Los Angeles herald., 1905-04-13
NEARLY WHULE RIGHT OF WAY
SECURED
MONEY FOR BONUS RAISED
Pasadena Presbyterians Decide to
Erect New Church on the Site
Occupied by the Old
Structure
Pasadena Agency,
114 East Colorado Street.

PASADENA, April 12-Papers for
all but a few hundred feet of the right
of way for the Sierra Madre electric
railway were signed this morning,
s17,5OO, of the required bonus to be
paid to the company is in the bank
and the remaining $25OO is to be paid
as soon as the construction work is
we'll under way. The line is to start
from Huntington Drive, just west of
Lamanda Park on East Colorado
street, run north to the Santa Fe rail-
road tracks, crossing the tracks at
right angles just west of the Lamanda
Park school house, where a double
crossing has already been put in place.
From that point the track will go
north along Santa Anita avenue, east
past the winery, north along the north
line Of the Miles ranch to a hundred
feet north of Villa street. From this
point, the line will run direct in
northeasterly direction to Sierra
Madre and then to the foot of the
old Mount Wilson trail.
Presbyterians Select Site
Unlike most church organizations
which build churches with but COM
paratively little money and come up
to the dedicatory services with big
debt, the prosperous members of the
First Presbyterian church of Pasa-
dena raised every cent which will
be needed to erect and furnish their
new church before even the site was
selected. For year, the funds for the
new church have been steadily grow
ing and after special efforts two weeks
ago the amount pledged was $1O1,176.
This is over a thousand more than
was thought would be needed. To-
night at the annual meeting following
the election of new officers and trus-
or the old location, corner of East
Colorado street and Worcester avenue.
Roses Association Prosperous
Frank P. Boynton, secretary of the
Tournament of Roses association, has
his report ready for the annual meet
ing of that organization. 1t will state
that $500 has been spent for the Tour
nament park and it's improvements,
and that there is $500 in the treasury
There are now $50 members, which far
bers. Expenses this year amounted to
$7705.S2. of which 5000 was spent on the
Improvement of the grounds and $1150
for the 'caretakers house in the park.
Receipts and membership fees amount
ed to $6241.30 and there was balance
at the beginning of the year of s3S7S.37.
For the Tournament of Roses prizes
s2,765. 46 was spent 1t is expected $500
will come in from the horse show.
May Move to Los Angeles
1t is currently reported that Judge
York, who lives on North Madison
avenue, may move with his family to
Los Angeles, in order to be in closer
touch with his work He owns fine
place at the northeast corner of
Twenty-second and Hoover streets.
Public Funeral Stopped
AS soon as Health officer F. f. Row
land received the death certificate of
Rufus F. Juers, the 14-year-old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Juers of A East
California street, who died Sunday
night, he at once suspected diphtheria.
The physicians certificates. stated the
boy died from acute dilation of the
heart from paralysis, and the trouble
during the illness was supposed to
have been quinsy. A public funeral
was at once stopped, the house quaran-
tined and fumigated and every precau-
tibn taken to prevent any spread of
the contagion. So far as is known
there has been no other case in the
city. and DR.. Rowland fears no trouble
although there were several persons
exposed during the two weeks illness
Of the boy.
Pretty Bridal Luncheon
Mrs. Fred Nash was the hostess this
afternoon at a pleasant luncheon given
In honor of the bridal party of Miss
Mabel Doolittle and Mr.. Neal Traylor.
The decorations for the occasion were
Of unusual beauty, in the large draw
being used in profusion, while flaming
were massed in the
library, Gala lilies in the halls and
pink sweet peas and ferns in the din
ng room) Pink tints and heart shapes
oredominated in the menu. After the
luncheon Miss Doolittle was literally
;howered with many concelts in the
way of, collars and embroidered sets.
Bits of City News
Very nearly twenty-five inches of
ain has fallen in Pasadena this sea-
ion, which is almost two and half
ines the amount which fell last win
er. In consequence gardens and hills
re green and fourishing. The forty
nches which have fallen on Mount
Wilson has filled the springs and noun
ain streams.
on May II the local Y. M. C. A. will
,ive at the Lowe opera house one of
he largest gymnasium exhibitions
yer attempted in Southern California.
I is to be the annual gym show
A X Nash commander of the local