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But this vote did not seem to settle anything; and for some months following there was warm discussion, sometimes even acrimonious, through the newspaper by a variety of water doctors, each making his own diagnosis of the colony's water ailments, and prescribing his own infallible cure-all. The two principal companies were designated as "west-side " and "east- side"; they owned certain water-bearing lands or springs in common, with
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different proportions of water right. The titles and boundaries, and the methods of gathering and dividing the waters were all somewhat vague, giving rise to disputes, and at last to costly and fruitless lawsuits-in fact, a hot dispute once occurred near Devil's Gate, when shotguns were bran- dished, and threats of "ducking" in the ditch, etc., were indulged in. And these doughty belligerents still survive, as veterans of the "water war." The Union of July 17, 1885, contained a brief report of a mass meeting held in Williams hall on the 13th, at which Geo. E. Meharry presided, Chas. A. Gardner served as secretary, and C. C. Brown was the principal speaker-all on the "water question." The same date of paper also had a report of a general public picnic held at Devil's Gate on the 15th for speech making, questioning, discussion, and investigation of the "water question" under the auspices of this new company, of which C. C. Brown was then president .* And the same paper also contained the following announce- ment :
"A public meeting of the citizens of Pasadena in the interest of a peaceful settlement of the water question is called for Saturday evening, July 18, at Williams Hall. Let all who desire a peaceful settlement of our unfortunate difficulties be present and lend their influence to that laudable end. Signed
" J. BANBURY. S. TOWNSEND. B. F. BRYANT.
R. WILLIAMS. H. W. MAGEE. A. A. WILLIAMSON.
ALBERT NINDE. J. E. CLARKE. D. M. GRAHAM.
S. D. BRYANT. RIDGWAY & RIPLEY. H. H. MARKHAM.
M. M. PARKER. LYMAN ALLEN.
CHAS. LEGGE. P. M. GREEN. "
These are historic waymarks on the road through the colony wilderness up to the goodly land of promise, as we now have it. The next issue of the paper reported that the "peace " meeting was held on Monday instead of Saturday ; and it resulted in a formal request for a joint committee :
From the Pasadena L. V. Land and Water Co 4
From the Lake V. Land and Water Association
I From the Pasadena Land and Water Co 3
To confer together, and devise and recommend some plan or terms of settle- ment of the existing difficulties.
This movement, however, produced no visible results, for the new company had a family skeleton in their own closet. Their vote on the syndi- cate proposition, January roth, was for some reason not satisfactory ; and in October it was tried again on the same proposition, the names of H. F. Goodwin and O. S. Picher being added to those of Magee, Meharry and Clarke. The result was reported in the Union of October 9, 1885, thus :
"The election held Saturday [October 3, 1885], by stockholders of the Pasadena Lake Vineyard Land and Water Company to decide upon buying
*I attended this picnic; and it was then that I first noticed and called attention of friends to the peci- liarly marked rocks there, which I have since identified and described as "slickensides," " glacial enam- elings," and " water carvings."
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out the syndicate resulted in almost a unanimous vote for the measure- 1,677. 12 shares being voted for it, and 291.78 against."
Yet even this did not end the trouble, for the controversy still went on by tongue, and through the press. And the Union of October 16th con- tained official notice that on October 10, 1885, the directors had ordered an assessment of 45 cents per share on the stock, payable on or before Novem- ber 12th, to purchase the interest of John Allin, O. S. Picher and H. F. Goodwin in the syndicate lands- the amount being $312.50 for each in- terest ; also to pay $337.65 of debts legally incurred by the company. This was called "Assessment No. 3." I suppose the 12 cents levy was No. 1 ; and I did not find No. 2.
