Los Angeles herald., 1905-10-04

way; Burbank theater, Sixth and Mair
streets; Orpheum, South Spring street,
Unique Lyric theater, South Mair
street; Angelus theater, 321 South MAR
| street; Empire theater, 126-130 East
Third street.
1--WE find Fischer's theater, located al
119 West First street, to be very poorly
| provided for means of escape in case
of panic. and we believe that this place
of assembly should be closed unless the
management provide better means OF
escape in case of a panic.
practically, there is no way of get
ting out of this building except through
the front doors, which are so arranged
that in event of a panic we are satisfied
the egress will be so congested as to
cause great damage, and that it is a
menace to public safety.
County Hospital
ain company with Supervisor Alex
ander our body visited the county hos
pital and found its inmates we'll cared
for it's buildings sanitary and in good
repair, it's affairs we'll administered and
many methods in vogue to save the
public funds.
Notable among these were the man
ufacture on the grounds of all collins
for the burial of INDECENT poor and the
manufacture of operating tables and
other expensive surgical appliances,
which are produced at a mere fraction
of the cost of the jobber.
1.-THE county lighting and laundry
plant Is a complete institution in itself
and will save much expense to the
county The old wooden building is. in
our judgment nothing but fire trap.
and very expensive to keep in repair.
1--WE would recommend that it be re-
moved and a modern, larger and more
sanitary building put in it's place. An
appropriation also should be made to
park the grounds, as nothing conduces
more to the recovery of shattered
nerves than pleasant lawns, trees and
flowers.
"In view of the enormous growth that
this city is now making and will, In the
near future, make, too great expedition
cannot be used in the preparation OF
our county hospital for the great de-
mands that will from now on be MADE
upon it's charity.
1--WE have no criticism to pass on the
able management of our supervisors,
and recommend that they be granted q
liberal sum to be expended as above
enumerated. We have full faith that
such sums will be carefully admins
tered to the honor of our community
and the happiness of our citizens.
Electric Cars
"In our judgment all of the electric
cars should be provided with better
safeguards than they are now PROVIDED
with. We are credibly informed, how
ever that the Los Angeles-Pacifc
and the Pacific Electric, known as the
Huntington system, have now perfected
a fender which will furnish as good
protection as it is possible to furnish
the public, and that within short time
all cars running in and out OF the city
will be equipped with this safety de-
vice.
1--WE have confined our Investigations
to those safety appliances which, in our
Judgment. should be connected to all
electric cars running in and out OF the
city 1t seems that up to the present
writing there is no fender that has beer.
perfected as yet and that all OF the
electric companies are looking eagerly
in that direction.
1--WE find that the civic bodies of this
city are taking this matter up and are
acting along that line. The Municipal
league sent a committee direct to the
Huntington system and received re-
port from Mr. Huntington, in which he
disclosed the fact that he was exercls-
ing due diligence in that direction.
County Roads
"Attention is called to the great sums
annually expended for repair and main
tenance of the roads and highways OF
the county, with practically no result
in the way of road building.
According to the accounts filed the
pzII 7fS
the various supervisorial districts or
the county during the period of eigh-
teen months ending June 80, 1905:
First supervisorial district: From
road fund, $62, ,SO1.93; from highway
fund. S31. 1856. Third supervisorial dis
trtct: From road fund, $11,1S0.O7; from
highway fund. $2232.3S. Fourth super
visorial district: From road fund, $I4,-
99O.67; from highway fund, $4O,S4l.ZS;
Fifth supervisorial district: From road
fund, SAG, ,916.15; from highway fund,
S29,S97. 40. From general road fund for
entire county. $74,S1O19, making the
grand total of the enormous sum OF
S369. .40971 an annual expenditure In
round numbers of $246,272.
But even with this great annual ex-
pense Los Angeles county has few II
any roads that may be called hrst-
class. Not being macadamized ana
constructed of substantial and durable
material. so as to render them. in a
measure at least, permanent the dam
age suffered each year from the ele-
ments and use is necessarily very much
greater than would be to substantially
and permanently built roads; thus rem
dering necessary the consequent heavy
expense to keep them in repair.
TT would seem that if a portion, at
least, of the sum annually raised for
road purposes could be used in the con-
struction of public roadbeds of crushed
rock or some other permanent road ma
terial that would resist the action of
the elements and the wear and tear of
use, practical headway would thereby
be made toward giving to the county in
a few wears a system of roads durable