Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-19
TO VOTE
COUNTY
BONDS
Improvements Hinge
on Thursdays
Election
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in Buildings and
Grounds
Hall Of Records, Hospital, Jail, Juve-
nile Home and Poor Farm Will
Benefit If Money Is
Allowed
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Next Thursday the voters Of Los An
geles county will decide whether there
shall be issued 100000 worth of bonds
to defray the cost of making improve
ments to several county institutions
More than half of the proposed bond
issue will be devoted, If the issue is au-
thorized. to the purchase of ground ad-
jacent to the present court house
grounds on the south and the erection
thereon of a building which will be
known as the hall of records, con-
structed of reinforced concrete, and in
which will be located the offices of the
county recorder, tax collector ana as
SCISSOR. with their immense and neces-
sary stores of records pertaining to the
courts and real estate.
Ground to Be Acquired
The ground in question fronts sixty
three feet on New High street and ex-
tends through to Broadway, where II
has the same frontage. The New High
street lot now is covered with a brick
office building owned by e. w. Winans,
while that on Broadway contains sew
eral shacks belonging to Thomas Joyce
and others.
The lahd is estimated at $1,000 on New
High street and approximately $lzoo for
the Broadway frontage.
In addition to the acquisition of this
ground 1t is proposed to demolish the
old county Jail, now used as juvenile
detention home and the power house
which is located to the south OF the
Broadway entrance to the court mouse
grounds. Thus would be afforded lot
over 100 feet in width and extending
from New High street to Broadway.
building probably five stories high, with
a basement which really will make an
other story. The probable cost of such
a building will be about 100000, while
the ground to be purchased Will cost
about 100000.
More Room Needed
The court house even now is inade-
ouate for the needs of the various de-
partments of the county government
and the rental of offices in various pri-
vate buildings now amount to $685. per
month, or a total of $500 per month
with the certainty that this amount
will be continually increased as re-
suit of the increasing business of the
county.
With the housing of the county re-
corder, assessor, tax collector and pos
sibly coroner and several other small
departments in the proposed hall OF
records all the remaining offices could
be returned to the court house proper,
the heavy monthly rental bill would be
dispensed with and the business of the
county would be transacted within one
block.
The proposed hall of records would
be within thirty feet of the south line
of the court house and the two build
ings could be connected by means of a
bridge.
To improve County Hospital
Two hundred thousand dollars is
asked for at the county hospital to be
expended for two new sick-ward build
ings, a kitchen and an administration
building, in which will be located the
hospital Offices
The superintendent of the hospital in
q report made some time ago showed
that the present hospital buildings were
totally inadequate for the number OF
patients being cared for and that the
number OF inmates constantly was in.
creaslng.
For the Jail the $4,000 requested is fol-
the installation of an adequate heating
plant TO take the place of the present
one. which Is said to be practically
worthless.
For the purchase of grounds and the
erection of modern detention home
100000 Is asked, and for improvements
a the county poor farm where the con.
ditions are said to be 4 disgrace to the
community. $4,000 Is the estimated cost
In recent report the grand Jury
recommended the contemplated i'm.
provements at the poor farm