Van Nuys News And The Van Nuys Call, The (Newspaper) - January 24, 1913, Van Nuys, California Partite nt of Our Town ud Valley FHE VAN AND THE VAN CALL VOLUME II VAN JANUARY NUMBER 21 VAN SETS PACE FOR 1913 IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS NOW UNDER WAY PRESAGE GREATER PROGRESS THAN EVER Street of Business ing of Choice Trees and More the Ideal dence Place Every J. Whitley Unceasing in His Efforts to Build a Model With practically his full force of men and teams at work in the of Tan and on streets closely rounding the H. J. eral manager of the Suburban Homes is carrying out to the letter all the details of an extensive program of improvement outlined a short time ago for Van In the all the streets are be- ing graded and rolled vacant property is being cleaned up and put under the cement bases for the ornamental lighting posts are nearly all and work soon begin setting the trees and shrubbery are being pruned and On East Eighth work has been in progress for a ing and shaping up the street as far as the wash. A petition is being circulated at present asking the supervisors to continue the work be- gun by Mr. and to make the improvement of a permanent This when properly built through the will bring many of the settlers living on the east side to Van to do their Castro street is also being Both these streets are to be rolled Thirty more days should finish work on South Sherman which will provide a high-grade oiled macadam connecting the boulevard the new state highway being built south of Van several Most of the gravel is in place on South Sherman and all is ready for the top dressing and the North Sherman Way is to be ed at The construction of this South Sherman It will extend from the boulevard north along the new P. E. San Fernando line to surpassed this Twelfth where it will join the boulevard now under construction from San Fernando and leading through the Mission The when will con- at San Fernando with the state highway recently selected to pass through the Tejon pass to San cisco via In addition to all this under his Mr. Whitley is now making preparations to finish the parking of the For over a week a large force of Japanese have been at work trimming the palms and other shrubbery along man Thousands of dollars have been expended for more trees and which have been purchased from the leading nurseries in Southern and will soon be shipped in for our local is large quantities of for this One scarcely as he passes along this beautiful with its borders of flowers and ornamental the vast amount of care and at- tention that is required along its teen miles of to keep it in proper Another now under that will greatly benefit Van is the clearing off the land along the wash north of the town and lying be- tween the boulevard and the S. F. coast line When this land is an unobstructed view will be had of our town from all trains ing over the coast line between Los Angeles and San VAN A WONDERFUL SCHOOLMATE OF EDISON VISITS VAN Have you seen Van Mr. N. C. a prominent Seated in state in one of the windows mess man of and Van ttl C13 Lusi largu timber interests la tuC South Hill Los state of visited Mr. and wonderful creation of I Mrs. J. H. Calhoun several days this gourds and other products is PUBLIC MEETING ON ing the attention of thousands as they Mr. Edwards is on an extended tour of the He was a former U. S. C. GLEE pass along this busy When you are in the do not fail i mate of Mrs. and also of to have a He sure is a great Thomas A. the famous artistic This was his first visit to the San Fernando and in an interview he stated that the development and The Glee Club of the University of class of improvements here had made Southern which will very deep He predicted heard in the Van school a great future for Van January 31, made a big hit jn the East last taking people on a triumphant tour in j Y- M- B- a Santa Fe private There The regular monthly meeting of the twelve singers in the club now giving Young Married People's Bible class of concerts in Southern all the Methodist church was held high-class LeRoy who i day evening at the home of Mr. and conducted the grand Eastern is Mrs. Frank Kimball on East Eighth still musical with Russell entertainment being Stark It will be a treat for with a business The Van people who appreciate a was partly in the nature of a regretful performance of the first and j farewell to Mr. and Mrs. Frank seats for the concert are being phy and Mr. and Mrs. George taken will be given under the members who expect to leave here auspices of the young married people's Mr. Frank Murphy retired as Bible class of the Methodist president of the and Mrs. ball was elected in his Mr. Ed NECKTIE Messer succeeding Mrs. Kimball as The young Bible class of the Methodist church entertained Several attractive features were in young men's Baraca class at a necktie eluded in the program Mrs. social in the classroom in the Bank P. F. who is well known as a building last Friday There talented