Los Angeles herald., 1908-01-12
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PASADENA, Jan. n.-While Mayoi
Farley is optimistic regarding the possi-
bllitv of coming to terms with the water
con,nanies in the deal for the purchase Oh
the plants by the city, all is not serene
~ +be ranks of the companies controlling
the properties. o not
At least two OF the companies are not
,,nited an the proposition to sell to the
city and It is said certain stocKhoioers
in the North Pasadena company have
given notice they will institute in1nnction
proceedings should steps to dispose OF
their holdings to the city be taken.
THE factions in the North Pasadena
company are farther apart than the
onoeing elements Of the Lake vineyard
company. In North Pasadena the argu-
ment is being used that If the water oe-
veloped by that company is diverted
downtown through a main pipe line II
viii leave the district of the North Pasa-
dena company, which is several hundred
feet higher than the main part OF the
city. without sufficient water for the
use of people now served from the North
Pasadena mains.
while the argument is looked upon by
some as no argument at all. there are
number of large stockholders in the
North Pasadena company who refuse to
believe otherwise
Suggestion Is Scorned
When II is suggested that the city is
in duty bound to supply the North Pasa-
deua district with as much water as the
people are now using, the suggestion Is
met with scorn by those opposed to
selling.
A stockholder. ]. P, Nelson, said this
morning: Before North Pasadena be-
came a part of Pasadena proper the an
nexationists made all sorts of promises.
Only one or two of them have been full
filed and these at an increase of 100 per
cent in taxes over what we were told they
would be.
''When it comes to promises for the
North Pasadena district they are not to
be considered. All the water coming TO
North Pasadena is part of the land,
and why we should give it to some other
part of the city is not clear to me"
Several attempts have been made by
those stockholders in the North Pasadena
company favoring the sale to the city
to obtain control of the organization;
but so far the opposition has blocked the
deal by remaining away from the meet
ings thus causing a lack of quorum so
ne business could be transacted.
In the case of the Lake Vineyard COM
pany Mayor Farley says he has the ver-
hal agreement of a majority of the stock
holders that they will sell to the city.
However, this company has never yet
voted by the required two-thirds majority
to accept the citys offer under the old
agreement.
Lake Vineyard Progress
The Lake Vineyard company claims to
have made big improvements to its dis
tributing system, including many miles
of new pipe lines a new pumping plant
and a new reservoir.
The company still contemplates the
laying of a 32-inch main from Devil $
Gate station to reservoir No. on Noun
tain street 1t Is estimated that the cost
of this Improvement will exceed $4,000.
The cost of the improvements now in
and made since the old agreement is es-
timated at not less than $75.000 Although
a report covering these expenditures has
been made to the city by the secretary of
the Lake Vineyard company, the figures
are now being verified by City Engineer
Van Ornum for submission to the mayor
and city council.
Ii Is believed there is no opposition to
selling within the ranks of the Pasadena
Land and Water company, known as the
west side company. This concern does
not operate quite so extensively as the
other organizations, although within the
past year extensive improvements have
been made to the property, including a
new pumping plant at Sheep Corral
springs costing 1860; also 10000 feet OF
new pipe lines costing $4667 AZ, new meters
costing s1065.95 and repairs and real es-
tate improvements amounting to S61S1, OF
total of S19,50O in permanent improve
ments.
II is claimed that Mayor Farley has in
formed the officials of the water com
panies that one of the first things done
by the city when the plants are finally
acquired will be to construct one i'm
mense trunk line of pipe from the head
of the water supply at DEVILS Gate tC
the business section of the city. This an.
nouncement is the cause of much con.
Germ among the water users OF Nortl
Pasadena, who are loath to believe thai
their own supply will be affected to sucl
an extent that the district will be lef
as dry as the much talked of tract in tn,
Cottonwood district
As matters progress the water ques
tion appears to be more tangled to the
hopes of the city administrations