Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-25
PASADENA SUFFERS DAMAGES
FROM WATER
Extraordinary Rainfall In the Moun-
talns Supplements That Of Val
ley and Streets Become
Torrents
Pasadena Agency.
IL North Raymond Avenue.
Tel ephone Main 1147.

greatest combined rainstorm and flood
of the present season, the local supply
being augmented by flood of storm
water from the mountains. The main
portion of the storm lasted only about
an hour or even less, but the resulting
rush of waters through the city made
many of the leading streets impossible
for twice that time, caused the suspen-
sion of all traffic and did much dam
age to private and public property.
A little before noon the heaviest of
the RAINFALL began and about the same
time came. the sweep of immense guam
titles of water from the canyons and
slopes above Altadena, making the
downtown streets regular mountain tor
rents, many of them from curb to curb.
overrunning sidewalks and filing Gel
lars and ba sement rooms with mud
and water. Until the water subsided
people sought shelter inside store
buildings or assisted in blocking up
windows and CSoorways to shut out the
water.
AS in the STORM of March IL, the re-
sulting damage Is greatest in the new
streets, and the country between here
and the mountains is gashed and gull
lied in all directions by the water. Ac
cording to the different rain gauges
about the city the fall of rain does not
equal that of March IL by a full half,
and in the mountains beyond the rain
fall far exceeded the record of the other
storm and the food which swept
through the city far exceeding any
flood of the present season. The Nelmes
rain gauge on Lockhaven street regis
tered less than two inches for the past
twenty-four hours, while the D. r.
Cameron rain gauge at the corner of
Mariposa and Santa Rosa avenues,
AItadena, shows fully twice as much
for the same time.
AT Alpine tavern and on Mount Will
son the rain is reported to have fallen
in sheets, almost in the shape of
cloudburst, and it was this water which
passed through Pasadena on its rush
toward the sea.
F. S. Allen, the architect, states that
a remarkable feature of the storm at
the foothills was the number of boul-
ders which were brought rattling into
the valley because of the loosening
effect of the waters. Lately the supply
of boulders, so greatly desired in
building operations about the city, has
been practically exhausted, so that
the new supply thus secured will be
welcome.
Many of the new tracts about the
city are said to have suffered greatly
by the storm.
Shakespeare Club
--,- Although the rain poured this after
noon at the time of opening the
Shakespeare club meeting, there were
over fifty members and friends who
were present to enjoy the very attrac-
tive program, of which Mrs. Frank A.
Marston had charge. Following the
special exercises of yesterday, which
was Arbor day, the subject today was
most appropriately wild Flowers of
Southern California" the speaker be-
ing Miss Elizabeth Day Palmer of
Los Angeles. Miss Palmer spoke in a
very informal way, but developed her
topic in a most systematic manner,
showing upon a large map of the state
the four botanical sections into which
the state is divided by climate, alti-
tude, soil and rainfall. The difference
between native and introduced flowers
was also clearly shown: Then in
most interesting way Miss Palmer
mentioned by name most of the best
known native trees, shrubs and plants,
showing many fine fresh or pressed
specimens of the varieties shown.
Miss frankie Boynton, accompanied
by Mrs. c. w. Woodbury., sang in
very happy way Red, Red Rose" and
as an encore Good Night, Little Girl,
Good Night" Mrs. Barnhart read
Wordsworths 1.-The Daisy" in a very
appreciative way which, was greatly
enjoyed.
Next Saturday Judge Curtis D. Will
bur of Los Angeles is to speak be-
fore the club upon The Law and the
Boy" Mrs Willoughby Rodman, also
of Los Angeles, will speak upon 1.-THE
Public Playground" and the Industrial
committee, which is in charge of the
afternoon, has arranged excellent
music.
Speeding Automobiles
wrathy citizen residing on South
Hudson avenue telephoned to the po-
lice station yesterday complaining of
the reckless speed of a big automobile
which narrowly escaped running over
him on the street near the precincts of
his own home. He excitedly demanded
that the police arrest the driver of
the big chug-chug machine and prom
ised that he would drag the chief of
police into court for not doing his
duty if he should fail to make the ar
rest. The desk officer asked him If
he had secured the number of the au-
tomobile and the excited citizen shout
ed: How the HI can 1 give you the
number? He was going better than
sixty miles an hour and he's half way
to Los Angeles by now!" The local
police force is wondering yet just how
the citizen expected them to arrest the
offender.
In the. evening of the same day a
California number of 1882 speeded out
East Colorado street at a rate which
would make the Santa Fe overland
look like 30 cents, narrowly missing
several bicyclsts and making residents
of the street think apprehensively of
stray comets. The speed of the two ma
chimes reported so close together lead
some to think that the two automobiles
are one and the same.
Not Y. M. c. A. Affair
Secretary Eaton T. Sans of the local
Young Mems Christian association
fears that 1t Is not generally understood
that the association was in no way con-
nected with the management of the
athletic entertainment given at the
opera house on Thursday night. He
says that he did not himself attend on
that occasion for the reason that he
d1sapproves so thoroughly of boxing ex-
hibitions and he did not know that his
assistant intended to act as announcer
for the different events until after the
enterta inment was over