Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-20
WILL CONSIDER
WATER QUESTION
PASADENA C0UNCILMEN HOPE
FOR WAY OUT
Orange Grove Avenue Citizen vlsOr-
ousIy Opposes the No-sprlnklIng
Wagon Idea for
Sundays
Pasadena Agency,
16h East Colorado Street.
Telephone Main 7b2.

PASADENA, June 19.-The water
question appeared again at the meeting
Of the city council this forenoon, when
Councilman Ashby moved that "the
mayor, together with three, members
OF this council to be named by him, be
appointed to carefully investigate and
report to this council with all con-
venient speed what, If any, action
should be taken by this council toward
procuring an adequate supply of water
for this city
The matter was first considered in
executive session. where 1t developed
that the councilmen have been urged
on all sides to do something to break
the apparent deadlock in The water dis
cussion.
This evidence OF the public sentiment
has become so strong that it was
deemed unwise to leave it's purpose un-
considered, and when the council as
sembled immediate vote was taken for
the resolution of Councilmon Ashby.
Mayor Waterhouse appointed Coun-
cilmen Ashby, Root, sr., and Braley.
This committee will go over the entire
ground at once and see if there is not
some way out Of the difficulties raised
by the ruling of former City Attorney
J. e. Fitzgerald.
DIR. w. D. Morse, a prominent prop
erty owner on Pasacena's show avenue,
South Orange Grove avenue, enlivened
the afternoon session of the council by
vigorously declaiming against the city's
policy of not having the~ sprinkling
wagons make their rounds on Sundays
as we'll as on the other days of the
week. He declared that the statement
so often made by Pasadenans that the
city is beautiful and dustless one is
"the biggest lie coy uttered" and that
he is most happy to say that he is
going to get out of the city on July 2S.
The protesting gentleman told the
council that for the life # him he
could not see why the police were
obliged to work on Sundays if the city
is too good to sprinkle the streets on
that day.
1t appears from his statement that
the handsome street famous the coun-
try over as the street with "a mile of
mllionaires" is an immense cloud of
dust on Sundays when il is used as a
driveway for hundreds of automobiles
ard carriages.
DR.. Morse did not plead for his own
street alone but for every street in the
city which is net oiled and on which
sprinkling is needed every day during
the summer months.
About all the encouragement this
heated resident of the big street could
get was in the suggestion that he get
up petition to have the street oiled, as
are so many of the other thoroughfares
of the city, when it would not need
sprinkling. he doctor said that he
would think about it.
Crown City Notes
Mayor Gardner and party of Stockton
visited the city today inspecting the
methods of doinr treet work. They
professed to be greatly pleased with
certain of the streets recently inn
proved.
Otto Nelson chose the center of the
highway between here and Arcadia for
a sleeping place last r hit. Justice
Klamroth sent him to the county rock
pile today for ten days, his excuse being
deemed insufficient.
Ex-Chief of Police w. Wray Freeman
is receiving congratulations today on
the birth this m rning of {. baby girl
This brings the family of youngsters at
the home of the genial eX-official up to
three boys ant three girls.
Tomorrow evening the members of
the editorial staff of the High School
Item will be the guests of Prof Stephen
l. Miller at a banquet at the Hotel
Maryland. The banquet is in the ma
ture of a farewell, the last meeting Of
this sort for five years, since Prof
Miller starts soon on his leave of
absence for study.