' On January 23, 1886, another mass meeting was held in Williams Hall, of which the Union [29th] said : "The water meeting Saturday evening was a large and exciting one." Abbot Kinney presided. C. T. Hopkins and C. C. Brown locked horns on the matters in controversy, and were the principal speakers. But short speeches were also made by C. C. Thompson, Dr. Lyman Allen, S. Washburn, O. S. Picher, Samuel Stratton, H. W. Magee, Geo. E. Meharry, and some others - all boiling hot on the "water question." On the ensuing Monday another election took place ; and as to its points, purposes, and results, I quote from the Union of January 29, 1886, the following :
" The water election Monday, January 25th, was the great event of the winter, and drew out an immense amount of interest on both sides. These sides may be designated as the old board of directors, and the opposition thereto, the latter indicating a difference of opinion with said old board as to management of the Company. The friends of the old board put in nomina- tion C. C. Brown, M. H. Weight, A. V. Dunsmore and W. Freeman. The opposition thereto named S. Townsend, Justus Brockway, H. F. Goodwin, Thomas Banbury and R. Williams. Mr. Townsend however, withdrew early in the fight, leaving the ticket, like the other with only four, and these prevailed over the old board by a total vote of 7, 138 shares to 4,830 shares. The amount of stock voted was 3,010 shares, indicating a most creditable interest in the affairs of the Company, for only about 3, 300 shares have been issued. Each stockholder, of course, voted according to the number of his shares. These shares he might divide among different candidates, or con- centrate all on a lesser number -even down to one. It thus follows that the vote is presented in two different ways-first as indicating the number of shares voted for each, and second, as showing the number of votes each received by this cumulative process. Taken on the first basis -that of shares, the vote was as follows :
BY SHARES.
BY VOTES.
Brockway
1,625 5-7
Brockway 2,845
Goodwin
1,742 2-7
Goodwin
3,049
Banbury.
1,675 1-7
Banbury
2,932
Williams.
1,631 3-7
Williams
2,855
Brown
2,064 4-7
Brown 3,613
Weight
952 4-7
Weight
1,667
Dunsmore
886 2-7
Dunsmore.
1,55I
Freeman
926 6-7
Freeman.
1,622
Townsend
464
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"The elect therefore are Messrs. Justus Brockway, H. F. Goodwin, Thomas Banbury, R. Williams, C. C. Brown, M. H. Weight, and W. Free- man, the term of which new board is for one year from February 4th. The proposed amendment to the By-Laws was defeated.
"The result of this, of course, is a change in the policy of the Com- pany, the only point at issue in the election being a difference of opinion as to the wisdom of settling certain unsettled points between this and the old "Orange Grove" Company on terms proposed by the latter. The old board have held those terms to be unjust and have steadily declined a settle- ment on that basis. Many of the stock-holders differed with them in opin- ion, and it was on this difference of opinion that the opposition ticket was nominated and elected. A settlement of the long-vexed "water question" may therefore be expected at once, and to that end one of the first acts of the new board will be to submit the question to a vote of the stock holders."
The question was so submitted again on May 4th, 1886, and here is the Union's report :
THE WATER QUESTION SETTLED.
"Tuesday's vote gave the following result : I36
No. of persons voting for the proposition
No. against. 28
Majority by persons I68
Or nearly five to one.
No. of shares voted for the proposition
1,855.78
No. against 725.31
Majority by shares 1,130.47
Or about two and a half to one.
"It is a grand result for every future interest of the colony ; and let it go abroad to all the world, with no uncertain sound, that Pasadena no longer has a "water question." That has been settled at once and forever, in the genuine American way, by the free and voluntary suffrages of those who were lawful voters in the case."
January 1, 1889, the lands, reservoirs, pipes, etc., of this company were valued at $154,403.26 ; and during that year new pipes were laid to the amount of $9,577.88.
