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Morris Augustine, San Francisco ; E. ly. Stern, Leon I^oeb, E. M. Adler, 

 Los Angeles. Capital stock, $100,000, in 1,000 shares of $100 each — all 

 subscribed by the directors. 



RUBIO CANYON LAND AND WATER CO. 



Incorporated Februry 24, 1886, by F. J. and John Woodbury, and 

 others, to develop, utilize and control the waters of Rubio canyon. They 

 did the first piping and tunneling ever done in this canyon, running a tun- 

 nel seventy-five feet into its west wall in December, 1883. In 1891 their 

 holdings were merged into the great enterprise now known as the Mount 

 Lowe Electric Railway Co. The Daily Star of April i, 1895, said : 



" At a meeting of the Rubio Canyon Land and Water Association to- 

 day directors were elected for the ensuing year : F. J. Woodbury, J. H. 

 Holmes, R. S. Barnhart, J. S. Torrance, and T. S. C. Lowe. Woodbury 

 was elected president; Holmes, vice-' president ; A. B. Manahan, secretary ; 

 and First National bank, treasurer." 



MILLARD CANYON WATER COMPANY. 



Incorporated April 14, 1887, with J. P. Woodbury, E. C. Webster, 

 Byron O. Clark, Calvin Hartwell and Levi W. Giddings as the first board of 

 directors ; and E. W. Giddings and F. J. Woodbury were additional mem- 

 bers of the company. L. W. Giddings was chosen president, and C. Hart- 

 well secretary and treasurer. There are 7,200 shares of $5 each. This 

 company was formed to hold, develop, improve and concentrate the springs 

 and water sources of Millard canyon and its tributaries ; but it does not 

 distribute the waters beyond or below the canyon. The Cemetery Associa- 

 tion, the California Olive Company, and the Pasadena Improvement Co., 

 each have reservoirs and pipelines of their own, served from this Canyon 

 company's gathering pipes. In 1894-95 Hon. P. M. Green is president, 

 and D. C. Porter, secretary and treasurer. 



PASADENA HIGHLANDS WATER COMPANY. 



The Weekly Star oi May 27, 1891, says : 



" Messrs. G. D. and C. E. Patten, W. C. Besse, D. Galbraith and D. J. 

 Macpherson, who own the Highland Tract, bounded by Washington street, 

 Lake, New York and Hill Avenues, have formed the Pasadena Highland 

 Water Com.pany, with a capital stock of $15,300, all of which is subscribed." 



But according to the county records this company had been incorporated 

 November i, 1890. No other particulars obtained. 



COTTONWOOD CANYON WATER COMPANY. 



Cottonwood canyon is a small gulch in the San Rafael hills [Dreyfuss's 

 allotment] about half a mile up the Arroyo beyond the Linda Vista green 

 house. The Pasadena Star oi November 9, 1892, said : 



"The Cottonwood Canyon Water Company, composed of Pasadena 

 men, has been organized. The company proposes to acquire water rights 

 and dispose of water to inhabitants on block A of the San Pasqual tract, of 

 the lands of the Lake Vineyard Land and Water Company, situated in the 



