Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-22
VOTERS TO-DAY
PASS ON BONDS
BALL0TlNG WILL DETERMINE
100000 ISSUE
City and County Are Cooperating to
Erect Hall of Records and
Other Needed Public
Buildings
BOND ELECTION TODAY


3" Mt booths located at same places G
g county election. and for the. fol- (.
@ lowing purposes;. 6
q Construction of hall of rec {.
@ Ords and addition TO court house (.
@ grounds. s52O,OOO. 9
@ New buildings at county hos (.
{. pitaI, 100000. @
=" Improvements TO county jail. o
&. $4,000. q"
e Grounds and buildings for juve- .,
g nile detention home, 100000. %
@ improvements at county poor o
(. farm, $4,000. 8
@ Total amount of proposed bond @
@ issue, 100000. @
% @ 100000 @ O @ @ @ 800 o g o
Voters of Los Angeles city and county
today will decide whether there shall
be issued 100000 worth of bonds to de-
fray the cost of making improvements
to several county institutions.
The principal portion of the proposed
bond issue is for the purpose of pur-
chasing additional ground adjoining the
the present site of the old Jail a five
story and basement reinforced con.
crete building to be known as the
hall of records. 1t is estimated that the
ground will cost about 100000 and the
building 100000. or a total of $500. .000
1t is proposed to demolish the old
county Jail, now used as a juvenile de-
tention home, and the power house
which is located to the south of the
Broadway entrance to the court house
grounds. Thus would be afforded a lot
over 100 feet in width and extending
from New High street to Broadway.
Other Improvements Contemplated
In addition to the hall of records the
issue calls for 5000. 600 for new buildings
at the county hospital, $4,000 for inn
provements at the poor farm, $50 900 for
detention home and 900 for altera-
tions at the county Jail.
Improvements at the county hospital
contemplate a new administration
building and various minor accessories
The money for the poor farm will be
spent in fixing up the present build
ings and providing quarters for the
harmless insane. In both of these cases
the changes contemplated are to relieve
conditions which have been censurec
year after year i'm grand jury reports.
The $4,000 for the county Jail is tC
be expended chiefly in a new tier OF
cells for the accommodation of pris.
cners who have been forced to sleep or
floors in past years.
Plans for the Juvenile home call foi
the building of a new home i'm the out
skirts of the city where considerable
ground can be had around the place
The present home will have to be de
molished in case the addition to th'
court house is made, as it now occu.
pies a portion of the site of the pro
posed addition.
Explained by Alexander
Supervisor Alexander said yesterday
Every cent of the money asked fol
is required by urgent needs and The
( bonds should be supported with
strong vote. ! have heard complaints
that we are asking too much, but thi!
is not warranted by the facts I'm th'
case. More than half of the appropria
ton asked for will go in the addition t
the court house. Under present condi
tlons the records of the county ar,
housed i'm inadequate quarters, wlthou
protection from fire and in such condi
tion that they are almost inaccessible t.
the public. We have asked for $500. .00l
to relieve this congestion. OF thii
amount 100000 would be expended II
building tho new hall of records ant
$4,000 in acquiring additional grounC
west of the court house as a site for the
location of the building. This ground
running through from New High tC
Broadway, 130x28O feet, has been ap
praised to the board at $4,000. ant
could have been purchased for abou
that amount. In order to avoid com
missions and agents, however, the boarC
has deemed II best to acquire the prop
erty by condemnation proceedings. anC
such a course viii be followed out If tho
/ bond Issue carries.
For the building we do not con
slider $500 900 excessive. Offices of as.
SCISSOR tax collector auditor, surveyor
the law library and other departments
oYercrowded in the present quarters
would be housed in the hall of records
and Il is absolutely essential that this
be made first class building and fire
proof in every particular. If we do moi
get the addition to the court house w
win have to seek elsewhere for tenn.
porary quarters for some of the de.
' partments"