Los Angeles herald., 1905-07-03
PASADENA FEDERATION ASKS
FOR SCHOOL REFORMS
WANTS LUNCHES PROVIDED
Proposes to Petition Board Of Educa-
tion for the Establishment Of
an Emergency Rest Room
and Restaurant
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

ll4 East CoiOrauO otEeet.
PASADENA, July 1.-The Pasadena
Federation of Child Study circles on
Saturday discussed two important mat
ters relating to the high school, one be-
ing a single session for the day and the
other the establishment of an emer-
gency rest room with a hot lunch
establishment in the basement. The
federation proposes to ask the board Of
education to make the single session
begin at $3.50 a. m. and terminate at
1880 D. m with half hour for the
noon lunch 1t is also planned to hire
a competent cook to prepare the noon
hour lunch so that the pupils will not
be bothered with lunch baskets.
Fire at 21S Grove street this after
noon destroyed the residence of DR..
Medic de Biron, together with most Of
the contents, which included surgical
instruments, a collection of freaks OF
nature and valuable works on osteology.
DR.. de Biron places his loss at not less
than $4,000. as many of his freaks can
not be replaced. The house was two
story structure and there was no one
at home when the fire broke out, as the
doctor and his wife were visiting in
South Pasadena. A fox terrier had
been left in the house but managed to
dig it's way out and was hiding in the
rear Of the lot when found. Boys play
ing in the street discovered the flames,
which had then burst from the upper
part of the house, and by the time the
firemen responded to an alarm the
place was gutted. Chief Clifford's men
say the fire started upstairs in the west
end of the house, and that there were
no electric wires in that part of the
building. DR.. de Biron states that
several electricians told him that the
cause was undoubtedly from wires, as
they found the meters badly burned.
They also stated that the insulating
knobs were too small. There was no
insurance.
Improving AItadena Streets
Good streets and roadways for Alta
dena are what the progressive people oe
that suburb are bent on having and
they made a good start by completing
a job on Santa Rosa avenue that the
supervisors had begun. The county
officials caused a strip in the center Of
the tforoughfare to be oiled. This strip
is only about twelve feet in width, and
as it made an excellent roadway free
from dust travel was confined to this
narrow roadway Property owners
realized that the outside stretches
would grow up in weeds and become
unsightly. Accordingly they got to-
gether and agreed to pay the expense
of extending the oil from curb to curb
and the work will begin Immediately.
This Improvement will extend for dis
tance of mile and will make Santa
Rosa one of the finest thoroughfares in
the county.
Anxiety is felt in some circles over
the possibility that the convention hall
and casino will not be built on what is
the attitude of parties who claim right
to the property by reason of previous
bid, said to be $4,000. This bid was
filed by F. e. Crawford, who insists
will be appealed to for possession of the
property. Officials of the convention
hall committee are not alarmed, how
ever, as they have been advised that
the court in charge of the sale of the
ground has the right to reject or con-
slider any bid and that in this instance
1t is a case of the highest bid securing
the plum.
One result of bringing conventions to
Southern California is shown by the
recent investment in Pasadena real es-
tate by Percy Witherill. a wholesale
grocer of Boston. Mr.. Witherill came
here with the party of Eastern knights
Templar last year and became so in
fatuated with the beauties and bus
iness possibilities of Pasadena that he
finally made up his mind to buy prop
erty here. Last week his brother,
George Witherill. bought for him a
business block on West Colorado
street occupied by the Crown hard
ware store. The property was sold by
John Cox. Mr.. Witherill also subscribed
for twenty-five shares of convention
hall stock.
A number of fine residences, to cost
in the aggregate $4,000. are to be erec-
ted on Columbia street, in Oaklawn
tract H. Hagood. in charge of the en-
cheering work at Venice, will build
one to cost $4,000; w. L. Hardison is
erecting house to cost from $40, 900 to
$4,000; plans are being made for ]. M.
Kellerman for a house to cost from
$4,000 to $4,000; Byron l.. oliver has
plans about completed for a $4,000
house; plans are under way for $1O,-
900 home for Carlyle C. Davis: work
is to begin within few days on a
home for G. w. Ferguson to cost from
$4,000 to $12.OOO and ]. Il. Bailey of
Los Angeles has purchased one of the
finest building sites Of the tract for
the purpose of erecting a handsome