Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-08
POLICE Chief
(. ASKS MORE ROOM
PASADENA'S JAIL BECOMING
TOO SMALL
Chief Plnkham Reports Arrests for
Past Year and Recommends Ad-
ditlons and Improvements
In HE Department
Pasadena Agency.
II North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone Main Jt47.

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PASADENA, May 7.-Chief Of Police
Pinkham presented his annual report
to the city commissioners today. An
interesting document with its summary
Of the arrests and prosecutions of the
twelve months ending April 30 and the
recommendation for the future. The
report shows that during the year ar
rests were made as follows: For drunk
eness, 1856; for vagrancy, IS; for petty
larceny, 81 for riding bicycles on the
sidewalk, SO; for violation of the ordi-
nance against leaving horses unhitched,
S3; for disturbing the peace, n; fugi-
tives from justice, 1S; reckless running
of automobiles. 0; for gambling, IL; for
assault, 5; for burglary, IL; for en-
bezzlement. 49,; 1oi insanity, 16; for
grand larceny, 16. The total number OF
arrests made were sos, of which 279
were made on county complaints, 398
on city complaints and 1S for outside
officers. The years receipts from all
sources were $261475; disbursements,
SlS, 1853; fines S2829. Value Of bicycles
recovered and returned to owners.
$6O23; list os stolen property returned
to owners; $263O.06.
Chief Pinkham's recommendations in
clude the enlargement of the Jail by
converting the old engine room into an
addition; that quarters be provided for
emergency cases; that cell for insane
prisoners be constructed and that sale
of the bicycles and other articles coll
lected by the police during the past year
or two and never called for by their
owners be arranged for by the commits
sioners The report was an excellent
one and reflected much credit upon the
department. The commissioners gave
Chief Pinkham a vote of thanks and
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some future time.
Office Hard to Fill
On Friday afternoon of this week
the directors of the Pasadena Humane
society expect to choose a successor
TO Humane officer B. e. Sherwin
whose resignation was received a week
ago. A meeting of the board was held
this afternoon at which time the half
dozen names of men who are willing to
assume Mr.. Sherwin's mantle were dis
cussed but nothing decided.
During the past year the Office has
grown to be most important one and
great care must be exercised to main
tain it's dignity and actual worth in the
community.
During the past twelve months the
aggregate fines imposed in the cruelty
cases prosecuted by the society and it's
agents have amounted to almost enough
to pay the salary of permanent officer
field agent. During the past season
the humane society has beene put in
charge of the collection of the city dog
license fees in addition to the other
usual work Of the society. The result
has been highly satisfactory, resulting
as 1t did in turning into the city treas
ury over one-third more license money
than in any previous year.
4 Officer Sherwin resigned the position
of field agent because the work was en-
croaching more and more upon his
time, occupying his attention both day
and night
a month with an allowance of $25 a
month for horse hire.
Prepare for Memorial Day
1t is announced that the Rev. North
rop, pastor of the First Baptist church
at Los Angeles, has been secured to
preach the annual Memorial day SER
mon, which will this year be given in
the commodious auditorium of the First
Methodist Episcopal church, Wednes-
day, May 80. The members of the
local Grand Army of the Republic, Sons
of Veterans and Woman's Relief corps
will be present at this service, which
is for their especial benefit. Arrange
nents for the formal dedication and
utlNClnHS VI liiS new SOluleTS HlODu-
ment at Library park on the same day
are about complete and it is proposed
to make Memorial day this year the
most important and memorable in the
city's history. The official program for
the day is not yet ready for publica-
ton. Hon. John Mcdonald is chairman
of the soldiers monument committee
and is aided in the work of preparation
by special committees from all three of
the Inna1 NJ triOtfN nj
Overland Club Moves
Members of the Overland club were
: notified today that their club house is
closed for one week in order to allow
the removal of the club+s belongings to
the new club house on South Euclid
avenue. During the past few weeks
the work of preparation has gone stead
lily forward at the new home and now
the decorators and carpenters have
gone their ways leaving the commo-
dious addition with it's billiard rooms
and lounging rooms and the other
rooms of the building as beautiful as
fresh paint and paper can make it.
All of the present week will be devoted
to getting settled in the new quarters
and early next week the new house will
be thrown open. A 'smoker" is planned
as one of the special features of the
opening.
Break Ground for Church
At p. m. tomorrow will occur the
ceremony of breaking ground for the
proposed new edifice of the Lake Ave-
nue. M. E. church at the corner of East
Colorado street and Lake avenue A
short program of song and speeches
has been prepared. Then Mother
Parker. one of the first members of the
church, will turn a shovelful of earth
as she repeats some verse from the
Bible. She will be followed by each one
present Pastor Brink has sent a
cordial invitation to the members of the
other Methodist churches of the city,
as well as to the citizens generally, to
be present The date for the laying OF
the corner stone has not yet been set.
Y. M. C. A. Gymnasts
Tomorrow night occurs the seventh
annual Y. M. Q. A. gymnastie enter
tainment at the Lowe opera house and
1t promises to surpass everything of the
sort given before. A number of pecu-
liarly difficult turns will be shown by
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