Los Angeles herald., 1907-05-26
Supervisors to Have
Wide Range
Good Roads Enthusiasts Meet and
Name Men In Various Parts of
the County for High
Honor

Roads association OIL LOS Ai6C'SS
county met to select list of names
from which the supervisors could
choose a highway commission to work
with them in building the roads con-
templated.
Eighteen names were proposed to the
executive committee, and at the end,
and when the last name had been pro-
posed, it was moved to allow the COM
rnittee to add such names to the list
as they saw fit, and without present.
ing them to the general assembly be-
fore they were sent to the supervisors.
Delegates from all over the county
were present, and from each district
the man thought most capable of do
ing the work was mentioned by an ad-
mirer as one of the highway commits
sioners. Seconding the names was not
In order, and as fast as one speech of
presentation had been completed an
other was begun.
The names presented, and which VIII
be taken under consideration by the
Good Roads association, were as fol-
lows: George H. Bixby, Long Leach;
S. w. Champion, Alhambra; Charles S.
Gilbert, Altadena; Alfred P. Griffith,
Azusa; A. P. Fleming, Los Angeles;
e. w. Bacon, East Whittier; Abbot
Kinney Venice; p j. Beveridge Hol-
lywood; w. L. Green, Pasadena; R. w.
Pridham, South Pasadena; r. H. Hill
ing San Fernando; Martin, c. Marsh, !
Los Angeles; Thomas Farley, Pasadena; !
r. Fogel, Santa Monica; ]. H. Fryer.
Spadra;; E. D. Good, Glendale; E. T. |
Currier, Spadra, and F. M. Chapman,
Covina.
Two Refuse Honor
Among those who were present when |
their names were proposed, Mr.. Currier |
and Thomas Farley, refused to be con- |
sidered. Both pleaded inability to serve
as experts on such an important under |
taking and each in turn proposed |
some one he thought more fitting for |
appointment.
From many of the others, who were
not present at the meeting, it was not |
to be ascertained whether an accept
ance could be counted on in case the |
executive committee of the association |
saw fit to present them to the super
visors.
Two members of that board, Alexan- |
der and Patterson, were present at the |
Good Roads gathering, and after dis
cussion 1t was decided that the names
of those favored for highway commits
sioners should be presented in two
weeks. Both Mr.. Alexander and Mr.
Patterson, in their capacity as citizens
and not as public officials, strongly in
dorsed the movement toward better
roads, and promised to do all in their
power to help the cause along.
When Chairman Butler had called
the meeting to order Secretary Flem-
ing read the reply he had received
from Washington in regard to the gov
ernment engineer who will assist the
local directors in planning better high |
ways. A. E. Loder, first assistant en- |
gineer in the government corps, has
been ordered by his superior, L. w. |
Page, to report here the first of July, |
and to go over the entire county care !
fully.
Famous Engineer
Mr.. Loder is an engineer of note, |
and in addition to his own valuable |
experience will have either Mr.. Page |
or the chief engineer to look over the
ground with him. One or the other
will be here some time this summer, |
and will cooperate with the other gov
ernment engineer in planning an ideal
series of highways for Los Angeles
county.
In appreciation of the work done by |
Mr. Page at Washington in securing |
such valuable engineer as his first |
assistant to direct the work here the |
Good Roads association by unanimous
vote directed Secretary Fleming to
write and express the thanks of the |
entire body.
Chairman Butler, in brief speech,
and in reply to the question of how to
get voters interested in good roads,
stated that he had been to two ban
quets in the past fortnight and that
while neither had been advertised as
good roads affairs few minutes talk
soon turned the whole assemblage into
a better highway gathering.
Good Roads buttons, with the motto
of the organization, were expected to
arrive in time for distribution at yes
W h11t fni1 m n co
caused President Butler to announce
that at the next gathering the buttons
would be given out They will be sent
all over the county, and wherever q
voter is in favor of better highways
he will be asked to wear one of the
badges and announce his convictions.
Organizations Will Help
President Blanchard of the ways and
means committee reported that volun-
tary contributions from those who ia
vored the movement were sufficient to
keep the Office of the Good Roads asso-
citation In a condition far removed from
debt. AS the expenses amount to more
than $175 a month the donations have
been most useful in pursuing the work
in hand, and all the money turned IN !
to Chairman Blanchard will be put 10
good use.
H. E. Huntington, the Merchants
and Manufacturers association, Cham
ber of Commerce, Municipal associa-
tion of Altadena and many other kin
dred organizations have all signified
their willingness to help with ready
money while the preliminary work is
in progress, and with their influence {
in the various communities when the
real labors attached to passing the !
$S,0000OO bond issue come to pass
Huntington's check for $500 Is at the j
disposal Of the committee, but it will
not be asked for unless really needed. ]
Chairman Farley of the executive
committee made brief report in which
he stated that the present plan of
building the new highways was to have :
sixteen-foot road on each side of a !
row of trees If any community or dis
trict desires to have the road wider at
their particular point there will be no
objection to 1t, and all that is nsces-
sary is to turn the actual cost of the
additional width over to the commits
sion and the work will be done under
their supervision.
Roads to Be Divided
One side of the road will he devotad