Los Angeles herald., 1906-07-23
EAST S|DERs ARE
STILL WONDERING
GREATER PASADENA MAY NOT
BE LIBERAL
Citizens Of Newly Annexed Districts
Beginning to Fear That clty's
Advantages May BE SLOW
In Coming
Pasadena Agency,
i6M East Colorado Street
Telephone Main 7b2.

Telephone Main 7b2
PASADENA, July 22.--"so far as I
am personally concerned" remarked
G. ID. Sargent to The Herald today. "I
VIII not favor asking the city of Pasa-
dena to supply the newly annexed East
Pasadena and Oak Knoll districts with
police protection, street lights or any
other such favor until as a section OF
o greater city we have begun to con-
tribute our share to the city's expenses.
IF the city should voluntarily supply
us with these things I should be very
glad, indeed, to see them, but I feel
very. delicate about asking them as a
gift"
This is the attitude of a great many
cast side people, usually, too those
who have been working the hard est
to bring about annexation, but there
are some who appear to think that all
OF the advantages of city life promised
them during the recent campaign
should be Immediately forthcoming.
1t will be over a year until the new
section will be called upon to pay
taxes to the city. and during that time
the county will look after the oiling
of the roads and streets and will treat
the territory as IL it were still unat-
tached to the city.
Virtually this is the true status of af-
fairs.
Some Benefits
Two early results of the annexa tion
brought to a conclusion by the filing
of the election returns on Tuesday by
the secretary of state at Sacramento
may be seen in the question Of fire pro-
lection and the probability of lowered
fire insurance rates in the annexed dis
tricts.
Before the election the fire depart
ment of the city went no farther than
the city limits, and any conf1agration
outside these limits had to be attended
to by bucket brigades and garden hose.
Now should an alarm of fire be sent
in from the newly annexed territory it
is understood that the city firemen
would go to the fire and do their best
to extinguish it with the means at
their hands
(, While nothing has yet been announced
as to a reduction of the fire insurance
rates there, 1t is believed that a sweep
ing reduction will be attempted with
In short time.
Lower Insurance
When North Pasadena was made a
party of the city, even before street
lights were put in and police protection
extended, insurance rates were lowered
as anticipated by the newly fiedged
citizens of that section.
stands ready to do for the east siders
remains to be seen.
When the matter of extending the
East Colorado street pavement as far
east as Allen avenue was broached, the
administration stated it's readiness to
do its full share in helping along the
Improvement. ''' -
This would mean considerable ex-
penditure of city money for, putting in
street Intersections ,and this long before
the new district has begun to pay
taxes into the city treasury. 1t looks
as though the administration is in
clined to be extremely liberal with the
new district.
When Chief of Police Pinkham
handed in his estimate of the needs of
his department during the coming
twelve-month he asked for six new
policemen.
Wants TWalve Policemen
At the present time the department
is getting along with only twelve men;
q year ago there were fifteen, but the
men have dropped out for one cause or
another from time to time until the
number stands as indicated. For in
stance when Patrolman Beasley re-
signed no one was named In his place.
AT the present time Patrolman Long
ley is taking his vacation and Patrol
l.
Gripping the force. When North Pasa-
dena came into the city two men were
added to the force as it then existed.
Chief Pinkham says that two night
men and one day man would be needed
for the East Pasadena district.
AS yet he has not been ordered to
send any of his men into the new ter
ritory and were summons to be sent
him at any time he would be Obliged
to turn it over to one of the constables
as heretofore, having had no orders to
the contrary.
Edison Controversy
Street lights will hardly be given the
new district for many months yet.
Since the beginning of its fight with
the Edison Electric company the ad-
ministration has not asked for any
favors from this company, and it has
been exceedingly chary about directing
any extension of the service and will
hardly make any change in its atti-
tude now.
Once the settlement with the Edison
people is arrived at or the city is pos
sessed of it's own electric lighting plant,
the eastsiders will have street lights,
probably without the need of asking
for them very strenuously.
Uncle Sam made North Pasadena
wait for mail delivery over two years,
and Is not likely to hasten matters
much for the eastsiders. Postmaster
Wood will do all that he can, but it Is
likely that the East Pasadena post
office will continue for a long time tO
be the only sign of Uncle Sam's favor
and esteem.
The assertion of certain opponents
to annexation that most of the benefits
expected by those on the other side
from union with the larger city would
be long time coming seems likely to
he verified by the outcome.
East Pasadena is a part of the great
er city but from present appearances