356 HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



Eaton, who was also president of the Association) — the only spot on the 

 whole San Pasqual ranch which had been put under proper cultivation to 

 show what the land would produce. The Fair Oaks farm is now owned by 

 Hon. J. F. Crank. What is now called lyincoln Avenue, running diagon- 

 ally northwest, was at first a part of Fair Oaks Avenue and was the bound- 

 ary line of the colony lands. The Valley Union of June 4, 1886, gives an 

 account of the straightening of this avenue, which is a good illustration of 

 how things went in the boom time, and I quote : 



' ' The awkward bend in Fair Oaks Avenue where it bore off north- 

 westward from the foot of the Dunton place has been an eyesore to good 

 Pasadenians for many years. But now a syndicate, headed by the brothers 

 M. D. and A. J. Painter, has bought or negotiated for all of the lands 

 necessary to open a street through on a straight line from the Raymond 

 hotel to Mountain View cemetery and the mountains The first acquisition 

 necessary was a small triangle on the old Dunton home-place now belonging 

 to Mrs. Dr. Thomas, and for this triangle the syndicate paid $1,200. Next 

 north is the Dr. Sheldon property, now owned by the Hon. Delos Arnold of 

 Marshalltown, Iowa, who is all right on streets. Next are the twenty acres 

 owned by the three Misses Stowell and their companion, for which $25,500 

 was paid. Next, the Carey place of five acres, owned by Dr. J. S. Baker, 

 the health ofiicer of lyos Angeles, and $5,000 was paid for this tract. Next 

 is the Miller place of about four acres — price not given. Next, J. S. 

 Hearn's place, four and one-half acres, $5,000. Then a small triangle be- 

 longing to Carter & Miller, which was bought for $500. This lets them 

 through to Mountain Avenue at its junction with north Fair Oaks, at what 

 is known as the John Allin place, and from there Fair Oaks runs straight 

 by an easy grade to the cemetery, and beyond." 



After the job was done, the same paper on July 9, 1886, said : " The 

 straightened part of Fair Oaks Avenue is about half a mile long and seventy 

 feet wide, and has cost for property to cut it through about $38,000." 



First Street. — A short street opened by the real estate firm of Wallace 

 Bros., and so named because it was at that point the first street south of 

 Colorado. 



Florence Street. — Opened by Milford Fish, in the autumn of 1887, and 

 named after his daughter, Florence. 



Galena Avenue. — First part opened and named by James Hewitt from 

 Chicago, when he laid out Hewitt's subdivision. Street named after 

 Galena, Illinois. 



Gatfias Avenue. — Opened by Wotkyns Bros, and ScharfF Bros, through 

 , their respective subdivisions. Other parties had agreed to continue it on 

 down to the old Garfias adobe ranch house, the ruins of which were then 

 still remaining, 1887, and this gave the name ; but that extension, and 

 another one promised northward, were not made. [For Garfias occupancy, 

 see page 63, and following.] 



Gertrude Court. — Opened by Dr. L. A. Wright, and named after his 

 little daughter, in 1886. 



