Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-02
WEST SIDE HAS
RED LETTER DAY
PASADENA POSTOFFIcE WILL
NOT MOVE
Announcement Of Early Construction
Of Fine Salt Lake Station Comes
on Heels Of PostOfhce Choice
for the West side
Pasadena Agency,
1914 East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 75'


PASADENA, Sept. t.--Word has been
received from the postofflce department
at Washington directing that the local
postoffice remain In its present quarters
on West Colorado street. making use
of the additional room offered in the
same building.
This settles In a way which Is very
satisfactory to the west siders the
matter SO long under dispute and in
dicates that the business men of West
Colorado street and the property
owners of that section do not intend
to let the city's growth eastward en-
barrass the present property interests
on the west side.
II Is understood that the people of
the west end have agreed to reimburse
financially the owners Of the building
now occupied by the postoffice and that
although the capacity of the office Is to
be doubled the rental to be paid by
Uncle Sam will be no more than at
present, $1,000 a year.
In order to give the office the added
room the Ryan store will be thrown
into the office, requiring the removal
of the stairway reaching the second
floor, now occupied by the Woodmen.
Would Spare Stairway
william Forbes, clerk of the Wood
men, has been directed to get out an
injunction, preventing the removal of
the stairway, but it is believed that
this matter can be arranged amicably.
Postmaster Wood will have the work
Of remodeling the postoffice begun at
once and will endeavor to have the
work done in time for the rush of
tourist visitors. BY the new plans
the office gets floor space of 6S by
100 feet.
Special Agent Hall in his recommend
alton to the department requested that
lease be signed with the Bragdon
people for the new building now going
up on North Raymond avenue, but
the department seems 30 have turned
down this recommendation.
The rental asked for the Bragdon
site was $500 a year, the lowest of the
offers made, and shows how anxious
the property owners of North Raymond
avenue were to have the pOStoffice in
that vicinity.
With the announcement of the set
tlement of the question of postoffice
site comes another announcement of
the settlement which shows that things
are doing on the west side.
New Salt Lake Depot
c. D. Sargent, president of the Mer-
chants association, received word today
from General Manager r. S. Wells to
the effect that in all probability the
Salt Lake road will very soon begin the
construction of a handsome new rail-
way station where the disreputable-
looking depot of that road now stands
on West Colorado street.
The announcement came in reply to a
letter sounding the railway company
as to a possible contribution toward
the purchase of the proposed conven-
ton hall site in that vicinity.
While a contribution in money will
not be made by the Salt Lake people
the building of a magnificent depot
near the convention hall site will be
worth a great deal to the movement.
Chairman McCament, of the COM
mittee on securing funds for the pur-
chase of this site on the option now
held by the committee, states that he
is much encouraged at the prospect and
believes that the $4,000 needed will be
forthcoming within the week He
states also that he has had assurances
that as soon as the West Colorado
street site has been purchased and
the convention hall a certainty two
handsome business blocks will be
erected in tha vicinity.
Surely September ought to be mark
ed with white stone in the historical
records of the west side.