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Thirty-third Ykarif—• : -BOARD OF TRADE!)ICHOOSES THREE MENlihct/*To Serve as Advisory Committee With CityTrustees in Bonding Mattervciilt;Ji]aMessrs. W. C. Barth, A. C. Wood and W. J. Pentelow Receive Highest Vote—Spirited Discussion Over the Sixth Street Shade Treesat Tuesday Night s Meeting—Matter of Tree Warden Receives*Official Attention—Comparatively Small Attendance of Members.sJust eleven persons were present when the gavel fell at the regular meeting of the Board of Trade on Tuesday evening, the principal business to be considered supposedly being the choice of men to serve with the City Trustees in the bonding - matter,--ALeinl^rs kept straggling in, so that fifteen votes were cast when the question was taken up.M F KTI NO IMPRACT 1CAB LKA communication was read from .J. B. Nell', conductor of Farmers’ Institutes, stating that there was a vacancy on the dates of September 20 and 21, and that if the hoard desired he would comedown and arrange a program. Discussion revealed the fact that it was considered an inopportune time to hold such here, and the secretary was instructed to so notifyMr. Neff.FOUNTAIN COMMITTEE%t On behalf of the committee on drinking fountain, W. C. Barth stated that the committee had thought to raise funds for the same by securing contributions from organizations and the business .men. He stated that. Jie had heard that .the AV. C. T. t\ would donate $25 toward the fund, and that it was hoped to get $100 from the businessmen.AVm. Corkhill stated that on behalf ofthe committee he was requested to ascer-... /* mtain what amount could he expected9 *from the Board of Trade. The finances of the organization not being in a flourishing condition at this time, no.. .ises were made.STREET TREE PROBLEMWm. Corkhill and Dr. J. C. Gleason brought the attention of the board to the fact that despite all the care takento get the specifications right on Sixth street, it had been found that unless something was done, the putting in of curb on the return of the alleys on East Sixth street would necessitate the re-moval of some fine peppers. These trees were planted nineteen yelars ago, and the suggestion was made that if possible to arrange it, the curbs be built about two feet short of the trees.A. C. Wood also put in a plea for the trees, stating that recently he had seen an object lesson in another locality in .the matter of easing trees, when a num-Ter of sycamores had been left in ,the . gutter.W. C. Barth, N. C. Hanson, A. Wheaton ami others opposed the idea, .arguing that Corona was building for the future and correcting the ‘ mistakes of the past. Heretofore people hadwas instructed to cast the ballot for Mr. Pentelow as the third member.ELECT DELEGATEOn motion of W. 0. Barth, W. II. Jameson was made a delegate to the National Irrigation Congress, which opens at Sacramento on the 2d of September.EXCOFKAGE CRKAMFRYiWin. Riddell referred to a movementon foot for the establishment of a new skimming station at some point near Corona, and urged that tin.* board take u]) the matter with Mr. Chase at Arlington, who is interested in the project. The president made Mr.. Riddle and W. C. Barth 11 lumbers of such committee.TREE WARDENThe matter of securing a tree warden took definite shape in the form of a motion by W. GV Barth to have a committee appointed to present the matter to the City Trustees. The motion carried unanimously, the necessity of such an office having been realized from the discussion that had taken place earlier in the eveningi Uniformity in pruning would be secured by tlie creation of such an office, and perplexing questions regarding the removal of trees would he solved by a lover of trees, whose judgment would be abided by.tteoutc:ifItlbsiaCPHtNtlrlt;bliiiXFrom Rincon).YThe Pomona Progress is responsible for the following:“The people who live in niy neigh-\borhood are anxious to have county division,” were the words of a prosperous Rincon citizen to a representative of The Progress recently. “We have dbne our trailing in Pomona for years,” he continued, “and only go to San Bernardino to pay our taxes. AVe are not acquainted there and only go when we are compelled to go. We do most of our trading in Rincon, but when we want to get something extra we go to Pomona. Supervisor Pine resides a few miles distant from us and some of his friends oppose the new county out of friendship for him.' I don’t think, though, but what they would be glad to get into a new’ county with Pomona for the county seat.”-dS,stwtlFlrtlTinV*tldlt;histgtAofFiP;....... — «*...SANTA ANA’S TURNTO FEEL AFFLICTEDplanted trees just as the humor siezed ’ them. As the telephone and electric wires were permitted to come through -..the alleys, it- was -suggested - that there should be no trees along the alleys, as their -appearance was ruined by the priming necessary to accommodate the •wires.RESOLUTION PASSEDA motion finally prevailed that a com-• inittee of two appear before the City Trustees asking that trees be spared It I ^ . |“wherever possible. Messrs. Corkhill and Barth were placed on that committee,Hat the Mictaken ldea That. Good Service Can Be Secured Without a Competing Company.vSan Bernardino wa^ the first to take up seriously the question of supporting only one telephone system. The agitation was finally abandoned, it being considered an impracticable scheme.Santa Ana is now troubling herself to go through the same motions, with the probable result that her business men will decide to keep both telephones.The preliminary stages of Santa Ana’s spasm is reported by the Register asioJlowa; _____________________________________w■. *t.I*riF.ecfitbtlaer si ithTltitbut the latter protesting, N. C. Hanson was nrmed, also under protest. ..' City Attorney Freeman was asked for an opinion in the matter. He thought the resolution improper, as the only way to save.the trees in question would be to get a waiver from all the property owners on the street from boulevard to•boulevard, consenting to such an ar-%-irangement, and so release the contractor.BONDING COMMITTEE»AVhen the bonding matter was taken up, AVm. Corkhill moved that a ballot __^ ^ t i ^ imi 11 | t . _ *_ __Te taken for tlie/three men to serve aslt; san advisory committee with the. City Trustees in the matter of handling the improvements under the proposed bond issue, should the measure carry.The first and only ballot showed votes for the following names: AV. C. Barth, jV. C. AVood, AV. J. Pentelow, AVm.• *AVhen a committee reports that tlie Pacifie .Telephone and Telegraph Company, commonly known as the Sunset, will agree to continue the service for five years in as good shape as it now is and agrees not to raise the rates, the eighty-two signers of the agreement to take one telephone only will be expected to discontinue the use of the Home telephone. This was the result of a called meeting of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association last night at the association rooms. A large representation of busi--ness-ineii-was- out,--and-—thedhm4—action-was practically unanimous.“The result of the canvass of the rtier-oliants by the committee of eight was read by Secretary N. A. Ulm. This* report showed that seventy-three had signed, naming the Sunset as preference/ fourteen naming the Home, nine with-iout naming either, but willing to stay with the majority. Six others, it is said,cocoonpuPrUonanbeleiph*-Corkhill, AAr. H. Jameson, I)r. J. C.I Gleaaori, I’.® Kidder, N. C. Hanson, I wij, Htay with the majoritybut would£ K, | not-sign-the- agreement-This verdict wasstrongly in favor of the Sunset as the oneFreeman, I. H. Moore..Eight votes being necessary to elect, Messrs. Barth and AVood were found ’elected with nine. AV. J. Pentelow wasthe third highest with seven votes, and» *on motion of J. Hildreth the secretarysystem.“The committee appointed by Chairman John McFadden on the instruction of the association to see the Sunset company in regard to a five-year agree.-*•*TiI-tII+-
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Corona Independent
Corona, California, US
Fri, Aug 16, 1907
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