Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-10
DECIDES AGAINST
CITY'S INTEREST
JUDGE DECLARES RIVERSIDE
HAS LOST TITLE
Syndicate Of Los Angeles Capitalists
Buys Stock Of Home Telephone
company-lmportant Water
Suit Thre atened
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald
RIVERSIDE, Feb. 9-Judge Noyes
this morning handed down decision
I'm the case Of Eva /. Richardson and
Maud Cobb against the city Of River
side. Suit was brought to quiet title
The city attempted to extend Third
street through block owned by plain
tiffs between Market and Almond
streets. but Judge Noyes held that
its failure to do the work within time
prescribed by law acted as a bar
against the proposed work. The street
was dedicated twenty-one years ago
and nothing was done until few
months ago toward opening up the
street.
Odd Fellows Receive
Riverside odd Fellows held a nota BILE
demonstration tonight 1t was a re-
Ception to new mem bers and was at
tended by several of the grand lodge
officers, including Grand Master
Phelps.
A banquet was served at Odd Eel
lows hall at o'clock. Later in the
evening the intiatory degree was con-
ferred by Riverside lodge
The Puritan chorus has decided on
DeI<oven's opera, The Fencing Mas
ter" for its next production. Rehears-
ais will commence at once.
Threaten Water Suit
A water suit is threatened by the
Santa Ana Valley Water company and
the Anaheim Union Water company,
which will effect the Riverside Water
company, the East Riverside Water
company. the Gage canal. the West
Riverside 350-Inch Ditch company. the
Stearns Rancho company and the Meeks
and Daily ditch. The complaining COM
panies contend that various pumping
plants along the Santa Ana river be-
low the Cotton bridge divert the un-
derground sources of the stream from
| the lands riparian to the river. The
case Is an outgrowth of the Waukesha
decision and in many respects is SINH
| lar to The suit now pending between
residents of Riverside and San Ber-
| nardino counties. For several weeks
engineers of the Orange county COM
| panies have been making surveys to
determine water levels and to ascertain
| to what extent they are affected by the
| pumping plants. Their labors are now
| concluded, the case has been placed
in the hands of e. e. Keech and r. Mel
rose, lawyers of Santa Ana and speedy
| litigation Is promised.
Syndicate Buys Stock
| A Los Angeles syndicate composed of
| o. H. Burbridge. j. G. Wickham, T.. d.
| NlIltI, WI AlluttWS anu IL. H. lNuI11-
nell have become possesors of a ma
| jority of the stock of the Home Tele-
phone company. At present the COM
pany is stocked for $2500O0 and bond
ed for S225000 When the fifty new
phones now being installed are in the
| company's phones will number 1900.
| Within the past week w. J. Lambert.
| manager Of the company, has placed
orders for supplies amounting to $780,
| 600, exclusive of labor cost to install
the new plant. Among the proposed
| improvements are new switch board
! in the Ninth street office and a fve-mile
| 200-strand cable which will be strung
along Victoria avenue as far as Casa
| Blanca. Notwithstanding the large
outlay spent in improvements the
stock of the company now pays 4 per
cent.
| Play for the Skelley cup will be con-
tinued on the Victoria golf links to-
morrow. In the two contests which
have already occurred matches were
won by S. d. Pelton and I. S. Wither-
spoon. The cup must be won three
times by the player before it becomes
his possession.