Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-30
WATER BOARD EXCLUDES
POLITICS FROM WORK
Rody Appoints Seven Sub-Com-
mittees TO Study Various
Phases of Question

PASADENA, Sept. 30.-The board of
trade water committee recently ap-
pointed to recommend a plan for secur-
ing an adequate supply of water for
the anticipated growth of the city met
last evening with fifteen out of the
twenty-five members present. 1t was
decided that the workings of the com
nittee shall be kept free from politics,
and that "any citizen may attend the
sessions and be entertained, but take
no part in discussions unless lnVlleu;
Seven subcommittee to work slInul-
taneously upon different phases of the
ouestion were authorized, and II was
agreed that any citizen who wishes TO
offer suggestions to the subcommittee
or general committee may do so at any
time. provided that his opinions or sus-
gestions are submitted in writing
The meeting nights of the general
committee were changed to the second
and fourth Friday evenings OF eacn
month at 1880 o'clock, in the board OF
trade rooms. Prof 1. N. Smith, 1866
North Los Robles avenue, was elected
to fill a. vacancy on the general coIh-
1nittee. to represent North Pasadena.
The seven subcommittee and their
duties as recommended by a comInit-
tee made up of F. e. Twombly, chalT-
man: S. Hazard Halsted, J. b. Coul-
ston. II. d. Allin 0nd Matthew SlaVlh
and subsequently, adopted by the gen
eral committee without debate, are as
follows: ..,,,,,
nicinaJ ownership of the three water
nlants." viz: Pasadena Lake Rlneyaru
Land and Water company, PasaueHa
Land and Water company ana Nortn
pasadena Land and Water company;
70 ascertain the present actual value of
these plants, the amount Tor WhIcu
they can be acquired, present amount
of their water supply, whether present
supply of water can be depended upon
in case of a series of dry years, Whetn-
er present supply can be materlaIIy
and permanently increased IN thelr ter
ritory and the estimated amount OF
water necessary t. supply cAly "a
100, 900 people.
ditional water supply" to investigate
all available water supplies OUTSIDE OF
the owens river and to ascertain II
water from the city's property at FL
Monte and the San Gabriel narroWs
can be made available for use IN thls
city. ,u,
ovydns river supply" to fully inVesti-
gate the possibility Of water supply
for the CITY of Pasadena from that
source and the probable cost tnereoI'
Fourth-A committee of three on
consolidation of the water COM
panies" to determine, If possible, II an
agreement can be made wherepy one
strong company can be formed 10
take over the plants of the three COM
panies, thus assuring a more equal
distribution of their commodity ana a
more vigorous prosecution or 1urther
water development; and in case 1t Is
found that consolidation can be
brought about, to try to determine II
it be possible to so arrange coIlsol-
idation plan and formulate an agree
ment whereby the city might take
over the property Of the consolidated
companv within q reasonable tlIne'
nlus interest and expenditures for
permanent Improvements.
Eifth-A committee of seven on "an
independent water supply" to report
on the advisability OF an indepenaen.
water supply and distributing system
for, the citv Of Pasadena and the prob
able cost thereof.
SIxth-A committee of three on "con-
demnation," to investigate and report
on the advisability of action being
taken by the city of Pasadena 10 con
denim by law for the use or SAID city
all water TlSIlLS anu OlilOI PA ~ 49,
of the Pasadena Lake Nlneyaro Aallo
and Water company.
Seventh-A committee OF tnFee on
"'ways and means"
resolution was adopted declaring
that "No report of the work or de-
liberations of any subcommittee shaii
be given to the press or the public until
after 1t is presented to the general
committee"
PERSONNEL OF COMMITTEES
Chairman H. w Magee, after con-
sultation with the subcommittee which
outlined the work of the general COM
n1ittee appointed the following mem
bers to serve on the several sub-com-
Municipal ownership of the three
DrfnciDal companies-William Thum,
chairman; Charles Grimes, G. W.
Woodhouse, William H. Vedder, II. g.
Allen, H. M. Robinson and H. M. Cole.
Additional water supply F p.
Twomblv. chairman; T. D. Allin, Jo-
seph Welsch, w. S. Harbert and F. E.
owens river supply-Ernest H. Lock-
wood. chairman; Ezra Scattergood,
Grant Orth, ]. M. Harvey and Prof. l.
N. Smith.
panies-Matthew SlaVin, chairman;
Independent water supply j, B.
Coulston, chairman; Peter Orban,
Charles Grimes, Matthew Slavin, w. S.
Harbert, T. D. Allin and H. /. Stuart.
Condemnation of present companies
S. Hazard Halstead. chairman; f. E.
Twombly and H. M. Robinson.
Ways and means-Ernest H. May,
chairman; ]. B. Coulston and H. 1.
Stuart.
OFFERS NEW PROPOSITION
A new proposition for the solution
of the water question in this city was
presented to the committee by George
F. Kernaghan, who outlines a plan &C
companied by maps and data to show
that $500 miners inches of water can
be developed in the Tuhunga canyon
ten miles north Of Pasadena and laid
down here at a cost much less than
that estimated for bringing Owens
river water to this city 1t is claimed
for the project that in addition to the