favored with a were present about thirty young and Mrs. William Dieter rendered a who passed the time pleasantly in couple of amusing It has games and other become a feature of the class of sandwiches and cocoa ings to have individual on were PRESBYTERIAN Y. P. S. C. E. A cordial invitation is extended to A phases of various and in line with this a representative of the News made a talk on newspaper marvelous act was all to be present at the regular with Mr. Edinger as the sub- ing of the Presbyterian Young ject and Mrs. Messer as the Society of Christian Endeavor on i Delicious refreshments were a Sunday January 26, at ing final A visitor present was Work at Mrs. King of sister of Mrs. Home and meeting was ad- in much appreciation of Mrs. j Kimball's in Acts James BILLIONS SPENT ON ture outlook for Van was never mark our the building record of 1912 will be greatly OAST HAPPENINGS MIRRORED HERE BRIEF OUTLINE OF CURRENT EVENTS ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE Condensed Resume of tie Week's Happenings Covering Events of Interest From Nearby Allow Rapid Scanning Mine at Exposition SAN Jan. in full will be one of the unique exhibits at the San Diego sition in 1915. The entrance shaft will be driven from the center of the and Mining Immigration Congress Meets April 14 SAN Jan. Coast Immigration congress will convene in this city on April 14 next to discuss ways and means of lating public sentiment to cope with the immigration problem on this coast Governor Johnson has promised to be Pupil Is Fifty-six Jan. oldest pupil ever in the public schools of Spokane is 5G years of and is at present enrolled in the second would rather not tell his said A. J. principal of the State Starts Free Text Books Jan. tex books for public school un der the Shanahan became a reality with the shipment of the firs consignment of 3025 books to City Su Wood of the Alameda There are orders on file for abou free text Wants to Build City SAN Jan. am bilious plan involving the of a new city near wa disclosed when the liner Chiyo Man arrived from the R. C. John and financial rei of the Kwong Tung provin was a an has come to the United States to Intel est capital to the extent of which will be needed to finance th who is a native was an engineer during the of the revolutionists during the battl of and as a. reward for service has been honored by Dr. Su Vat Sen. now directing projects uf new CHURCH All services in the new grammar Class meeting at Sunday school at 10 a. m. Morning worship at 11 a. m. The astor will of the League service at Sub- 3ct, Life and Present Day Evening worship at Strangers are always Quarterly conference has been till February 6th. Morning services at 11 o'clock in Empire south of ne by Robert B. Sunday school at 10 Christian Endeavor at No preaching service in the BATTLESHIPS URGED TO PROTECT CANAL Jan. ex- pert both as an army officer as the most competent of all who lave studied the problems connected with the Panama Col. George the canal de- clared that the of the canal depends on the naval strength of the United His testimony was given before the louse committee on naval and is an eloquent appeal for additional battleships and the acceptance of Meyer's recommendation for the authorization at this session of congress of three battleships of the first we lost si sea battle at either entrance of the said Colone enemy could land forces and the canal would be destroyed or taken possession of. The canal will cost this when completed about Colonel Goethals was before the to urge the maintenance of a force of marines on the canal zone Questioned by the Colonel Goethals said it was his ment that there should be kept on the isthmus at all times an armed force of QUESTION WILL BE HELD IN SCHOOL AUDITORIUM NEXT MONDAY EVENING To Be a Local to Canvass the Views and of Our Prospective Water Users Regarding the Owens River Many Ladies to be Present A public meeting of property owners and citizens of Van and vicinity will be held in the new school Monday January 27, at This meeting has been called by the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of considering the water question in a at-home and TO canvass the different views and ions of our local prospective water In the city of Los Angeles the ter of the disposal of the surplus duct water is prominently before the people again by the discussions going on relative to the vote on the posed bond issue scheduled for ary 25. In all this discussion the poor San Fernando valley has to be called this and called ana our water users are said to want the water for a if at So while the citizens of the city are working out their it is ered advisable for the people of this valley to adopt a get-together policy and to form some definite plan by the surplus Owens river water may be secured for the valley on a just and equitable Little more than a mile of the aqueduct remains to be according to the latest re- port of Chief Engineer Water is expected to be flowing