Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-12
WATER SUPPLY
IS SHUT Off
CRISIS REACHED IN PASADENA
DRY TRACT
EIGHTY FAMILIES AND SCHOOL
AFFECTED
COMPANY Takes Action Because Con-
sumers Refuse to Pay Bills
on Claim That They
Are Exorbitant
Especial to The Herald.l

PASADENA, Feb. 1.-THE water
question in the dry tract in North PAS
adena reached a crisis today when the
North Pasadena Land and Water COM
pany turned off the supply in that dis
trict, leaving eighty families and the
Grover Cleveland school, with an aver
age attendance of 100, without wafer
The city council held a special session
this afternoon and instructed the street
department to supply the residents
temporarily by hauling water to the
district in sprinhing wagons.
This state of affairs was brought
about by the citizens affected refusing
to pay their bills to the Cottonwood
Canyon Water company, which mas
been buying water from the North Pas
adena company and reselling it to them,
as they claim, at an enormous advance
in price. The Cottonwood company
consequently served notice upon the
North Pasadena company to supply
them with no more water.
A special meeting of the North Pasa-
dena Land and Water company will be
called for Monday of next week, ac-
cording to a statement this evening
from A. J. Toolen, one of the directors,
and a proposition made to amend the
bylaws of the company to include the
dry tract which is now being served
with water by the city.
Our company is a mutual concern
says Mr.. Toolen, land it will require
thirty days to make the change. have
no doubt that it will carry, as the par
ties who opposed the idea before, when
it was defeated by only few votes,
have nearly all moved away and those
remaining are won over to the desira-
bility of the plan"
VIII REQUIRE Thirty Days
Mr.. Toolen stated further that this
will entirely relieve the situation, as it
will only be necessary for property
owners in the dry tract to purchase
stock and they can get all the water
they want.
In regard to the Grover Cleveland
school in the dry tract Mr.. Toolen
states that he warned the board Of ed
ucation that by building a block far
ther in they would be reached by the
North Pasadena company with plenty
of water but that they did not heed
the suggestion.
Secretary Felker of the board of ed
ucation says that any one looking over
the ground can readily see why that
site was selected. As to whether the
lack of water will result in closing the
school, Secretary Felker states that
the board will await developments, as
many things might happen between
now and Monday
The dry tract which is affected by
the turning off of the water today is
bounded on the north by Dakota street,
on the east by Sunset avenue, on the
south by an irregular line running
north of Mountain street and west and
south on Seco street. and on the west
by the Arroyo Seco.
Statements Are Made
"We are tired of being called un-
desirable names after losing money
for ten years in an honest effort to
serve the people in the dry tract" said
John Mcdonald, president Of the Cot
tonwood company. "and we are glad to
be RID of the burden
"Our motto is Victory or the grave "
says Mrs. Arizona Garrison, chairman
of the committee representing the cit
izens, land we will fight to the death.
We have been treated shamefully for
years and families with sick children
have been caused to suffer-"
The following Is a statement from
ex-Councilman C. J. Crandall, who was
prominent in the opposition movement
to the recent water bond election:
Regardless of who is right and who
is wrong in this contention of the dry
tract and the Cottonwood Canyon
Water company, it certainly does not
appear to have been necessary that
the water should be hurriedly cut off,
as has been done. There may be those
on the dry tract who had no hand in
sending those communications to the
water company and who must be in
nocent sufferers in consequence Of
their hurried action on the part of the
water company. Some other way to
bring about a proper and satisfactory
adjustment OF differences should have
been resorted to by the water company
rather than the shutting off of the
water N this manner"