Los Angeles herald., 1905-01-22
WATER COMPANY
ELECTS DIRECTORS
PASADENA is CONSIDERING
CITY OWNERSHIP
Officers Take No Decisive Action, but
Stockholders Vote in Favor Of
Selling the Plant to
Municipality
Pasadena Agency,
ia East Colorado Street.

Pasadena Agency
ia East Colorado Street.
PASADENA. Jan. 21.-While it was
expected that the annual meeting Of
the Pasadena Lake Vineyard Land
and Water company would decide the
question as to whether the plant would
be sold to the city. this was not done
Instead, the directors for the coming
year were elected, and at their organ
ization In about a week the whole mat
ter will be taken UP for serious con-
sideration after consultation with at
torneys. The directors are G. M. Par
ker, James Clarke, c. c. Brown, Il. II.
Rice. Frank b. Stevens, John Allin and
w. r. Staats. The offer of the city for
the Lake Vineyard plant is $245,O0O OF
the stockholders who have voted upon
the question $50 shares are voted for
selling and 144 against. At the meet
ing tonight the secretary reported the
earnings of the company the past year
as $4SOOO, the greater part of which
had been at once put back into the
plant.
Y. M. C. A. Active
That the local Y. M. G. A. is very ac-
tive these days is proved by the pro-
gram for entertainments, banquets
business meetings and other gatherings
of a religious nature scheduled for the
coming week. Tonight the squad
leaders" had a banquet at 6 O'Clock, at
which Coach Merrill of Occidental col
lege was the guest of honor. In the
hour following the principal after
dinner speaker was Merrill, who spoke
on Modern Athletics" to the young
men who were deeply interested in the
topic.
Next Friday evening DR.. Charles A.
Eastman, native Sioux Indian, is TO
appear in the Y. NJ. c. A. star course
of lectures, telling the thrilling story
of 1.-The Little Big Horn Dr. East
man is a graduate of Dartmouth col
lege and Rev. Stephen G. Emerson of
this city is a classmate of his. DR..
Eastman will be a guest at the Emer-
son home on Elm avenue while in the
city. The two men have not seen each
other since their commencement day.
Shakespeare Club Matters
The second "Parsifal' afternoon, at
which Miss Alice Coleman was to have
given an Interpretation of "Parsifal'
in the form of musicale, was to have
been held this afternoon, but owing to
the heavy rain about 1 O'Clock Of
of o1,,L danidod fn rnGtnnnn
it to a later date, as so many outside
the club wished to hear the musical
program. The date of the recital is
as yet undecided, since there is a pos
sibility of the Spanish dances being
repeated at matinee some Saturday
afternoon in the near future.
On the evening of Tuesday Burton
Holmes will give one of his celebrated
'travelogues" under the clubs aus
pices at the Y. NJ. C. A auditorium,
his subject being Russia" The lee
tqre will be illustrated with moving
pictures and many stereopticon views
of places and scenes of special interest
just now because of recent political
events of worldwide prominence.
Next Saturday afternoon an exhibit
tion of "arts and crafts of women
promises to be of more than ordinary
interest.
Among the many interesting men
visiting Pasadena this winter is w.
II. Rice, formerly governor under ma
tive rule of the island of Kaui, who is
visiting relatives and friends in South
ern California. Just now he is with
his wife with Capt. William Water
house of East Villa street an Lake
avenue, Mrs. Rice being a sister of Mr.,
Waterhouse.
Since the week before Christmas
Rev. Robert j. Burdette has been suf-
fering more or less constantly from a
throat irritation, which while not Sc
rious demanded constant medical care.
Within the past few days the condi-
ttons have become more complicated
and yesterday the prominent divine
was ordered away from home for a
week for a complete rest.
Late yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Bur-
dette left for the mountains of San
Bernardino. They will be guests at the
Iona Linda near Bryn Mawr.
James Russell Lowell was the subject
discussed by the Washington Heights
study circle yesterday at their meet
ing.
There is a balance of uncollected city
taxes at the close of business hours to-
day of over SSS,OOO. But one more week
Is given to pay in, and brisk work will
have to be done in the treasurer's Of
fice next week if many Pasadena prop
erty owners are not to be delinquent
William H, Edwards died at his
home on Thornton avenue last night,