
the ground in readiness for the new
buildings to be erected there in the
place of the old ones burned down in
Saturdays fire. Temporary quarters
for the Pacific Electric employees will
20 UP first, and then the machinery
needed for running the inclined road.
A new and larger power house will
he built as soon as it is decided where
IT. shall stand. Supt. Rowray says that
IT is hoped to have the road ready
for passenger traffic by the first of the
year.
The dancing pavilion will not be re-
placed, but there is a good sized rumor
floating around to the effect that the
erection of a new hotel where the
beautiful Echo Mountain house stood
until seven years ago is being serious
ly considered by the Pacific Electric
company The exact nature Of the i'm
urOVements on the Summit of thp