Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-09
TWO RAILROADS
OBJECT To TAX
PASADENA LIKELY TO HAVE
TROUBLE
Santa Fe and Salt Lake Roads Ques-
tion city's Right to Tax Ger
tain Of Their Prop
critics
Pasadena Agency.
II North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main 1147.

Salt Lake railroads with reference 10
the city tax levied upon the number
of irregular pieces of ground ada
cent to the railroads tracks. few
months ago, on the advice of City At
torney Fitzgerald, the city council de-
cided to assess these bits of realty as
not coming under the head of right OF
way. which is taxed by the state. Ac-
cordingly the Santa Fe was assessed
S322. .3S and the Salt Lake S243.9O. These
amounts were not paid and now CITY
Treasurer Munson is ready to advertise
the amounts as delinquent. But he
has received notice from the manage
ment of the first named road that II
he attempts to do so an appeal viii be
made to the courts for an injunction.
The legal department of the two roads
are said to hold that these irregular
bits of land are included within the
regular right of way and that to tax
them would result in a double taxation.
Should Pasadena succeed in causing
the roads to pay city tax on these
pieces of property scores of other
rIaces along the lines of these roads
would present similar claims and the
expense would become considerable. 1t
is not known just what will be the
next step in the dispute.
OF Case Tomorrow
Another step will be taken tomorrow
in Judge Trasks court department
six, in the long drawn out dispute over
the capital prize in the New Years $
day chariot races. 1t will be a snort
step. however, the actual decision as
TO which of the charioteers, West or
off is TO receive the money being still
n great way ahead. Judge Trasl will
listen to two motions at 10 a. m. The
Tournament of Roses association has
been asked to show why the temporary
restraining order of the court enJoln-
ing them from paying over the money
to West should not be made perIna-
nent The association answers that II
is not an interested party, and in turn
moves that it be given leave to pay
into the hands of the court the entire
amount of the contested prize money.
Secretary George p. Gary, represent
ing the Tournament ASSOCIATION. VIII
appear before Judge Trask tomorrow
morning with certified checks for $500
in his pocket and if the court so rules
will at once turn them over 10 the
court II is expected that this Will be
the outcome of the matter tomorrow,
in which case the attorneys for Mr.
West and Mr. off will be obliged to
get together and have the case set Tor
trial Whene YER convenient to them ana
To the court. The Tournament assocla-
ton will then no longer be party TO
the suit and the charges of foul can
he threshed out in the courts by the
two parties most interested Ill the own
ership of the prize money, Charioteer
off and Charioteer West. AT any rate
there is no probability of action being
taken tomorrow which will settle the
dispute.
Association Needs Members
The suggestion was made today by
an ardent supporter of the annual
Tournament of Roses, which has done
so much to spread abroad the fame OF
a winter in Pasadent. that at the ap-
preaching annual meeting of the Tour
nament association something ought 10
be done to popularize the AFFAIR ana
to interest citizens generally IN the
n1anag cement of the annually recurring
flower festival. In line with this sug-
gestion was another one to the effect
mat possibly a merely nominal mem
bership fee might bring more people
into the association and thus awaken
interest in a lasting way. The list OF
members who have paid the annual
dues of S. is astonishingly small and
the idea that to these few men is en-
trusted the carrying on of the one Dig
Pasadena fete is rather surprising. NO
one feels this more strongly, perhaps,
than these few members themselves,
and they will no doubt welcome gladly
any plan which can put the affair ull-
reservedly in the hands of the whole
city, where it belongs. \ member OF
the association informed The Herald
this ofternoon that he proposes, at the
neyt annual meeting, to introduce an
amendment to the constitution by
which the annual membership fee shall
become 81 instead of ST., as at present
1t IS hoped that by this means a fresh
and much needed impetus may be given
to membership in the association. For
many years the finances of thu asso-
cation kept al low ehh and the annual
memberships were necessity because
of the revenues they brought but now
that the annual Tournament of Roses
has instead become a money maker
such an income is not needed. 1t seems
as though a more popular and far
reaching membership is the thing now
most required.
Missing Boys Found
Chief of Police Pinkham was notified
by telephone today that the three Pasa-
dena lads who left the city Monday
night with a horse and buggy, stolen
from in front of the Christian church,
that the entire outfit had been captured
fifteen miles from Elsinore early this
morning, This is the result of Chief
Pinkhams foresight in sending broad
cast descriptions of the boys and the
stolen rig. The arrest was made by
Deputy Sheriff Ward of San Bernar-
dino county, who Immediately repaired
to Elsinore, where the boys will be held
until Constables Austin and Newell ar
rive there tomorrow to bring them
home. The owner of the horse, j. II.
DoughertY, accompanies the officers to
bring back his property. The fact that
the three lads, the oldest of whom is
not more than 10 years of age, have
succeeded in getting so far away with
out being captured, indicates just how
shrewd in criminal ways they have be
come. The leader, Noel Smith, has
given the police proof of his ingenuity
along such lines before this escapade
and with the Hall and Smith boys,
whom he has probably led in running
away with the horse and buggy, will
probably land in the detention home.
Injured in Runaway
While Miss Merrill of 720 East Villa
street was driving on East Colorado
street this afternoon her horse became
frightened at a passing automobile and
ran away. In his mad course down the
street the animal dashed into another
carriage. Miss Merrill was thrown out
I'm the collision and the horse, kicking
himself free, tore on down the street.
Miss Merrill pluckily held on to the