Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-26
OPPOSE NEW
ENGINE HOUSE
PASADENA NEIGHBoRHooD is
IN CURIOUS MOOD
Belief That Presence Of Fire Laddes
and Fire Fighting Apparatus
VIII Inlure Property
Values
Pasadena Agency,
16h East Colorado Street
Telephone Main 752.

PASADENA, June 25.--The petition
OF residents of the neighborhood oi
Mentor avenue and Locust street
against the location of the projected
engine house i'm their Vicinity reached
the city commissioners this afternoon
No action was taken except to place
the paper on file for the good and suffi.
cient reason that the expected funds
for such building are tied up by the
Edison company's injunction suit
Commissioners Medill suggested that
the petitioners get together and sug-
gest location for the building which
will suit them better and that no doubt
the commissioners would readily agree
to make the change. At the present
time the commission holds an option
on a lot facing on Mentor avenue and
as SOON as the funds become available
will erect a small fire building there,
with accommodation for chemical en-
glne at first.
A little later 1t is hoped to be able
to add the usual complete equipment.
With the chemical goes force of three
men. The Uentor avenue people evil
IDENTIFY do not consider the building or
its force very desirable addition to
the equipment of a purely residence
street.
The suggestion that the building be
placed south of Colorado street does
not meet with the approval of the fire
ladies, who say that they do not want
any more houses so situated that the
runs must be made uphill.
With the annexation of East Pasa-
dena and the Oak Knoll district will
come the necessity of extending the
fire department stations to the south
east, but the commissioners have
enough to look after now without both
ering about the future needs of the
service.
The blocking of the projected i'm
provement of the department by the
action of the Edison people is deemed
particularly unfortunate at this time,
for everyone admits that the depart
ment is in bad shape to combat any
serious fire.
Crown City Notes
G. N Stanley of this city has been
awarded the contract for erecting the
Sprague memorial wing to the Pasa-
dena hospital.
Switzer's camp is prepared to open
for business on Wednesday of this
week. The stage will be put into COM
mission on Monday or Tuesday next.
The Women's Socialist union will
meet tomorrow at 2:30 D. m. at As West
Villa street. Mrs. Lucy Burton Powers
will be the leader The subject of the
discussion is "The Collapse of Capital
ism and the TRUMP of Socialism"
The First Baptist church will open a
Sunday school in the East Pasadena
business section where the Presby-
terian mission has been held, the mis-
sion now having been abandoned be-
cause of the new mission on North
Lake avenue. The superintendent of
the work has not yet been selected.
Donald r. Mcdonald and Beldalee
Dunn of Los Angeles applied to Rector
William MacCormick of All Saints
church today to be married.
The party consisted of five people and
came out from Los Angeles in an auto
mobile. 1t transpired that the would-be
was divorced man, where
upon the rector refused to marry them.
Rev. Beattie of the First Presbyterian
church agreed to perform the ceremony,
which he did.