Los Angeles herald., 1906-08-01
STILL DELAYING
A SETTLEMENT
PASADENA C0UNCILMEN SEEK
EXPERT ADVICE
Notwithstanding the Tying Up Of Its
Bond Issue the City Receives
Many Bids for Installing
Municipal Plant
Pasadena Agency,
161s East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 752

Telephone Main 752
PASADENA, July 31.-The city coun-
Gil granted two weeks further time to |
it's committee which is seeking to effect
a settlement with the Edison Electric
company.
At the same time the employment of
c. c.. Glass, a well known electrical ex-
pert, was authorized to assist the
mayor and committee in studying the
situation, presumably with reference
to the proposed municipal plant as
well.
Judge H. Fl. Klamroth, representing
the Edison people, told the council that
during the past two weeks his COM
pany was not asked for q conference
and that a settlement appeared as far
away as ever A written offer was
made nearly two weeks ago by the
Edison people to allow nearly $500 re-
bate on the complete bill. That this
offer had been considered by the coun-
Gil committee was shown today by the
reading of a letter from the city at
torney insisting that this was the very
first time the Edison people had made
such an offer and denying that no fault
had been found with the succeeding |
bills for street lighting.
1t developed from the lively discus |
sion which followed the reading of this |
letter that the administration does not
intend being put into a hole by the Edi- |
son legal tacticians but does intend by
the use of acknowledged electrical ex
perts to prove If possible the claim
that the Edison company has not for
months past lived up to the full re-
quirements of it's contracts with the
city Judge Klamroth strongly OPP
posed the further postponement of the
matter and reiterated the statement
that his people are anxious to confer
with the city as to settlement.
For Electrical Equipment
Eleven bids were submitted in re-
sponse to the city's advertisement for
electrical equipment for the proposed
municipal lighting plant. The bids were
duly opened and referred to the mayor
and Expert Glass for tabulation and
report. Those who bid We're the Baker
Iron works, the Westinghouse Electric
and Manufacturing company and the
B. F. Keinloff, jr, company of Los
Angeles the Beck Pacific Lamp COM
pany, the Standard Electric works and
Lake, Hale 6, Co. of San Francisco, the
Stanley Electric Manufacturing COM
pany of Pittsfied, Mass, Charles
A. Moore & Co. of Oakland, Mark L.
Stone and the American Diesel En-
cheering company of New York city.
1t is not known whether or not any of
these bids are submitted for the in
stallatiOn of the entire plant. great
deal of interest exists as to this and
as to whether in such a case the total
amount is brought within the amount
of the bond issue, which was $125,0O0.
City Attorney Wood reported to the
council that an ordinance intending
to drive out the Erickson & Co. fruit
dryer on North Fair Oaks avenue
would have to be made general and
thus exclude all fruit dryers. He had
learned that one other dryer is now
in the city and that it is conducted
in such manner as to cause no COM
plaint. He therefore recommended
that the complaint of e. W. Giddings
concerning the North Fair Oaks dryer
be referred to the city board of health,
which has power to close the dryer If 1t
be found to be dangerous to the health
of those residing near it. This was
accordingly done. The board of health
will take up the matter on Friday of
this week.
Crown City Notes
DR.. II. C. Corey has recovered his
purse containing $1S7 which he lost
few days ago during a runaway acci-
dent.
The Royal Italian band of Long
Beach will visit Pasadena on Thursday
afternoon and give a concert in Library
park 1t is planned to give the MEM
bers of the band a generous reception.
1t is believed that there will be no
change in the location of the post
office, as according to the latest plans
of the west side people, abundant room
is offered at the present quarters on
West Colorado street
For the Pasadena picnickers at Long
Beach on August the committee on
arrangements proposes to furnish hot
coffee and abundant fruit free of
charge. Lemonade will also be fur
nished free, but there will be no ice
cream as last year. Picnic lunches are
advised for everybody.
Major Nathan P. Bowman of st.
Johnsbury, VT, died yesterday at his
sons residence in this city, aged about
"a years. The deceased was a promi-
nent c.. A. r. man, held all of the
grand offices in the Masonic grand
lodge of Vermont, and was grand
master of odd Fellows as well as
grand chancellor of the Knights of
Pythias in his home state.