Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-15
To BUILD MANY
BOULEvARDS
PASADENA COMMITTEE CON-
DUCTS ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
Members Visit Los Angeles and Report
Great Progress in Plan to Bond
County for 100000 for
Good Roads

+. S. Wallace, T. Farley and others
of the committee appointed by the
Pasadena board of trade to inquire into
the feasibility of proceeding at once
to improve the roads of Los Angeles
county, were in the city yesterday
comforting with Angelenos.
The committee has made rapid prog
ress since it's appointment two weeks
ago, and finds itself now in position to
report practical method of procedure.
Mr.. Wallace said yesterday:
1--WE have sent out 5000 cards in
Pasadena and vicinity outlining our
plan and asking for an expression of
opinion. The result is about 16 to l
in favor of the project.
THE question of a bond issue by
the county for good roads will not be
permitted to interfere between Los An
geles and the Owens river water bond
enterprise. We are in favor of the
owens river project and would not do
anything to interfere with it's success.
We are simply suggesting a plan by
which we may later reach an agree
ment with respect to road construction
and we are surprised and pleased with
the county expression, which is thus
far highly favorable.
Explained in CIRCULAR
The circular letter sent out by the
committee reads as follows:
Dear Sir-The Pasadena board of
trade, always looking for an opportu-
nifty to advance the interests and well
fare OF the people of Southern Califor-
mia, and especially Pasadena and vicin-
ity have appointed the undersigned
committee to solicit your opinion as to
the advisability of bonding the county
for three million dollars to build bou-
leVards connecting the following cities:
Los Angeles, Pasadena, South Pasade-
ma, Long Beach, Santa Monica, Ocean
Park, Venice, Redondo Beach, San Pc
dro, Hollywood, Alhambra, San Ga
briel mission. Norwalk, Rivera, Whit
tier, Monrovia, Azusa, Glendora, Lords
burg, Pomona and Claremont.
1.-The bond issue is not large, consid-
ering the great good it will do and
the size of our county, with total
assessed valuation of over 1905, 00O 900.
The tax to provide interest and sink
ing fund for a twenty-year bond issue
would be less than 80 cents per year on
each $1,000 dollars of taxable property.
Each year the tax would be reduced as
the bonds were paid off With a first
class system of boulevards our popu-
lation would increase rapidly, property
homes would be built and there would
be much employment for labor.
To Draw Homeseekers
1--WE would recommend that the bou-
leVard have space in the center for
trees and be macadamized fifteen to
twenty feet wide on each side with No.
hard rock or crushed cobblestones.
finished with clean sand and oil; one
side to be used for horses, carriages
and wagons the other side for automo-
biles. thereby avoiding accidents.
THE greatest needed Improvement to
this country is good roads. and If we
want to draw the homeseekers to our
community we should have our roads
as good or better than they have in
other localities that we have to COM
pete with, such as Florida, France,
Italy and elsewhere.
1.-The cost to the individual would be
small the returns great. Please sign