into the San Fernando reservoirs by May 1. Time for speculation is Time for action is at Los Angeles must get busy to arrange for this wa- The bond issues to be voted on ruary 25 provide for a high line to the San Gabriel 000 for distributing system and voirs in the San Fernando and for the main conduit to ply the The principal object of the meeting railed for Monday night is to consider this from our No matter how the bond issue the people of this valley who wish water for their lauds will have to meet the issue soon and decide how they wish to secure the how much they will and what price they can afford to pay for its According to the present plan ot the public service those who sign applications for water have no assurance of any degree of of Increased demand on the part of the city is to be met by automatically raising the price to users of the surplus on the The price established is two cents per miner's inch per hour continuous which on the basis of one inch to seven and one-half acres of land will cost about per acre per The policy is to dispose of the surplus water at a profit to the This will he the first public meeting in the new which is a great credit to the Ladies will be and we understand there may be a pleasant surprise in Turn out and let us make this the best public meeting ever held in Van The subject well deserves it. SERVICES HELD FOR MISS AMONG THESE ARE THE IRRIGATION PROJECTS OF THE U. S. PANAMA CANAL AND LOS ANGELES AQUEDUCT The Panama by Reason of Its Influence on the World's Traffic as Well as the Engineering Difficulties Easily Leads the List While the Woolworth Building in New York City is Second a BB Simple and impressive funeral of Miss Marie Louise sister of W. A. were read by Rev. Hartzler on Friday uary 17, at 11 Mr. heimer sang Kindly and With The pallbearers were Messrs. Magner and Cremation took place at Rosedale Los at TICKETS FOR GLEE CLUB CONCERT ON The year of 1912 was remarkable in the of notable engineering projects instituted or now well on their way to Among these are the irrigation projects of the United States the Panama the Los An- the immense new fresh water reservoir for New York the enlargement of the Erie the erection of the Grand Central station and the building of the Woolworth building in New to say nothing of the new subways which are to be built in that The total expense that will have been incurred when these great projects have been pushed to completion will run close to a lion Spent Panama By reason of its influence on the world's as well as the ing difficulties the Panama canal easily takes precedence over the other construction jobs named in the matter of This great wa- ter highway between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans was practically com- on May 4, when United States took control of the canal It is now com- and will have cost mately when the great locks are opened to ocean traffic ing the latter half of 1913. In point of unique construction the new Woolworth now nearly completed in Xew York perhaps ranks This rising 750 from the street has the dis- tinction of being the tallest habitable building in the It is alone passed in height by the Eiffel which is feet but is nothing more than a webwork of the new jobs are finished will 23 Acres of Space in Building be 4SC.7 miles of subway and elevated The Woolworth building has cost about It weighs about No complete summary of the 250.000.000'tons, and will have a floor lion projects of the United States Water System To connect this reservoir with the city filtration an aqueduct 117 miles in length is under This tunnel pierces dives under the Hudson river at Storm King and will conduct the new water supply to the city by force of It is estimated that 000 gallons of water per day will be supplied to the city when the plant is in working The cost will proximate Scarcely of less interest is the work of widening the historic Erie so that it will be suitable for the trans- portation of This work was sanctioned by popular vote in 1908, and when completed the canal will be 11V2 feet deep and 75 feet wide at the This will allow the trans- portation of barges twenty-two and two-thirds times larger than those used when the canal was first The original canal was dredged in 1S94 at a cost of the im- now under will cost No definite date has been FOf for More Subways for New York The new subways projected by the New York city public service sion and already under construction will place the city with the leaders of the world in the matter of underground The total cost of this new project will be Hand in hand with the subways go the for in a hilly territory like Manhattan and Brooklyn a road that starts as a subway in one place may he an elevated road farther The total number of miles of and subway trackage in Xew York at present is 177.9 When at least men to protect the policy of the he to be opposed to and the force will be reduced to about FEAR SVERDRUP AND PARTY HAVE PERISHED IN ARCTIC Jan. is