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HISTORY OF PASADKNA. 



NORTH PASADENA LAND AND WATER COMPANY. 



This company was an outgrowth of the development of the ' ' Painter 

 & Ball Tract," for which see page 342-3. The origin of the present cor- 

 poration was thus reported in the Valley Union at that time : 



"A meeting of purchasers on the Painter & Ball tract was held Satur- 

 day night [January 3, 1885] ^t the residence of J. H. Painter to take steps 

 toward incorporating the water system of the tract. Present, B. F. Ball, 

 J. H. Painter, Mrs. Edith Painter, Amos Wright, Henry Rank, C. Brenner, 

 John Allin, Robert Hiatt, J. E. Doty, G. W. Hayes, M. D. Painter, and 

 Byron O. Clark, who all favored the proposed step. B. F. Ball was elected 

 chairman and B. O. Clark secretary. Amos Wright moved that a com- 

 mittee of five be appointed, with full power to act, to take steps toward the 

 incorporation. Motion carried, and Messrs. B. F. Ball, John Allin, B. O. 

 Clark, Amos Wright and M. D. Painter were appointed such committee." 



The county record gives January 15, 1885, as the date of incorporation. 

 Capital, $90,000, in 1,800 shares of $50 each. Corporation to exist fifty 

 years. The first officers were B. F. Ball, president ; M. D. Painter, secre- 

 tary and treasurer ; and Mr. Painter holds the same office yet. From the 

 original enrollment of stock I quote this exhibit : 



NO. SHARES. 



AMOUNT. 



B. F. Ball Forty $ 2,000 



John Allin Four and one-half 225 



J. H. Painter Eighty-four 4,200 



M. D. Painter Ninety-three 4,650 



Byron O. Clark Forty-six and one-half 2,325 



Total 268 $13,400 



This statement was signed and sworn to on January 15, 1885, before 

 R. Williams, Notary Public at Pasadena. 



The original beginnings of the water system now owned by this com- 

 pany were the open ditch made bj^ Wilson & Griffin's Frenchman, Dague, 

 prior to 1868, which led the waters of Millard canyon out to a point just 



*J. W. Wood resigned as secretary in October, 1886, and gave in round numbers— 700 new certificates 

 issued ; $2,000 assessments and $3,000 water dues collected during the year. 



