Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-15
HUGUs RANCH
CHAN NGES HANDS
PASADENA ACRES PROFITABLE
INVESTMENT
capItaiIsts Said TO Have Cleared
100000 by Sale Made Yester-
day to . Los Angeles
Syndicate
Pasadena Agency,
IL North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone Main 1147.

of this city and Gustavus II. Bauer of
Los Angeles completed the sale today
of the remaining 1885 acres Of the val
liable Hugus ranch property to syn
dicate Of Los Angeles capitalists
headed by Alb0t II. Carroll, the deal
being made through the John b. john
son agency, 210 Trust building, Los
Angeles The consideration was in the
neighborhood of $1,000 an acre or $780,
600 for the entire tract of 1876 acres.
The deal is one of the most important
of the season. The Hugus ranch has
long been famous and widely known
property, possessing as 1t does a rather
remarkable supply of water, measuring
fully 26 miners inches, with tanks and
reservoirs and a splendid system OF
pipes, a beautiful and commodious
home residence and every portion of
1t under cultivation. The whole of the
ranch, aggregating It's acres, was pur-
chased by Messrs Marsh and Bauer
about year ago at a price said to
have been as low as $4,000. Since that
tim, there has been a substantial boom
in abe values of real estates in that
vicinity and quite lately the purchases
of the Dorsey syndicate and the def
mite locating of the proposed woman's
college there have kept values moving
upward.
Prices About s155,ooo
A short time ago Senator Dorsey and
his associates purchased 40 acres of the
Hugus property, paying therefor some
$4,000, according to reports. The sale
of the Valance of the ranch today for
$135,000 brings the price of the whole
ranch up to about $155,000 and fixes the
estimated profit of Messrs Marsh and
Bauer for the one years investment of
their good money at clean 100000
dollars Negotiations for the sale COM
pleted this evening by the first pay
ment have been going on for some
time but h ave not been made public.
tt cannot Ibe said with certainty just
what are the intentions of the new
owners, though 1t is supposed that the
property will be Immediately plated
and offered for sale When seen to-
night Mr.. Marsh stated that judging
by the pricesi at which adjoining prop
erty is being held the rich acres of the
Hugus ranch ought to be worth not
far from $1,000 an acre, certainly much
more than the price 1t has brought.
The land lies northeast of the city and
is bounded ort the west by Hill ave-
nue..
Batavia System-Not Yet
1T has been decided that the $3.50, 900
school bonds authorized at the recent
school election will be placed on sale
March II. The issue has passed the
scrutiny of the supervisors and so the
sale can proceed. The board of educa-
tion has also taken action in the matter
of the usual holidays for the public
schools, fixing the Easter holidays at
from April IS to 21, inclusive. and de-
Gliding that there will be no school on
Washington's birthday or on the day
following. The board has received the
resignation of Miss Garfield, teacher in
the Linda Vista school, who retireS be-
cause of i'll health. The same cause
L IL
extra teacher at one-half time to as
sist Principal Stewart of the Wilson
school. 1t is expected that Principal
Stewart can then give more needed time
TO the superintending of the work in
his school. 1t is not contemplated
though that this temporary relief shall
mean trial of the Batavia system, So
called, which among other things re-
quires the services of teacher for
the backward children" of the school,
but is simply a movement required by
Mr.. Stewart's delicate health. There is
considerable demand for the trial of the
new system, but 1t is said that school
finances will not permit of it now.
Busch Still Missing
The private car belonging to Adolf
phus Busch did not arrive this morning
with the overland on the Santa Fe and
has not put in an appearance through
out the day. The Busch baggage,
which came on the limited last night
as related in The Herald this morning,
was promptly carted to the South
Orange Grove avenue mnasion and as
soon as the outer doors were closed
upon it the astute force of servants
within forgot all about it - at least
for publication. The head of the fam
lily is undoubtedly still in the vicinity
of his palatial private car and this
whether it does or does not depending
upon the length of the visit to the
Grand canyon. Lieutenant Scharrer
has not been seen on the streets for
long time and indeed were it not
for the assertions of the night force at
the Hotel Green it might be believed
that he has left the city in trepidatlon
at the expected visit of Papa Busch
But the hotel people insist that the
lieutenant still occupies his suite of
rooms at the hotel, though he retires
late and arises early, and prestoi dis
appears.
In Haste for Annexation
AT meeting of prominent South
Pasadena citizens last night a resolu-
tion was adopted calling for a mass
meeting of the citizens of that place
for the discussion of the proposed an
nexation to Los Angeles. Friday even
ing, FeDruary 20, at 1850, In the council
chamber, is the date and place decided
upon for this meeting. The call is
signed by G.. W. Wilson, president;
Calvin Fagg, secretary; H. A. Perkins,
W. F. Axtman, John Sharp, William
Deterle, Frank Cattern and d. u. Gard
ner. The idea is said to be to form a
strong annexation club which shall
constantly agitate the existing senti-
ment until something definite is ac-
complished. The movers in the mat
ter appear to think that certain por-
tions of South Pasadena may prefer
TO be annexed to Pasadena rather
than to Los Angeles and they say that
they are in favor OF allowing these
people to have their way if 1t be pos
sible. 1t is likely that there will be
a large attendance and a lively dis
cussion at the proposed mass meeting
Speaks on Chinese Life
In spite OF the inclement weather
seventy ladies We're present this after
noon at the regular meeting of the
Columbia School Child Study circle,
and these ladies enjoyed a rare treat
IN hearing splendid talk by Mrs. H.
II. Conger who, with her husband, ex-
minister to China, are visiting in the
eifV Mrs CAnuar daoorfhad A.. ho.,,a