Los Angeles herald., 1905-08-06
GAIN or OVER 1000 CREDITED
TO PAST YEAR
POPULATION GIVEN AS 21,5oO
Committee Appointed to Visit Venice
lin Connection With Arrangements
tor Picnic Of Merchants
Association
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

PASADENA, Aug. 5.-The new city
directory, out today, contains 11,SO5
names, indicating, from the usual d.
rectory computation, that the popula-
tion Of the city is 2t,5OO, against 17,2sO
a year ago. The first directory was
issued in 1888, and contained 27O names,
showing the population to be 1900 al
that time. In 1900 the number of in
habitants was 10000. This years di-
rectory also contains the names of all
the streets in the city with total of
259 thoroughfares. The directory COW
ers a territory of thirty-five square
miles, and is issued by the Norris
Thurston company.
Kingsley Stevens and G. D. Sargent
will go to Venice Tuesday morning to
confer with the management of that
amusement resort regarding the form
of a program of games and sports in
connection with the big picnic of the
Merchants association. The Southern
Pacific has announced that the excur-
sionists will be taken through to Ven
ice without change of cars.
Auditor Kernaghan has made anoth-
er ruling in the line of his official du-
ties whereby he turns down the de-
mands Of several deputy city officials
for the payment of premiums on their
bonds. BY advice of City Attorney
Fitzgerald the council at its last meet
ing passed the demands of Deputy Su-
perintendent of Streets S. H. Doolit-
tie for SIS, Deputy City Treasurer Kirk
Dyer for $50 and of Deputy Auditor d.
d. Kellogg for S.. These demands went
to Auditor Kernaghan, who refused to
pass upon them for the reason that
the officer mentioned is not specified
in the charter as one who shall furnish
a bond.
Mrs. Leila Blattmacher has sold her
home at the northeast corner of Cali
fornia street and Euclid to j. A. Hor-
rell of San Diego for $4,000. The house
contains thirteen rooms, and the
ground fronts 100 feet on California by
173 on Euclid. Mr.. Horrell is a retired
wholesale merchant, and on September
/ he will move his family here.
The South Pasadena Women's I'm
provement association has issued cal
endar in which the work of the COM
ing year is outlined. The association
was organized in 1889, and has been
an important factor in the growth OF
that thriving suburb. The officers are:
Mrs. H. A. Perkins, president; Miss
Jennie Collier, first vice president; Mrs.
M. c. Gardner, second vice president;
Mrs. E. H. Rust, secretary; Mrs. w. F.
Axtman, treasurer. The first meeting
of the new year will be October 4, and
the topic for discussion will be "Vaca-
ton"
Pasadena Brevities
Contractor D. w. Marsh has begun
the construction of handsome $4,000
residence for Rev. Malcolm j. Mcleod,
pastor of the First Presbyterian church.
1t will be two stories with an outside
chimney of cobblestone. The house will
be of shingle exterior, the lower floor
and staircase of cedar, stained, and the
principal chambers and baths of white
enamel.
Mrs. George t. Nicholson and daugh-
ter of Chicago are guests at the home
of R. B. Newby, 397 North Marengo
avenue. Mrs. Nicholson is the wife of
General Passenger Agent Nicholson of
the Santa Fe system. She will spend
some time here as the guest of her
sister.
At a business meeting of the Zeta
Theta Nu society at the home of Miss
Gertrude Nicholas last evening three
new members were initiated. They
were Miss Marion Norris, Miss Octavia
Lockett and Miss Leslie Daley.
Capt. and Mrs. T. e. Wright of West
California street have returned from ar
extended sojourn in the east. They at
tended a family reunion while al
Evanston Ill.
Mrs c. E. Wood and daughters
Misses C. A., Helen B. and Stella H.
will go to Catalina tomorrow to remair
several weeks.
Edward Thornburg is here from
Lordsburg, N. M, visiting his parents
at $40 North Pasadena avenue.
Mrs. Jennie Tenwinkle died at Alpine
tavern, on Mount Lowe, last night She
leaves a husband and daughter, who
will accompany the remains to Detroit
Mich, for interment.
Miss Rachael Hartley, who came her,
from Genesee, ILL.,, three years ago, dice
last night at the home of her sister
Mrs. Charles Hughes. The funeral will
be held Monday morning.
Coronado table best on the coast.
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