Los Angeles herald., 1906-04-17
SCHOOL BOARD
ASKS FOR SITES
PASADENA BUILDING WORK TO
BE PUSHED
Purchase of Two Lots on Which to
Erect Structures Is Authorized
and One New 12-Room
Edifice Agreed On
Pasadena Agency,
IL North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone Main 1147.


IL North Raymond Avenue.
Telephone Main 1147.
PASADENA, April 16.-At a special
meeting of the board of education to-
night the entire ground of improve
ments and additions to the local school
properties as provided for by recent
vote on school bona issues was carefully
gone over. 1t was decided at once to
advertise for sites on which to erect the
necessary new buildings, the same gem
eral locations as previously announced
to stand, more definite Locations being
dependent on the property offered in
response to the call for bids.
The board authorized the immediate
purchase of lot now occupied by the
Mckinley school on South Ell Molino
avenue, a lot now occupied by the kim
dergarten building. 1t has BEEN de-
cided to move the kindergarten build
ing near the Garfield school to a vacant
lot adjoining the school property on the
north. This will then be replaced by a
new twelve-room brick building set
several feet back on the lot, the old
building being left at the rear of the
new one. This decision was made
definite tonight.
The board decided to get Immediately
to work upon the proposed work of
consulted at once. 1t is not thought
that the new buildings can be COM
pleted in time for the opening of the
next school year.
No Quorum Present
This was the night set for the annual
meeting of the Pasadena Tournament
of Roses association and the choosing
of men who shall have charge of the
Eext rose festival on New Years day,
1907. But 1t proved impossible to secure
the attendance of the required quorum
of members, although only twenty-five
were needed. 1t does not seem possible
to choose a more suitable night, a fact
which makes one wonder why more
general interest is not shown in the one
annually recurring event which has
done and is still doing such wonders to
advertise Pasadena all around the
world. The following members were
present: President e. D. Neff, Vice
President F. P. Boynton, Secretary
George P. Cary, Treasurer Frank v.
Rider, Directors j. o. McCament, Will
liam J. Hogan, D. w. Herlihy, H. G..
Hotaling, Charles H. Morris, A. H.
Palmer, II. r. Hertel and Colin Stewart.
Every effort possible was made to
bring in enough of the delinquents to
enable the association to transact busi-
ing was finally adjourned to meet at
the Hotel Maryland on Thursday, April
25 at 7:30 p. m.
Organize Mems Club
About one hundred and fifty men be-
longing to the First Methodist Episco-
pal church met in the Sunday school
room of the church tonight and effected
the organization of local chapter of
the national Brotherhood of st. Paul.
The business meeting was preceded by
a substantial banquet in the social
room of the church, a pleasant event
for which the ladies of the church pro-
vided most bountifully.
DR.. Solon Briggs presided at the busi-
ness meeting and the principal busi-
ness was the hearing of the report OF
the committee on constitution and by
laws appointed at a former meeting.
This paper was the subject of much
discussion but was finally adopted sec
tion by section. 1t states the object of
the organization to be the promotion
of the social, physical, intellectual and
religious sides of its members, together
with active work for the Methodist
church, and takes the examples of
Christ and st. Paul for constant pat
tern. DR.. Solon Briggs will head the
new organization as prisedent and
many and varied activities are already
planned.
Says Ii Is Joke
Perry P. Bonham, who resides at No.
10 Ford place, this city, stated to The
Herald tonight that there is nothing
to the story in an evening paper to
the effect that Judge Ross is about to
issue bench warrant for his arrest
for violating the speed ordinance in
Los Angeles and failing to appear in
court when required to. Mr.. Bonham
admits that he had some little dis
cusSion over the rate of speed at which
his automobile was being driven and
does not deny that the discussion was
between him and Los Angeles police,
but he insists that he was not exceed
ing the speed limit at the time.
When the item in question was called
to his attention tonight Mr.. Bonham
says he called up the authorities at
Los Angeles and learned that all the
talk about a bench warrant was moth
ing more than a joke of doubtful
humor. Mr.. Bonham is one of Pasa-
dena's most prominent citizens and was
at one time building and plumbing III
spector. He is positive that no trouble
will come from the little "discussion'
over the speed of his automobile.
More Sunday Concerts
At the regular meeting of the city
commissioners this afternoon the claim
of the Pasadena Lake Vineyard Land
and Water company for $576 rental of
the fire hydrants furnished the city by
the company was emphatically turned
down. The commissioners estimated
that If the LII were allowed the hy-
drants now in use would cost the an
nual rental of $3S64. They assert that
according to a recent law, which has
not been declared unconstitutional,
companies furnishing water to munich
palities are required to furnish water
for extinguishing fires free of charge.
Attention is called to the fact that
during the three months mentioned
there have been but three fires, and
that these and the usual practice did
not require more than 5000 cubic feet
of water, at the usual consumers rates
amounting to but Sill, concluding from
this that the claim of $576 is somewhat
excessive. Without one dissenting vote