Los Angeles herald., 1905-12-27
DOCTORS SAY
CAS- IS IMPURE
PASADENANS DECLARE IT IS
INJURIOUS
Propose to Legislate for Pure Article.
Band Concerts Are Again
DeIayed-other
News
Pasadena Agency,
81 North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone. Main 1903


PASADENA, Dec. 26.-The city coun-
Gil did large amount of public BUSH
ness today and the session did not end
until this evening. Much time was
taken in going over the evidence sub
mitted by the Edison Electric company
to show that 1t has been furnishing
the city the amount and quality OF
electric light demanded by its contract.
John Thomson and j. w. Starr, en-
ployes Of the company, were examined
by City Attorney Fitzgerald under oath
and their testimony did not help the
company's contention, the men easily
becoming confused as to the technical
side of their work. Chief Electrician
Carpenter could not be as easily be-
fuddled by the questions of the attorney
and bore valuable evidence to the claim
that every part of the contract was
fulfilled But the council did not de-
eide to pay the $140O bill which the
mayor had held up and the whole ques-
ton was postponed for two weeks 1t
is expected that the city's side of the
argument will develop by that time.
The councilmen appropriated $500 to
pay for the boulevard lights which will
be erected along the line of the city
property. Much routine work was at
tended to and the recent report that
Improvement remaining in its strong
box failed of proof in the number of
new jobs taken up and decided upon.
Says Gas Criminally Impure
statement from a committee of
local physicians regarding the city's
supply of illuminating gas was sub
n1itted to the council and received with
d vote of thanks, step which indicates
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ordinance soon prescribing just what
quality of gas can be sold for use in the
city. The medicos represented by DIR.
George f.. Abbott. DR.. u. r. Malaby and
DR.. Charles A. Briggs, announced that
they have been making an eXamina-
tion of the gas furnished by the two
companies, the Lowe and the Console
dated, and that they discovered that
the gas manufacture by one of the
two is dangerously impure, criminally
so, the doctors add. They call atten-
tion to the fact that impure gas does
as much and more injury to the lungs
than impure milk does to the stomach,
that impure gas devitalizes the mucus
membrane of the air passages of all
users of the gas and renders them
much more susceptible to the implant-
ing of tubercular germs and those of
the infectious diseases in the dust OF
the streets and public conveyances. The
doctors suggest in concluding their ar
Iaignment of the city's gas supply, that
an immediate investigation be made
and steps taken to insure the furnish
ing of pure gas.
Concerts Again Delayed
The board OF commissioners did not
take up the matter of Sunday after
noon band concerts at the regular
meeting today owing to the absence
of Commissioner Medill. Mr.. Medill
is executive officer of the local lodge
of Elk5 and was too busy looking after
the Christmas tree prepared by the
antlered herd for the South Pasadena
orphans to attend the meeting today.
Representatives of the crowd which is
opposing the concerts were on hand
prepared to fight the adoption of the
latest suggestion for a settlement of
the question, but it did not come up.
1t is stated that the commissioners
will take the matter up again next
Tuesday forenoon at $50. There is
church people WHO now favor the COM
promise offered by Rev. Dr. Mcleod
and that some pressure is being
brought to bear upon the commission
ers to aiopt the compromise measure.
At any rate there will be no concerts
until the board has passed upon the
whole question again.
Largest in Its History
Postmaster Wood states that the
volume of business at the local Office
during the present holiday season is
uneXampled and unexpected. Yester-
day afternoon 125 sacks of mail matter
was piled up unopened owing to the
day being observed as a part holiday.
Today 175 sacks We're added to thS
pile, but this evening all of this had
Eeen distributed except about fifty
sacks and the clerks are working this
up tonight The avalanche of outgoing
mail has given way to a larger one
composed OF incoming mail The first
class or letter. mail is being worked
off first, the packages and papers fol-
lowing as quickly as possible in the
order of their receipt An interesting
feature Of this Christmas mail is seen
in the fact that so many of this years
parcels are coming by registered mail,
indicating two things-the added value
of this seasons Christmas gifts caused
by the increasing good times and the
fact of the good times themselves.
Postmaster Wood feels that the office
should be given much credit for hand
ling the extraordinary heavy mails as
well as it has with short help and
cramped quarters.
Secretary for Charities
Miss Marion Girdlestone has been Sc
lected by the officers of the newly or
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