feared here that the famous Arctic Otto and a party of sixteen persons who accompanied him on a walrus hunt in Greenland waters have been Sverdrup and his party left tiania in In a motor anil since then has been heard the space suitable for office use of Aside from its unique the New York project that most closely approaches the building of the Panama canal in magnitude is the con- struction of the immense reservoir and aqueduct through which the city Xew York will in 1930 be provided v Hh fresh Work on the reservoir was commenced practically on Juno 3, 1905. A year and a half later tho tual building of the reservoir began in The reservoir is located in tho of the 117 miles from New Here monster known as the has been con- between two mountains to form a lake 189 feet in which will supply fresh water to the This is 200 in i its part. AN ENTHUSIASTIC Mrs. Malcolm is one of the most en- boosters in Van though sixty years of Mrs. Mal- colm makes a trip to Los Angeles on the morning car every week re- turning to her home here in the Since coming to Van to a few months she has gained ten pounds in GEN. BARRY NEW HEAD AT SAWTELLE HOME Jan. P. H. Barry of is to be ernor of the home at Governor Cochrane will retire on March 1. General Barry is a. Civil war veteran who lost an arm in The report of Maj. W. H. Gordon on the Sawtelle as a result of the recent includes the lowing criticisms of That Col. who has re- is too old for the onerous ties of That new barracks or a reduction in the number of inmates is That a number of the inmates were clothed in worn-out uniforms and had socks which were too shrunken and worn for That one man was found sick in bed who had not been seen by a medical of the Tickets for the forthcoming concert of the S. C. Glee club are on sale at the Van Furniture and seats are to be reserved there on ets purchased P. E. CONDUCTOR BADLY HURT CAUGHT BETWEEN CARS WHILE COUPLING Accident Occurs at Eighth Hip Probably Broken and Internal Injuries Conductor A. who was in charge of the Pacific Electric car reaching Van at Tuesday was painfully injured while engaged in coupling to a trailer at the Eighth street switch at Van This car only runs as far as Van and it is customary to pick up at Eighth street the car which it off at that point by an earlier and to lay over here until 10 o'clock before returning to Los Brown was too badly hurt to an account of how the accident It is that while making the coupling the cars came together before he was catching him about the hips and badly squeezing Hearing his the reversed his That the principal against putting the injured man discipline were bringing intoxicating I ran yan where medical at- liquors within the drinking and tention was given by Dr. E. E. absence Major Gordon recommends that a smaller governing board of homes than the present eleven bers would be and gests that it is becoming difficult to select them from among Civil war erans because of their WIFE ASKS FOR TITANIC VICTIM the local P. E. It was thought that his hip was and that he might he Injured He was taken to a hospital in IMS Angeles on the rear platform of his own ing at 10 can be ing to that as long ago as Sam was spending per month in the Billions to Water the Desert The precise sum that he is ing on waste land now is net to but it is very much greater and has been estimated at tion projects have been approved by the government which aggregate more than SI Last but not least is the construction of the Grand Central terminal in the city of Now This which is rapidly nearing has a total area of seventy-nine acres and takes cure of flip multiplied fic of the Xew York Central and its i allied lines by a system of admitting their trains to tho stations The cost of the NEW Jan. hundred and seventy-five claims for damages have so far been filH with r Raudolph both of States Commissioner Gilchnst I n A pretty wedding occurred at the home of Mrs. Mary E. North Sherman January 13. when her Miss Mabel Irene was united in marriage to the Oceanic Navigation company for compensation for losses incurred in the sinking of the steamship The largest of these is that of Irene lach widow of Henry B. Rev. Mr. Robert B. pastor uf the First terian Mr. and Mrs. Barber are popular young society people of and n nnn their many friends the as the theatrical who asks them for the loss of her husband and in their new for personal property 01 her Other large claims are those of lotte D. D. Cardez of who lists personal property valued at May widow of CHRISTIAN at those inter- 5 UUU r nil Jacques who asks for ested in the organization of the loss of her tor posed Christian Brotherhood will meet sonal effects and for manuscripts at the Bank and steps will and plans of and Lily n. I be taken permanent who ssks for the loss of her One oT the claims for loss filed by a woman includes an item of 54 for Committees on constitution nominations will and officers will be all who are in movement It is desired to have sympathy with this
