Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-19
PASADENA WATER
FIGHT REOPENED
CITIZENS COMMITTEE SENDS
LETTER TO FARLEY
MAYOR is ACCUSED OF LACK OF
COURTESY
Charged That Stock in Companies Has
> Been Purchased by Spectators
Who Are Awaiting Munich
pal Purchase
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PASADENA, Aug. 1S.-Accusing a
former member of the committee with
treachery, charging the mayor with
acting in a discourteous manner and
making statements which are not cal
culated to improve the feeling between
the two factions. the citizens commit
tee-which is the Waterhouse faction,
opposed to the purchase of the local
water plants through a bond issue
this afternoon issued another public
letter addressed to Mayor Thomas Ear
ley. 1t is by far the hottest letter of
the half dozen or more which have
passed between the administration
forces and the opposition.
The committee charges outright that
stock in the local water companies has
been bought up by spectators who are
holding it for the purpose of selling 1t
to the city of Pasadena at a fabulous
valuation.
IF you could only separate your Off
cial self from your individual SELF"
reads one of the paragraphs, I'VE think
you would see il is your duty to act
not in the interests of those who have
the water plants to sell, but for the
entire city, and to obtain for the city
the best bargain to be had in case it
becomes necessary for the city to buy
those plants"
The letter in part follows:
The citizens committee acknowledges
the receipt of your favor of the ninth
instant. and notes that you say that
you think there is no use in consider
ing any further negotiations, and that
as you commenced the negotiations
with this committee, you now declare
them closed.
Question Of Courtesy
We have no objections to your state
ment that you commenced the nego-
tiations, nor to your assumption that
you have closed them. Courtesy might
have suggested to you that inasmuch
as you had assumed to thrust certain
duty on class of citizens who were
under no obligations to you, andawho,
in giving their time to considering your
various communications and PROPOSE
tions, were simply doing their duty as
public-spirited citizens without reward
or compensation, their reply declining
your propositions and refusing to be
led into your schemes was final, with
out further word from you.
We note, too, that you complain OF
the time that has been consumed in the
negotiations you claim to have inst1-
gated, and that you evidentl" would
like the public to believe that this com
mittee has purposely delayed replies to
your communications to the public det-
that in committee the size of ours, in
which each member has a right to be
heard, time is required for due delib-
Grafton, you know full well that the
time taken has not delayed for one
moment any proceedings that you and
the council might lawfully take to call
another bond election for the purpose
of voting bonds for the purchase of
the local water plants, and that such
an election cannot be had until the ex-
piration of one year from the oath day
ct September, 1908.
Doubted Results
We entered on the negotiations with
you as to the appointment of a ioint
committee at your solicitation and with
some misgivings on our part as to the
results to be obtained. AS citizens,
having only the public interest of Pas
adena at heart. we have earnestly and
fairly, and with all due respect to the
Office you hold. endeavored to present
some plan of investigation which
should result in -ublic good AS evi-
dence thereof we refer you to our letter
of June II. We have, however, felt
from the first that your ideas and ours
as to what constituted the test of 10y
atty to municipal ownership of water
were vastly different. You have from