During the year 1892, the company expended $50, 112.22 in tunneling, reservoiring, pipelaying, etc. Two miles of 4-inch pipe was laid from Res- ervoir No. I direct to the Raymond hotel, for special use of the hotel and its grounds. During this year and 1893, the old colony mudhole known as Reservoir No. 2 was deepened, its earth walls raised and strengthened, the entire inside cemented, and 5,000 feet of 16-inch steel pipe laid from Reser- voir No. I as the feed-pipe to No. 2. Its storage capacity is 21,000,000 gallons-the largest cemented reservoir in South California at the time. And Villa street was opened straight across the lower end of the old reser- voir site, instead of circling around it as before. It was during these years that the extensive tunneling operations were carried on at Devil's Gate to
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increase the quantity and improve the quality of the city's water supply. The secretary reported in 1893, twenty-four official meetings of the directors ; 146 permits issued ; and 288 transfers of stock,
During 1894, this company paid $4,550 toward the purchase of water bearing lands known as the Elliott & Richardson tract, to gain entire con- trol of both the land and the water jointly with the other company, and put a stop to any further disputes or legal difficulties about it. The two com- panies joined in this purchase, and then worked together in tunneling for more water at these Richardson springs, and also at the Wilson springs about one-eighth mile farther south. Contracts were let to G. D. McGillard and D. F. Carmichael. And the secretary's annual report on these tunnel- ings presents a few points as to water-supply, water measurement, etc., which are of permanent historic interest, and I quote his language :
" Both tunnels are being prosecuted at the same time, with the result at the close of 1894 in a gain of 99 miners' inches,* which, with the former flow from the Flutterwheel springs tunnel, the Ivy and Thibbets springs, viz., 178 miner's inches, makes a total of 277 miner'sinches-7-10 of that amount as our proportion, being equal to 2,512,944 gallons per day, a sufficient amount to supply a population of 6,000 persons or 1,200 families with 418 gallons per capita per day. Statistics from other cities show that in 1894, Philadelphia used 160 gallons per capita per day, Chicago 150, New York 95 and Boston 90."
During 1894 the company's revenue from all sources was $8,000 more than in 1893 ; its sale of water alone amounted to $3,683.09 ; and it reduced its indebtedness by $11,500.
C. C. Brown has been a member of the board of directors of this com- pany continuously from its first organization in 1884-the only man enjoy- ing this distinction, and he is thus the veteran survivor of "many wars." The successive secretaries of the company have been H. W. Magee, J. W. Wood, C. A. Sawtelle, R. Williams, E. E. Fordham-and lastly John Hab- bick continuously since July, 1887. Albert H. Ninde has been inspector (or zanjero as the Spaniards called it) continuously from 1884 until 1895.
On account of bickerings and strifes, differences of opinion, legal con- tests, charter rules and limitations not adapted to the practical necessities of the situation, and lack of funds to pay for proper clerical work, the books and records of the first four years are very incomplete. From the records as they are, and other sources, I have compiled the following table in chrono- logical order :
*A miner's inch, Pasadena measure, is thus officially explained by the company: "An inch of water that is equal to 17,000 gallons of water every 24 hours, or about 100 pounds per minute, is the amount of water that will flow through every square inch of opening in a gauge under a pressure or head of · six inches above the center of theopening; the opening being two inches wide in the end of a box provided with an adjustable sliding gate. The six-inch head can be obtained by opening or closing the slide, and the number of square inches remaining open indicates the amount of water passing through in Miner's Inches."
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YEAR.
Income.
Expenditures.
President.
1884
I2c per share levy
350:75
Stephen Townsend.
1885
45c per share levy
1,275.15
C. C. Brown.
1886
*5,000.00
Justus Brockway.
1887
C. T. Hopkins.
1888
$45,023,98
43,168.19
R. Williams.
1889
23,502.69
23,244.47
Geo. E. Meharry.
1890
14,887.47
14,957.68
John Allin.
1891
17,342.95
14,146.45
John Allin.
1892
52,742.43
50, 112.22
Chas. M. Parker.
1893
29,033.41
28,788.18
Same.
1894
36,641.71
32,612.42
Same. Also 1895.
NORTH PASADENA LAND AND WATER COMPANY.
This company was an outgrowth of the development of the " Painter & Ball Tract," for which see page 342-3. The origin of the present cor- poration was thus reported in the Valley Union at that time :
"A meeting of purchasers on the Painter & Ball tract was held Satur- day night [January 3, 1885] at the residence of J. H. Painter to take steps toward incorporating the water system of the tract. Present, B. F. Ball, J. H. Painter, Mrs. Edith Painter, Amos Wright, Henry Rank, C. Brenner, John Allin, Robert Hiatt, J. E. Doty, G. W. Hayes, M. D. Painter, and Byron O. Clark, who all favored the proposed step. B. F. Ball was elected chairman and B. O. Clark secretary. Amos Wright moved that a com- mittee of five be appointed, with full power to act, to take steps toward the incorporation. Motion carried, and Messrs. B. F. Ball, John Allin, B. O. Clark, Amos Wright and M. D. Painter were appointed such committee."
