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H. W. Magee, Esq., and J. E.- Clarke appeared for the petitioners. Messrs. 

 Dougherty, Risley, Porter, Glover, Eaton, I. B. Clapp and others were 

 present in the interest of South Pasadena, which was represented by Stephen 

 M. White, Esq., as legal counselor. On behalf of the Craig district, James 

 Craig, with his attorney, F. H. Howard, Esq., appeared. C. C. Brown 

 advocated the claims of those remonstrating from the eastern portion of the 

 colony." 



After this the whole subject seems have taken a long rest, for nothing 

 appears again until May 14, 1886, when the Union said : 



"Hurrah ! We are incorporated ! The petition was granted yesterday. 

 In support of the petition arguments were made by Messrs. Hopkins, Brock- 

 way, Ward, Ball, Col. Picher, Drs. Thomas and Allen, and others. The re- 

 monstrants were represented by Messrs. Dougherty, Furlong, Painter, 

 Arnold, Woodward and Brown." 



The following is the official order, dated May 13, 1886 : 

 "Ordered, that the petition for the incorporation of Pasadena be granted 

 and boundaries be fixed as follows : Beginning at a point on the west bank 

 of the Ai-royo Seco due west from the south end of reservoir No. i , of the 

 Eake Vineyard Eand and Water Association, and thence running east to the 

 south end of said reservoir, thence running southeast by the west line of the 

 Painter & Ball tract, to a point forty rods south of south line of Mountain 

 street, thence running east by a line parallel with and forty rods south of the 

 south line of Mountain street to a point forty rods east of east line of Eake 

 Avenue, thence running south by a line parallel with and forty rods east of 

 the east line of Eake Avenue, to the B. D. Wilson estate, thence running 

 west and south by the north and west lines of said Wilson estate, thence 

 running south-west by lands of B. T. Smith and land of George Stoneman, 

 and by the Marengo ranch to the south line of Columbia street, thence run- 

 ning west by the south line of Columbia street, and by a direct extension of 

 the same to the west bank of the Arroyo Seco, thence running north by the 

 west bank of the Arroyo Seco to the point of beginning. From the evidence 

 taken the Board finds that the population in said limits approximates 2,700. 

 Ordered that June 7th be fixed for holding the election to deter- 

 mine whether the town of Pasadena shall be incorporated, and that said 

 election be held at the Williams building. Fair Oaks Avenue ; and that at 

 said election persons be chosen to fill the following offices : Five trustees, 

 a clerk, a treasurer and a marshal ; and that Edson Turner be appointed 

 inspector, and R. Williams and C. C. Brown be appointed judges of such 

 election ; and that notice of said election be published for two weeks." 



The next historic record is the Union's report of the election, printed 

 in its issue of June 11, 1886, from which I quote : 



" The child is born who will make his fame by writing the history of 

 Pasadena ; and we of today are making that history. Monday was another 

 landmark — a historic day, being the first city election, and making choice 

 of the men who should first wield corporate authority. 



The "Citizen's Ticket," which was nominated by a meeting held at 

 the Union office on Friday evening, was every man of them elected, although 

 there were four varieties of tickets in the field. The contest was quite spirited, 

 although entirely good-natured throughout, and the friends of the successful 

 candidates indulged in a little jubilation after the result was finally made 



