Los Angeles herald., 1906-02-10
OUTLINES PLAN
OF CONSOLIDATION
COMMISSION HOLDS ITS FIRST
MEETING
important steps for Greater Los An
ueles Are Taken-Issues official
Statement to Outlying
Districts

The first important official step In
the scheme of consolidation of Los An
geles city and county was taken last
night when the consolidation commits
sion met in the directors room of the
Chamber of Commerce and mapped out
complete plan of campaign for as
suring success of the gigantic under
taking.
Although there were thirteen MEM
bers OF the commission gathered
around the directors table, the pro-
verbal "hoodoo" failed to work, and
reports from various committees were
read and approved as fast as they were
presented.
This was the first business meeting
held by the commission and the report
of Chairman Walter Haas of the COM
mittee on organization and scope OF
consolidation gave an outline of the
work to be done to secure a proper
condition of affairs for the conSolida-
ton.
commmittee Makes Report
The report which was unanimously
adopted was as follows:
To the President and Members of the
Consolidation Committee of the City
and County of Los Angeles:
Gentlemen:-Your committee on or
ganization and scope of consolidation
begs leave to report as follows:
| After a careful consideration of the
plan of consolidation and the essential
business features connected with ef-
| fecting the same, your committee rec
| ommends the appointment by the chair
| ~ - Coll
| ing principal committees to consist of
| five members each to wit:
| committee on boundaries, commit
| tee on law and form of government,
committee on ways and means and
committee on revision; also the fol-
| lowing subsidiary committees to be
composed of three members each, to
wit: Police, fire and health: revenue.
public debt and taxes; harbor, water
supply, highways, parks and lighting
and public utilities
Commission Adopts Name
Your committee further recommends
that the board of supervisors of the
county of Los Angeles and the city
council of the city Of Los Angeles be
each requested to contribute the sum
of $125 per month toward the expenses
of said commission, the same to cover
| the salary of the secretary. rent OF
| room for the secretary, such room to
| be used likewise for the meetings of
| the commission, stationery, etc.
| Your committee further recommends
that the official name of said commits
sion be the consolidation Commission
of the City and County of Los An
geles.''
Your committee further recommends
that all meetings of said "Consolida-
tion commission of the City and Coun-
| 1,tf l. i
| of the chairman of said commission.
| In view of the fact that a number
of suburban localities are seeking an
| neXation to the city of Los Angeles
and believing that the general plan Of
our commission will be facilitated by
such annexation, your committee fur
ther recommends the appointment of a
committee to consist of three members
on annexation ad Interim
This will be one of the most i'm
portant committees and the members
should be appointed Immediately SO as
to go over the ground and make q
thorough inspection of all the pro-
posed property Maps and details can
be obtained from the county surveyors
Office to aid in the work.
1.-The committee on law and form of
government will practically be the
central and final committee, since to
the members of that body all the
others committees will have to report
before the law and form of govern
ment committee can make a report or
even begin its work.
ITO the lot of the ways and means
committee and the revision committee
falls most of the heavy work of the
campaign. The members of the
former will have to visit all the cham
bers of commerce and boards of trade
of every little city and town which we
hope to have within our boundaries,
for it depends upon the consent of the
people themselves and them only as to
whether we are allowed to take their
cities into the consolidation.
Much Work in View
"All these places will have to be
visited by the members of the commit
tee; members of the state Legislature
will have to be consulted for the pur-
pose of disposing of such portions of
the county as the Antelope valley and
other sections, which will not be part
of the territory to be annexed.
"To the subsidiary will fall the work
of the detail for new government. The
police committee will make arrange
ments for the organization of a
metropolitan police force to patrol
properly every inch of the territory
of the greater city.
"The fire committee will be required
to make plans for organization of a
metropolitan fire department with
enough stations to offer complete
protection to all the greater city. Both
these committees will find that their
work includes plans for a number of
sub-police and fire stations.
"The committees on revenue, public
debt and taxes will have their hands
full, for we cannot expect to tax all
parts of the greater city under the
same assessment. We do not intend