Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-09
PASADENA RAPID
TRANSIT ASSURED
FAVORABLE REPORT RENDERD
ON DOBBINS LINE
Project Will Mean Twelve Minute
Ride Between Business Gen.
ters of Los Angeles
and Crown City

PASADENA, March Sat the second
largest meeting in the history of the
board of trade resolutions marking an
epoch in Pasadenas progress were
passed tonight as follows:
THAT a committee of five be ap-
pointed by the chair from the members
of the board of trade to work with MI
Horace M. Dobbins to bring the facts
in relation to the Pasadena Rapid
Transit company to the attention OF
the people of this city; a committee
that will make known the urgency
and the need of such a road, a COM
mittee that will be an evidence TO the
people of this city of the earnest de-
sire of the board of trade to AID III
every legitimate way in bringing to
successful conclusions the work being
carried on by Mr. Dobbins and his as
sociates in building this road between
Pasadena and Los Angeles"
Following is the report in part Of
the committee which was appointed at
a special meeting December z, l9og:
''First-That our city is suHer1ng
very much for the want of more and
better railway facilities between Pas
adena and Los Angeles.
''Second-That is is the unqualified
desire on the part Of all the members
of your committee that the Pasadena
Rapid Transit railroad be built.
president of the Pasadena Rapid iran
sit company, has every confidence IN
his ability to construct and operate the
road in the manner proposed by him,
in which case the benefits TO Pasadena
cannot be measured.
"Mr. Horace nj. Dobhins, president
of the Pasadena Rapid Transit COM
pany, has furnished to this committee
in writing valuable data and informa-
tion for its use and so far as we have
gone and are competent to judge it is
favorable"
Report Is Adopted
The report continues that 1T was
inpossible to cover all the technical
details of construction on account of
lack of funds to hire expert testimony.
and the committee agreed to devote
further time if the board would fur
nish funds. The question of proVld-
ing money for such a purpose being
out of the province of the board, the
report was ordered adopted and placed
on file by unanimous vote.
The committee, which WaA composed
of Judge G.. A. Gibbs, chairman; 7. p
Lukens, George r. Kernigan, Seward
A. Simons, Med. Snowfall, w B.
Clapp, J. 0. McCament, Harry Goe-
hegan and r. NJ. Furlong, was ap-
pointed as a result of a special meet
ing of the board called at the request
of $50 members to investigate the
claims of the Rapid Transit company.
President Ed T. Off of the board of
trade introduced President Horace N
Dobbns of the Transit company and
remarked that the straight line wins,
as quoted on the menu cards, and
verified the statement with the eX-
PLANTATION that the Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific are spending millions
to straighten their lines TO the east.
He stated the population of Pasadena
will undoubtedly be $4,000 in 1916, as
claimed, If the project of straight
line to Los Angeles as proposed by
President Dobbins is pushed to COM
pletion. He referred to the banquet
held in the same room twelve years
ago to celebrate the completion of the
present electric line, and stated that
another celebration will be held to
ratify the completion of the new
project, and there will be business
enough for all with the increased
population" he emphasized.
President Dobbins was received with
applause and spoke in part as follows:
Il want to thank you very earnest
ly for the lively interest you have dis
played here tonight in the completion
of our trunk line railroad between the
present business center of Pasadena
and the business district OF Los An
Seles
mo one can know the need of this
railroad better than we WHO are here
tonight know it. | do not believe there
is a person here tonight but who would
be very glad to see this road built and
in operation. There is not a person
present who would not be glad to ride
in its cars, sure of reaching his destina-
tion in twelve minutes.
Right of Way
I'VE have already purchased six
miles Of our right-Of-Way. From the
southern terminal of our present right
of-way we have three prospective
routes lealing into the business dis
trict of the city Of Los Angeles. Along
these routes our engineers have run
their lines, and each separate pieces
of property within these lines has been
plated. Each separate piece OF prop
erty, its detailed description and its
assessed value is laid out on a map. |
There is none Of this property but
what is for sale. Some of it has been
offered to us at its assessed value.
"Of course, it is possible, if we
were to announce directly the line of
our right-ofway; if we were to dis
close to the public generally the very