Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-15

| ficialS held a conference, at Whlcn
time the matter of Alhambra having
its own distributing station was dis
| cussed. According to r. M. Wallace,
| president of the board of trustees, the
| officials of the power company signed
| contract to furnish electric power
to the proposed municipal distributing
station at rate of cents per kilo-
| watt. For some reason the power COM
pany withdrew its agreement and then
! the trustees attempted to get prom
| ise of light from other electric com
panies, but their efforts were fruit
| less.
Despite the protests of hundreds of
taxpayers and of r. M. Wallace, presi-
dent of the board of trustees, the ma
| jority of the trustees temporarily de-
posed Wallace from the craftsmanship
placed another member in the chair
and authorized him to enter into a
contract with the Pacific Light ana
Power company to furnish the city OF
Alhambra with current for the next
five years for an average of 400 lights
which are to burn on an all night
schedule. The amount named in the
contract which the company will re-
ceive from the city is $685.
Ever since the signing of this con-
tract Alhambra has been up in arms.
The first mass meeting was held
Wednesday, September Z, and at that
time a committee consisting of T. L.
Anderson, II. w. Forbes, w. c. B.
Jaynes, C. W. Bardick and DR.. B.
Reed was appointed to ascertain what
further action would be taken to null
Iify the contract entered into by the
trustees and the power company. At
last nights meeting the committee
handed in the following report:
COMMITTEES REPORT
"As members of the committee we
desire to say, that inasmuch as the
board of trustees, in their legal and
official capacity, have entered into a
contract with the Pacific Light and
Power company for a period of nVe
years for lighting the streets of Al
hambra we feel that as members OF
said committee our duties are at an
end and we would recommend, as
members of said committee, that all
further discussion and agitation over
the matter be dispensed with for the
present.
1--WE also, as members of said COM
mittee, desire to express our full con-
fidence in the members of the board
of trustees who voted to approve OF
the contract believing, as we do, that
they acted as they thought best Tor
the community"
When this report was read there was
a general sentiment against needing
the advice of the committee, and on
the question being put to vote the
majority of those present decided that
the fight for a municipal lighting plant
should be continued. The chairman
was then authorized to appoint COM
mittee to take preliminary steps to-
ward getting a charter for Alhamora.
w. M. Northrup, vice president OF
the Alhambra Home Telephone COM
though nNnanTnd
sensation at the meeting when he
arose and, holding on high one OF
thousands of circulars that had been
thrown around Alhambra, he informed
the assemblage that his character had
been attacked in the circular The
circulars were signed Taxpayers,
and the article which Mr.. Northrup
resented was as follows:
do you know that the manager and
the vice president of the Home Tele-
phone company are leading the fight
for a municipal plant and that they
want to rent the use of the Home Tele-
phone company's poles for street light
ing?
'sDo you know this would give a
splendid opportunity for graft?'
NoRTHRUP MAKES DENIAL
Mr.. Northrup then said:
"The man that wrote and had printed
these circulars in which my character
has been attacked is not fit to be in de-
cent society, and I challenge him to
make himself known. l want the man
who wrote this to stand up. Why, the
thief that enters your house is more OF
man than the author of this circu-
lar"
E. o. Fawcett, manager of the tele-
phone company, also resented the graft
insinuation and requested the writer to
make himself known and then 'settle
it, like a man." Nobody admitted haV-
ing been connected with the compost
tion or printing of the circulars The
assemblage cheered both Mr.. Northrup
and Mr. Fawcett, and denounced the
unknown author of the circulars.
w. f. Haas, city attorney of Alham-
bra, was one of the first speakers and
he attempted to point out that the
trustees had no other alternative than
to sign the contract with the power
company or let Alhambra remain dark
until it secured a municipal plant,
which would be in two or possibly
three years.
WALLACE TALKS
Mr.. Northrup replied to the speech
made by the city attorney and received
applause. r. NJ. Wallace was next
called upon and the audience gave him
a prolonged ovation as he stepped for
ward. When President Wallace con-
cluded City Attorney Haas requested
permission of the chair to again speak
a few words. The people Kissed him
and yelled for him to be seated. but he
faced them and when quiet was re-
stored the city attorney made brief
address and was given cheer upon
cheer by me same crowd that had
loudly hissed him but a few minutes
previously.
The committee then reported that If
Alhambra had a municipal plant the
city could light its streets for five
years at a cost of $Sl ,26O, and at the
ness on the plant
There were many speakers, and
when the meeting adjourned at late
hour women as well as men avowed
that IL it was possible to nullify the
contract with the power company they
would go without electric lights until
a municipal plant was secured, for
they felt that the power company had
forced the issue.
No Woman ia oiIifa sure what things