28o HISTORY OP PASADENA. 



tion, and instructed its chairman, B. F. Ball, to appoint a committee of five 

 to take measures for accomplishing that end — the committee appointed on 

 April 1 8 having entirely failed of its purpose ; and accordingly H. W. 

 Magee, Col. J. Banbury, H. N. Rust, S. Washburn and J. W. Wood were 

 appointed to take up the burden. But this committee also wearied of the 

 task, and accomplished nothing. 



The next public move for incorporation was at a meeting in Williams' 

 Hall on Saturday evening. May 23, 1885. At this time the white scale was 

 ravaging the country and seemed likely to destroy the entire citrus industry 

 of California. The meeting in question was called especially to consider 

 this subject, and see what if anything could be done to avert the threatened 

 disaster — and also to consider any matters of general local interest. The 

 incorporation problem very soon became the chief topic before the meeting, 

 for at every step proposed to remedy that or any other evil, it was found 

 that nothing could be done, for want of police authority ; and as a result a 

 committee of five was appointed to take the matter under consideration, and 

 make out papers of incorporation, to be submitted to a public meeting of the 

 citizens at the earliest possible time. This committee consisted of Col. J. 

 Banbury, Dr. O. H. Conger, H. W. Magee, Esq., J. P. Woodbury and 

 George W. Wilson. 



On July 1 1 a meeting was held to hear and consider a report of the 

 committee. Col. Banbury called the meeting to order and J. E. Clarke was 

 made chairman. The petition as prepared included all the territory from 

 Lincoln Park or the old Monterey road to the foot of the mountains, and 

 from the Arroyo Seco eastward to Santa Anita Avenue. There was some 

 warm debate on this extensive grasp of territory for a city ; but it was finally 

 decided to lay it before the county board just as it was, for they had the 

 right to change it, anyway, and those who objected to it could appear there 

 with their reasons and arguments — and then the county board could fix the 

 boundaries as they thought best. Thereupon a committee was appointed 

 to lay the matter before the county board at once and have a day of hearing 

 appointed. H. W. Magee, J. Banbury, S. Townsend, J. E. Clarke and 

 C. B. Ripley were appointed for this duty, and they did it promptly. The 

 Valley Union of August 14, 1885, published the petition, with names 

 attached, a total of 1 1 1 qualified electors. 



The next stage of the movement is thus reported in the Union of Sep- 

 tember II, 1885 : 



" On Thursday the petition for incorporating the Town of Pasadena was 

 taken up by the Board of Supervisors and a hearing given to the petitioners. 

 It was found that no less than four remonstrances had been filed from diiTer- 

 ent sections of the territory embraced within the proposed incorporation 

 limits, besides several protests from individuals. The places remonstrating 

 were South Pasadena, the Highlands, all that territory east of lyos Robles 

 Avenue, and the Craig tract, including the Allen, Crank and other ranches. 



