Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-15
COOLIDGE OF BOARD OF TRADE
WRITES EVERYWHERE
Surprising Number of Inquiries Com
Ing In Constantly From Every
State-The New Mount
Lowe Line
Pasadena Agency,
IL North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main 1147.

OF traue mas Deen one OF tne puslesI men
in the city, and his annual report, which
will be presented at the meeting OF the
board on April % will show an enormous
amount of work accomplished. :,
The matter of correspondence Is no small
item of this work. During the past year
Secretary Coolidge has written probably
two thousand letters on matters con-
nected with his work of exploiting the
His records show that considerably
over five thousand letters asking for
Crown City literature and either, general
OF specific information concerning the
city and neighborhood have been received
and literally responded to, some of them
several times. These inquiries come
in the union and indicate how Widespread
lar spot in the land of flowers.
To be exact, Secretary Coolidge has
sent literature and written letters in this
section of his important work to people
residing in forty-three states and three
territories, and into eight foreign coun-
tries.
Sixty inquiries have been received from
the Empire state of New York, fact
which easily places that state at the
ally stands pretty near the head Itself
with SO inquiries. Illinois is third with
30; Iowa and Pennsylvania are tied for
fourth place with 80 inquiries each; Mas
% and so on. down the line Even Cali
fornia s chiefest rival, Florida, stands on
record with five inquirers who confess
lingering suspicion that there may be
something better than Florida This
forenoon was given up by the. secretary
to answering letters and mailing litera-
ture and this is beginning to be the way
every day. Secretary Coolidge is not a
man to ask for things, but it does look
as If 1T would be the part of wisdom
to give him an assistant next year and
more pretentious headquarters.
The board of trade is without a doubt
one of the greatest factors outside
of the city's almost perfect natural con-
ditions in the building up of population
and insuring prosperous conditions, and
its Importance should be recognized even
more generally than it is.
and might readily become 1000 and even
more should the value of the work be
brought fully home to Pasadena people.
Mr.. Huntington's Plans
Marcus A. Hall. the well known sec
retary of the VIM. r. Stats company,
which is the local representative of the
Huntington interests in matters of 10
cal concern in real estate, is authority
tonight for the statement that Mr..
Huntington will probably on Tuesday
of next week ask for another franchise
from the Pasadena, city council.
The franchise which is desired is for
an electric line to run north on Lake
avenue, from the Oak Knoll tract clear
ington's purpose to make the new line
from Los Angeles to Pasadena via Oak
Knoll loop line to Mt. Lowe, intended
to relieve congestion of traffic on Fair
This line" says Mr.. Hall. will be
one of the most magnificent scenic lines
in Southern California when COM
pleted."
The line as projected it is understood
will run out of Los Angeles through a
deep cut, then back of the county hos
pital to join the short line tracks just
below Rose Hill station. At Oneonta
Park the line will turn east on the Mon
rovia line for short distance then
turning. north across the Oak Knoll
track alongside the site chosen for the
Wentworth hotel. Mt. Lowe cars will
then take one line going and another
returning through the city Regular
cars from Los Angeles will then prob
ably follow the same line to Colorado
street and Lake avenue from which
point they will turn west to Colorado
street and Fair Oaks avenue, where the
start will be made for Los Angeles as
at present.
Naturally enough all the details of
this gigantic plan are not sufficiently
worked out to make public but such as
they are are certainly of great import
ance.
Shakespeare Club
Honors for the afternoon program
were divided as shown by the delight
of the club women and their friends in
the fine readings given by Miss Emo
gene Mahony and in the charts Illus
trating the effects of the eruption OF
NeSuNluS. Ine regular weekly meeting
of the Shakespeare club was held this
afternoon at the club house, with a
very large attendance. The program
was in charge of the art section, Miss
Ada Trotter, leader. Following the
opening music, Miss Trotter spoke very
Interestingly of her travels in South
ern Italy, of her visits to the ruined
homes of Pompeii and vicinity. Then
turning TO large map Of the region
made especially for the afternoon, she
described the country and the condl-
present eruption of the great volcano
falls so heavily.
Mrs. John Rawlings Robertson of
Grand Rapids, who had previously de-
lighted the club members with her fine
singing, gave two numbers which were
much appreciated. But Miss Mahony
was quite the star of the afternoon
with her remarkably spirited and SYM
was was from twelfth Night" where the
parts were well taken. One Of Kip;
then bright little sketch illustrative
of a woman's forgetfulness. The three,
wholly differing, were equally well
given, and seldom is applause so spon :
taneous and quick as rewarded Miss
Mahony after each one of her selec-
tions. Mrs. II. l. Stuart read a brief
Poem.
Printers Want Their Pay
Now comes the United States Mort
gage and Trust company which printed
the water bonds authorized by the vote
of the people many moons ago and the
sale of which is still delayed by the
dispute between the factions, and seeks
amounting to a little over $500, paid BY
the city. This bids fair to be another
puzzler for the present administration
as there does not seem to be any fund
into which this little bill can be used
to scoop. OF course the printers We're
not given to understand that II the
bond issue was not sold they could not
get their money and the bill is there
fore rightly in line of payment
The matter will be laid before the
city council at it's meeting on Tues
day. While dealing with the matter Of
bonds it is interesting to know that
Dillon & Hubbard, the New York bond
experts, whose latest decision on the
water bonds effectually tied UP that
matter, have, just given a favorable
bonds. The, money for these bonds is
now in the hands of the city board of
education and at a meeting to be called
early in the week will be put through
the first steps of its expenditure.
Struck by Wagon
Miss Ella Graves, residing at 1856
Winona avenue, was run into and Sc
verely injured this afternoon in front
of the Catholic church on North Fair
Oaks avenue by heavy transfer
wagon. Miss Graves was standing on
the curb and started to cross the street
he n q