The county record gives January 15, 1885, as the date of incorporation. Capital, $90,000, in 1,800 shares of $50 each. £ Corporation to exist fifty years. The first officers were B. F. Ball, president ; M. D. Painter, secre- tary and treasurer ; and Mr. Painter holds the same office yet. From the original enrollment of stock I quote this exhibit :
NAME.
NO. SHARES. AMOUNT.
B. F. Ball
Forty $ 2,000
John Allin
Four and one-half. 225
J. H. Painter
Eighty-four 4,200
M. D. Painter
Ninety-three. 4,650
Byron O. Clark
Forty-six and one-half. 2,325
Total 268 $13,400
This statement was signed and sworn to on January 15, 1885, before R. Williams, Notary Public at Pasadena.
The original beginnings of the water system now owned by this com- pany were the open ditch made by Wilson & Griffin's Frenchman, Dague, prior to 1868, which led the waters of Millard canyon out to. a point just
*J. W. Wood resigued as secretary in October, 1886, and gave in round numbers-700 new certificates issued ; $2,000 assessments and $3,000 water dues collected during the year.
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north of Monks Hill ; and the ditch made by John W. Wilson in 1878-79 from Negro canyon to the Las Casitas plateau. (But Painter & Ball had done a large amount of developing and piping before the corporation was formed ; in September, 1884, they had bought some water rights of Mr. Brunk in the Arroyo Seco canyon and during the year laid two miles of iron pipe.) J. H. Painter and his sons M. D. and A. J., together with B. F. Ball, Byron O. Clark and engineer H. C. Kelsey, did all the prospecting for their additional springs in the Arroyo Seco above mouth of Millard canyon. And in 1885-86 the California Olive Company built a cement dam in Millard canyon far above Millard falls, besides some other developments, and piped the water out over the foot-mountain above Leighton's canyon and down to their 200-acre olive orchard, all as a part of the North Pasadena . system ; and Byron O. Clark superintended this work.
In May, 1889, the company levied an assessment of $5 per share on its stock, there being then about 1700 shares out. They had about two miles of cement pipe leading from the Arroyo to their upper reservoir; but this was leaky, and a new iron main was necessary. This was put in; and also some tunneling and other development work on their water-bearing lands. From the Pasadena Standard of October 12, 1889, I quote this inter- esting note :
"The North Pasadena Water Co. put in meters to test the supply by measure and prevent needless wastage. The results have been very satis- factory. The average amount used per family is given in gallons, thus :
GALLONS.
During the month of July 19,777
During the month of August 14,302
During the month of September. 9,510
This 50 per cent. decrease per family shows that people were in July running out twice as much water as they really needed."
In response to my inquiries at the company's office in 1894, the follow- ing particulars were furnished me :
"The company owns 160 acres of mountain land, covering springs in Negro canyon, a small branch of the Arroyo Seco; eighty acres of land covering springs in Brown's canyon ; all the waters of the Arroyo Seco and Millard canyon at the head of our pipe line, in Section 5, T. I N., R. 12 W., besides the waters of numerous small springs in the mountains to which our pipes are laid. Also, water rights at the head of the Wilson ditch, and 7.20 interest in the storage reservoir site in the east end of La Canyada valley. We have one reservoir 100 feet square and 10 feet deep, cemented, cost $4,000; one reservoir 50x 100 feet, 12 feet deep, covered, cost $4,000 ; seven miles of 112- to 6-inch pipes in the mountains for collecting water from springs ; 11/3 miles of 16- and 18-inch vitrified water pipe, cost $6,000; one mile 13-inch steel main, cost $5,000 ; distributing pipes on Painter & Ball tract from 2 to 12 inches. All the pipe system above named is probably worth in present condition $20,000, and 300 meters, worth $4,000. We have six tunnels, and various water-claims and developments yielding on the first day of September, 1893, a flow of 30 miner's inches, besides a pumping plant capable of supplying 12 miner's inches, measured when the
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water was lowest of any time in the year. We have a list of 360 consumers, on a tract of 1,800 acres of land, from whom we collected in water rents during the year of 1893, $5,000."
