Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-05
PASADENA READY FOR CIVIC
EXPERIMENT
Administration Promises to Use All
Speed In Bringing About Estas-
lshment Of Municipal
Plant
Pasadena Agency,
IL North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone Main 1147.

tlOn mas Deen decided III tne aHlTTndt1Ne
there Is general feeling of relief in
the community and rush of people
who remember that they expected 1t
all the time. There has undoubtedly
been deep current OF dissatisfaction
over the manner in which the Edison
Electric company has been treating the
city, feeling which undlsturbed by
local dssention would undoubtedly
have given n far greater majority
against that company than was regis
tered in yesterdays election 1t is said.
The people of the Grown City have
second time expressed themselves as
unequivocally in favor Of municipal
ownership of the principal public
utilities and while the result is cer-
tainly victory for the present admin
istratlon 1t is as absolutely another
victory for the principle Mayor Water
house was the recipient of much con-
graduation today for the manner in
which the project which he has so con-
sistently urged was carried through to
victory. He modestly disclaims any
personal share in the result but in
sists that the people have again as
serted themselves in no mistakable
manner. Now that the project has re-
ceived the seal of citys approval 1t
is understood that no delay be per-
mitted In carrying through the plan of
establishing a plant.
May Have Two Plants
Mayor Waterhouse stated today that
If the Edison company would put
reasonable price upon their Pasadena
plant he was in favor of purchasing
It, Manager Selig, when approached on
this subject, said that any proposition
made by the city along this line would
be carefully considered.
According to the recent statement of
Manager Selig as to the money the
Pasadena plant has cost the amount
now available for local plant would
In no way be sufficient. The city is
therefore likely to have two electric
light plants, the private one and the
one belonging to the city.
The routine form of canvassinE the
vote, issuing, advertising and selling
the bonds can hardly be done within
sixty days, but 1t is proposed to secure
the services of electrical experts at
once for the preliminary work of esti-
mating. There seems to be no proba-
bility of contest over the result of the
election, although the closeness of the
vote might lead enemies of the light
Ing project to demand recount.
Water Company Wins
President Hugh Glassell of the Oak
Hill Water company has finally been
allowed to dig up Pasadena streets for
the purpose of repairing the pipes talk
ing water from the company's well near
Raymond hill. When the city council
revoked the franchise under which this
water company was operating Mr.
Glassell was notified that he would not
be allowed to repair any of the pipes
now laid in Pasadena streets, the then
city attorney insisting that such per-
mission might give the company q legal
claim on the city.
Finally Mr.. Glassel stated that with
permission or without permission he
intended to repair certain pipes on
Madeline drive, and named the day
and date, A policeman was promptly
on the ground to prevent this step. Now
it appears that the president of the
Oak Hill company did his part in the
controversy by digging up the street
and repairing his company's pipes, but
that the policeman made no arrest.
Mr.. Glassell was later given the permit
for which he asked. The incident is
said to indicate that the administration
has experienced change of heart with
reference to its rights in the contest
with the Oak Hill Water company,
Rev. BusheII Out
Rev. Bushell, pastor of the Friend
ship Baptist church (colored) in this
city, was relegated to private life by
the action of his flock last night. He
presented his resignation at the meet
ing asking that it take effect on July
1. This date did not exactly suit cer-
tain members. it is said, and a motion
was made to have the resignation take
immediate effect. This suggestion
caused a lively discussion, but was
finally adopted by vote of 20 to IS.
No successor to Rev. Bushell was
chosen and none will be for the pres
ent, it being che intention of the church
to invite Baptist ministers from time
to time to fill temporary appointments
in the pulpit.
1t is said that Rev. Bushell intends
to form a church society of his own
here and that number of his sup
porters In the Friendship congregation
will follow him wherever he leads. The
contest In this church has been long
and remarkably bitter, and when the
courts reinstated a number of the dis
putants a few weeks ago it was
thought that the dispute would end.
Board of Directors Chosen
Another meeting of those interested
In the Arroyo park project was held
last night at the Hotel Maryland. The
Organization agreed at the preceding
general meeting was perfected by the
choice of the following board of direc-
tors: DR.. Mcbride, representing the
twilight cluD; seward SimOnS, the
board of trade; Mrs. Frank Wells
Parker and Mrs. w. d. Turner, the
Shakespeare club; Herman. r. Hertel,
the Pasadena Merchants association;
c. F. Holder. the Valley Hunt club;
Thomas Farley, the Improvement asso-
cation; DR.. T.. L. Conger, the Humane
society; Edwin f. Hahn and Lon Il.
Chaplin, the New Century club Robert
McAdam, the East Pasadena Improve
ment association; Thomas J.. Ashby,
the city council; f. l.. Brown, the West
Side Improvement association; e. j.
Pyle, the Pasadena National bank, and
r. l. Rogers. the First National bank.
The association will elect officers at its
next meeting and provide for the in
cooperating of the Arroyo Seco Park
association. Plans for obtaining pos
session of the lands comprised in the
Arroyo Seco are we'll In hand and
active steps will no doubt be taken in
a short time.
TeIegrams Conflicting
The board of trade relief committee is
somewhat at sea as TO what form the
further relief for San Francisco suf-
ferers shall take. A day or two ago
faleQrauna were sent IN San V,ranpiapo