Los Angeles herald., 1906-03-21
COUNCIL AFTER
Gas COMPANIES
PASADENA DEMANDS BETTER
SUPPLY
Companies Insist That Quality Of Gas
Required Will Cost Three Times
Present Rate and VIII
Fight
Pasadena Agency.
ii North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main 11iI.


ii North Raymond Avenue
Telephone Main ll4I.
PASADENA. March 2O--Much rou-
tine business was attended to in today 5
regular meeting If the city council, but
perhaps the most interesting part OF
the session was the discussion over the
ordinance regulating the gas companies
of the city and their product. Both the
Consolidated and the Lowe gas COM
panies appeared by their attorneys and
their experts, prepared to fight the
scheme as impractiCablc, unjust. illegal
and from the very nature of the thing
impossible. The requirement as to
purity and chemical constituents were
vigorously combatted by the represent
tatives of the company. One attorney,
Judge ]. Perry Wood. representing the
Consolidated Gas company, stated that
his company would be unable to fur
nish gas of the quality demanded at a
less price than 81 to $3.50 per 1000 feet.
while the present rate is but So cents.
He stated that it Is impossible to fur
nish gas made from crude oil as at
present of the quality demanded. The
council and representatives of the gas
companies will hold a conference as to
tho provisions of the ordinance, al
though the councilmen do not appear
a gas regulating ordinance similar to
the one introduced for the first time
today.
Abandon Earlier Date
Partial telephone communication has
been secured with the group of build
ings on the summit of Wilson's peak
after an interruption OF nearly a week.
But little damage is reported from the
cottage hotel and the observatory build
ings there. The rain gauge in use at
the monastery, the building in which
the men connected with the Observa-
tory live, shows that during the recent
storm up to and including Saturday the
rainfall amounted to nearly sixteen
inches, bringing the total for the pres
ent season up to 33.5 inches. Last year
at this time the rainfall had amounted
to just thirty-six inches. The work of
repairing the trails leading from the
valley to the summit is nearing COM
pletion. The old trail from Sierra
Madre is so that it can be regularly
used. but the new trail on which the
pack trains carrying supplies to the
pack settlement are accustomed to
travel is still. in bad condition from
miniature landsldes and washouts. It'll
appears that all hope of having the
mountain trail in shape for use by July
i Tor the transportation OI certain
needed machinery to the observatory
has been abandoned as impossible. The
work will take longer than was eX
pected.
Mcleod May Accept
Rev. Malcolm ]. Mcleod. the elo-
quent pastor of the First Presbyterian
church in this city stated today that
he has received Geographic notice of
the action of the st. Paul church in
issuing a unanimous call to him but
that he is not prepared to announce
his decision. He desires to investigate
the field in which the new church is
located and will at any rate do moth |
ing until the formal call is presented
to him. Newspapers from the Mime |
sofa city We're received here today tell |
ing of the formal vote of the Church
of Hope asking DIR. Mcleod to accept
the pastorate of that church and stat
ing that the salary which will be Of |
fered him is $4,000 d year, with a par
free of rent and the sum of $500
for the expenses of moving. AS DR.. |
Mcleod is receiving $4,000 salary here
the proffered increase is expected to
prove quite attractive. 1t is under
stood that members of the Church of
Hope claim that DIR. Mcleod has as
sured them of favorable action on their
call, but this is emphatically denied
by DR.. Mcleod. 1t seems probable
that the Pasadena church will take
immediate steps to retain their favor
lite pastor in his present position.