Total miles of water pipe, 20; two reservoirs with storage capacity of 1,200,000 gallons ; total value of company's property, about $60,000.
THE LAS FLORES WATER COMPANY.
The Union of June 12, 1885, says :
" At a meeting held on Wednesday [ June 10] articles of incorporation were adopted, and the Las Flores Water Co. organized, with a capital stock of $96,000, of which $73,000 is subscribed. Directors : G. A. Swartwout, J. W. Hugus, D. Galbraith, L. A. Wright, P. Gano. On November 2 an assessment was made of $1.25 per share, payable on or before December 24, 1885. R. Williams was then secretary of the company. Some tunneling, damming and piping was done by the company in Las Flores canyon."
HERMITAGE WATER COMPANY.
November 13, 1886, the Union said :
"Articles of incorporation were filed Tuesday [November 9] by the Hermitage Water Co. to buy and sell water rights in and about Precipicio [Eaton's] canyon. Directors : James Craig of the Hermitage Tract, Ed. L. Farris, and T. P. Lukens of Pasadena, J. R. Scott and George Hanson of Los Angeles. Capital stock, $100,000 - all subscribed."
PRECIPICE CANYON WATER CO.
Incorporated March 30, 1887. Capital stock, $625,000, in 12,500 shares of $50 each. Place of business, Lamanda Park. This company operates in Eaton canyon, the old Spanish name of which was Precipicio canyon -but they printed their certificates in plain English, Precipice Can- yon. The stockholders in 1887 were :
J. F. Crank .4,500 shares
Wm. Allen 2,000 shares
Albert Brigden 2,000 shares
James Craig 2,500 shares
Scattering 1,500 shares
Total of 1,500 acres interested.
Officers : Crank, pres't; Craig, vice pres't ; Herman Blatz, sec'y.
The state engineer reported in 1887 that this company had a flow of 500 inches during the winter and spring, but running down to forty (?) inches in the dry time of a dry year. This report was before they had tun- neled or developed their resources ; but I think was a mistake even when made.
OAK KNOLL WATER COMPANY.
January 1, 1887, the Union reported :
" Articles of incorporation were filed Tuesday [December 28, 1886] for the Oak Knoll Water Co., to buy, sell, and deal in water rights, and to de- velop and increase water supply on the Oak Knoll Tract. Principal place of business, Los Angeles. Directors : S. D. Rosenbaum, New York City ;
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Morris Augustine, San Francisco ; E. L. Stern, Leon Loeb, E. M. Adler, Los Angeles. Capital stock, $100,000, in 1,000 shares of $100 each - all subscribed by the directors.
RUBIO CANYON LAND AND WATER CO.
Incorporated Februry 24, 1886, by F. J. and John Woodbury, and others, to develop, utilize and control the waters of Rubio canyon. They did the first piping and tunneling ever done in this canyon, running a tun- nel seventy-five feet into its west wall in December, 1883. In 1891 their holdings were merged into the great enterprise now known as the Mount Lowe Electric Railway Co. The Daily Star of April 1, 1895, said :
"At a meeting of the Rubio Canyon Land and Water Association to- day directors were elected for the ensuing year : F. J. Woodbury, J. H. Holmes, R. S. Barnhart, J. S. Torrance, and T. S. C. Lowe. Woodbury was elected president; Holmes, vice president ; A. B. Manahan, secretary ; and First National bank, treasurer."
MILLARD CANYON WATER COMPANY.
