Changes Concerning City Council Chambers (Editor's note: With all the changes going on in and around City Hall, I thought the follow- ing articles from 1936 through 1942 would be interesting ... at least to those that have at- tended council meetings in the old council chambers in City Hall over the years.) Council Chamber Flooded With New Light (From the February 14, 1936 Tide) New light is to be shed on doings of the Pacific Grove council and al] through the initiative of one of its members, B.A. Solomon. Indirect lighting fixtures were installed this week in the council chamber by Mr. Solomon, the gift of the Langlais Electric company. They replace the heavy and ornate brass candelabra type of lights which have graced the council chamber for 10, these many years, and have often irked city officials who couldn't make out their notes. The new fixtures have a swank past, having been recently removed from the Ho- tel St. Francis (in San Francisco) during improvements there. Incidentally, any- one interested in adapting the discarded fixtures to usage as bird baths, porch posts, floor lamp, or any other conceivable purpose may consult City Manager Erwin Dames who is anxious to se]1 them. You Won't Know City Hall (From the January 17, 1941 Tide) In a few weeks you won't recognize Pacific Grove's city hall. The historic fire bell will be gone from the toWer and the council chambers will look like the lounge of a hotel or bank or something. At Wednesday's council meeting, City Manager Erwin Dames was instructed to purchase fire siren equipment from the Gamewell company, low bidders, and to install it with city laborers to bring the cost within the budget provisions. Yesterday, Councilmen Murray Mathews, W.R. LaPorte and B.A. Lee, accompanied by Robert Stanton, architect, made plans for the council chambers. They provide for a new blue and red color scheme, with a raised platform for the council, new chairs, new linoleum on the floor, etc. etc. Maybe, with such regard for their comfort, more citizens will at- tend council meetings. Can't Get Their Desk In Council Chambers From the October 10, 2001 Tide) In their respective and collective wisdom, the Paci fic Grove city council has moved to doll up its chambers in the city hall. We imagine that the decision came easier than the fulfillment of it. The Work Lumber Company built three desks to the specifications of the council, but discovered on delivering them last week that one of them, the big horseshoe one, could not be maneuvered up the stairway in the city hall. In complete and abject disgust, the lumber company workmen just dropped the whole matter and got out of there at the doublequick. Whereupon City Manager Dames called in his trusty street department, or a hefty section of it. Ted Hastie, the street department forenian, took up where the Work people had laid down. He decided that i f the big desk for the council mem- 2 8 ov- 4 4 8 A-* 4-4 Aiv,imt 0 , OCR Text: Changes Concerning City Council Chambers (Editor's note: With all the changes going on in and around City Hall, I thought the follow- ing articles from 1936 through 1942 would be interesting ... at least to those that have at- tended council meetings in the old council chambers in City Hall over the years.) Council Chamber Flooded With New Light (From the February 14, 1936 Tide) New light is to be shed on doings of the Pacific Grove council and al] through the initiative of one of its members, B.A. Solomon. Indirect lighting fixtures were installed this week in the council chamber by Mr. Solomon, the gift of the Langlais Electric company. They replace the heavy and ornate brass candelabra type of lights which have graced the council chamber for 10, these many years, and have often irked city officials who couldn't make out their notes. The new fixtures have a swank past, having been recently removed from the Ho- tel St. Francis (in San Francisco) during improvements there. Incidentally, any- one interested in adapting the discarded fixtures to usage as bird baths, porch posts, floor lamp, or any other conceivable purpose may consult City Manager Erwin Dames who is anxious to se]1 them. You Won't Know City Hall (From the January 17, 1941 Tide) In a few weeks you won't recognize Pacific Grove's city hall. The historic fire bell will be gone from the toWer and the council chambers will look like the lounge of a hotel or bank or something. At Wednesday's council meeting, City Manager Erwin Dames was instructed to purchase fire siren equipment from the Gamewell company, low bidders, and to install it with city laborers to bring the cost within the budget provisions. Yesterday, Councilmen Murray Mathews, W.R. LaPorte and B.A. Lee, accompanied by Robert Stanton, architect, made plans for the council chambers. They provide for a new blue and red color scheme, with a raised platform for the council, new chairs, new linoleum on the floor, etc. etc. Maybe, with such regard for their comfort, more citizens will at- tend council meetings. Can't Get Their Desk In Council Chambers From the October 10, 2001 Tide) In their respective and collective wisdom, the Paci fic Grove city council has moved to doll up its chambers in the city hall. We imagine that the decision came easier than the fulfillment of it. The Work Lumber Company built three desks to the specifications of the council, but discovered on delivering them last week that one of them, the big horseshoe one, could not be maneuvered up the stairway in the city hall. In complete and abject disgust, the lumber company workmen just dropped the whole matter and got out of there at the doublequick. Whereupon City Manager Dames called in his trusty street department, or a hefty section of it. Ted Hastie, the street department forenian, took up where the Work people had laid down. He decided that i f the big desk for the council mem- 2 8 ov- 4 4 8 A-* 4-4 Aiv,imt 0 , Heritage Society of Pacific Grove,Historical Collections,Names of People about town,E through F File names,L through M File Names,Lee,LEE_004.pdf,LEE_004.pdf 1 Page 1, Tags: LEE_004.PDF, LEE_004.pdf 1 Page 1