Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-22
OFFICERS ARE
CRITICISED
TILT OCCURS IN TOURNAMENT
OF ROSES
PROTESTS MADE REGARDING
LETTING OF CONTRACTS
AIIeqe Pasadena Residents Are Neg
lected In the Bidding and Work
Given Enthusiastically
johnson Answers
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PASADENA, Nov. 2l.-Directors an1
officials of the Tournament of Roses as
sociation are being criticised In certain
circles for the manner in which con-
tracts are being awarded. The criticism
is based on the ground that what money
Is spent for work, and In advertising
the New Years spectacle should be
spread among home folks.
Among the protestants is H. A. Dor
man, manager of one of the leading dry
goods stores of the city, who obJects
to the contract for street and park deco
rations being let to out of town parties.
This work was done last year under the
direction of Mr.. Dorman. This year
Los Angeles firm was the successful bid
der. A Los Angeles firm also secured
the contract for the printing. In state
ment Mr.. Dorman says:
'"rhere is a great deal of dfsatisfac-
ton being expressed on all sides by the
business men of Pasadena with the
methods being used by the present
Tournament of Roses officers such as col
lecting money from all the merchants in
Pasadena and then letting the contracts
for printing, decorating, ETC., to put
of town parties. Several thousand dol
lars in contracts have already been let
to out of town parties and firms in com
petition with Pasadena merchants, an'i
in each instance the prices contracted tor
are as much or more than bid for by
Pasadena parties.
"Of course no association such as this
whose aims are supposed to be to "ad-
yertise' and boom Pasadena, can succeed
along such lines as this, and many think
that it is on account of most OF the
officers being men who, up to the time
of their being elected to responsible posi-
tions in tournament association, were
not even permanent residents of Pasa-
dena, and never were taxpayers or
voters in Pasadena.
"This great annual fete on January
/, called the Tournament of Roses, mas
been wonderful thing for Pasadena, ana
no doubt has advertised Pasadena more
than any other one thing ever started
by public spirited Pasadena people, and
through their combined efforts 1t has
Grown and prospered. Now we will sec
how it will turn out by being handled
by men who are in the work for what
they can make out of it.
Some have criticised the advisability
Of sending a man east and paying his
| expenses for putting out a few posters
when any railroad company in the land
would gladly distribute these posters AL
over it's entire system, merely for the
travel they might hope to encourage"
Secretary Willis Johnson of the Tourna'
ment association says it is for the pur-
pose of acquiring a surplus that the
directors carefully considered all bids ami
that contracts were awarded to the low
est and most responsible persons.
'In awarding the contract for print
ing alone the directors have made not
able saving" said the secretary. "Whilt
the association regrets that in a few In
stances it is found necessary to go else
where for supplies, it is to the bes
interests of the future that we do so
1t is expected that by using due economy
after this years tournament we will have
sufficient sum left over to start The
needed improvements to the park before
another year comes around"