Incorporated April 14, 1887, with J. P. Woodbury, E. C. Webster, Byron O. Clark, Calvin Hartwell and Levi W. Giddings as the first board of directors ; and E. W. Giddings and F. J. Woodbury were additional mem- bers of the company. L. W. Giddings was chosen president, and C. Hart- well secretary and treasurer. There are 7,200 shares of $5 each. This company was formed to hold, develop, improve and concentrate the springs and water sources of Millard canyon and its tributaries ; but it does not distribute the waters beyond or below the canyon. The Cemetery Associa- tion, the California Olive Company, and the Pasadena Improvement Co., each have reservoirs and pipelines of their own, served from this Canyon company's gathering pipes. In 1894-95 Hon. P. M. Green is president, and D. C. Porter, secretary and treasurer.
PASADENA HIGHLANDS WATER COMPANY.
The Weekly Star of May 27, 1891, says :
" Messrs. G. D. and C. E. Patten, W. C. Besse, D. Galbraith and D. J. Macpherson, who own the Highland Tract, bounded by Washington street, Lake, New York and Hill Avenues, have formed the Pasadena Highland Water Company, with a capital stock of $15,300, all of which is subscribed."
But according to the county records this company had been incorporated November 1, 1890. No other particulars obtained.
COTTONWOOD CANYON WATER COMPANY.
Cottonwood canyon is a small gulch in the San Rafael hills [Dreyfuss's allotment] about half a mile up the Arroyo beyond the Linda Vista green house. The Pasadena Star of November 9, 1892, said :
"The Cottonwood Canyon Water Company, composed of Pasadena men, has been organized. The company proposes to acquire water rights and dispose of water to inhabitants on block A of the San Pasqual tract, of the lands of the Lake Vineyard Land and Water Company, situated in the
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northwestern part of Pasadena. The principal place of business is Los Angeles. [?] The capital stock is $30,000, all of which has been subscribed. The incorporators are W. S. Wright, trustee; Wm. R. Staats, John McDonald, W. S. Wright, C. E. Brooks, Joseph M. Campbell."
N. G. Yocum had developed a small flow of water in this canyon in 1887. The incorporators took it on a note of Yocum's, of which Wright was trustee ; in 1894 they ran a new tunnel, and reported a stream of four miner's inches.
CHAPTER XXII.
RAILROADS .- The S. G. V. R. R. (Santa Fe) .- The Dummy Road .- The Altadena Road and Los Angeles Terminal .- The Fair Oaks Line .- The Colorado Street Line .- The Painter Line .- The Highland Line .- The Linda Vista Line. - The Alhambra Line .- The Pasadena and Los Angeles Electric Railway .- The Ramona and Pasadena Narrow Gauge (now Southern Pacific R. R.)
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY RAILROAD.
This was the first undertaking to connect Pasadena with the rest of the world by railroad, and therefore has a very intimate and close historic con- nection with the development of the city and its adjacent settlements. The railroad was first projected and planned by Mr. S. P. Jewett, a young engi- neer who came to Pasadena from Chicago in 1879, and with his widowed mother, Mrs. Belle M. Jewett, settled on Orange Grove Avenue.
The first meeting to talk over the project was held in Los Angeles in September, 1882, when there were present: J. E. Hollenbeck, C. H. Simp- kins, E. F. Spence, J. F. Crank, S. P. Jewett. The first three men feared that such a road could not be a financial success ; there would not be traffic enough to sustain it, and they declined to join in forming a company to build the road. This delayed the matter nearly a year ; but meanwhile Mr. Jewett stuck to his text, and went on perfecting his plans as to route, grades, curves, bridges, right-of-way, station points, terminus, etc .; and finally, through Mr. Crank's efforts, enough men were found who had faith in it to form a company. This was accordingly done at Los Angeles on August 30, 1883, by J. F. Crank, S. Washburn, W. R. Davis, A. Bridgen, W. P. Stanley and S. P. Jewett, who then became incorporated as the "Los An- geles and San Gabriel Valley Railroad Company," with capital stock fixed at $350,000. The men named constituted the first board of directors, and they elected Crank, president ; Jewett, vice-president, general manager and chief engineer ; Stanley, secretary ; Washburn, treasurer.
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