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HISTORY OF PASADENA. 



with a dead pressure resistance on the up-pipe to the reservoir of about 65 

 pounds per square inch. The apparatus is Worthington's compound duplex 

 condensing steam pump. These data I gathered from C. H. Hovey, the 

 engineer in charge of these works in 1894-5. 



The Weekly Star oi August 8, 1894, gives an estimate by Thomas D. 

 Allin, civil engineer of the two water companies, that the daily flowage at 

 Devil's Gate was about 225 miner's inches, or about two and a half million 

 gallons per day on April i , 1894. I^ut the dry season, by July 15, had reduced 

 the flow to 179 inches ; and there was no perceptible diminution after that 

 date. 



Water Rates. — Secretary Bennett, in an article published March 4, 

 1895, said : 



"We have upon our books the names of 750 householders, and of this 

 number 550 pay a monthly rate of $1.25 to $1.60 inclusive; 100 pay $1.65 

 to $2 inclusive, and 100 pay over $2. These are the rates for eight months 

 of the year. During the four hot summer months, July, August, Septem- 

 ber and October, an additional charge is made for lawn sprinkling, as fol- 

 lows : All lawns 20x30 feet, or containing 600 square feet, are exempt; 

 lawns exceeding 600 square feet, and up to 5000 square feet, are charged 25 

 cents per 1000 square feet; 5000, and above 5000 square feet, 15 cents 

 per 1000. statistical exhibit. 



The following table was compiled expressly for this work by Secretary 

 H. G. Bennett, at my request, to show the historic progress year by year of 

 the business of this company, whose territory was entirely west of Fair 

 Oaks and L,incoln Avenues, but included South Pasadena also : 



The company now has 10 miles of water pipe in use. The total value 

 of its water rights, lands, tunnels, dams, pipes, pumping works, reservoirs, 

 etc., is $250,000. Bonded debt, $50,000. Up to April, 1895, it had issued 

 825 water permits. The permanent employees are only three : Secretary at 

 office ; superintendent on pipelines ; watchman at water sources. A steam 

 engineer has to be employed to run the pumping works during the dry 



montJlS. PASADENA LAKE VINEYARD LAND AND WATER CO. 



See page 112, and following, for an account of the second subdivision 

 of colony lands in Pasadena, which was made by B. D. Wilson in 1886, 

 under the name of " L,ake Vineyard I^and and Water Association." 



* Assessments and water dues. J Bonds and water dues, g Water dues only. ' 



