Los Angeles herald., 1908-06-30
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PROCLAMATION BY BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS
Ocean Park, Venice and Santa Monies
Protest Against Provision Being
Made for Santa Susana
Highway

In a proclamation adopted by the
board of supervisors yesterday 1t Is an
nounced that $500 bonds OF the denom-
ination of $1,000 each will be issued for
the Improvement of county highways.
The proclamation specifies that the rate
of interest shall be Az per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually. The
bonds are to be serial in character, run
ming in groups of ten each from six to
forty years.
Following is a copy of a resolution
adopted unanimously by the board at
the meeting:
whereas, An election for the pur-
pose of voting s3.500.000 In bonds for the
permanent Improvement of the high
WAYS of Los Angeles county has been
called for July 80, 1908; and
whereas, This board of supervisors
believes that this enterprise is of para
mount importance to the interests or
Los Angeles county, and should be re-
moved from political. partisan and
other Interior influences and for the
purposes of securing the fullest conf
dence on the part of the taxpayers OF
Los Angeles county, and that this
money. II its expenditure be authorized,
shall be honestly and wisely expended
to the best possible advantage in the
construction of such roads; and
whereas, We believe that the execu-
tive committee of the Los Angeles
County Good Roads association, repre-
senting as 1t does an organization hav-
ing members from every permanent
civic organization and from each road
district in the county, now consisting
of the following named persons. to wit.
Thomas Farley, S. A. Butler, T. w.
Blanchard, p. J. Beveridge, Harry
Barndollar, A. P. Fleming, c. D. Man
ming, T. ]. Walker and George d. Whit
comb. is a body of men to be trusted
by the people, and particularly htted
by long study of the subject or gooo
roads in all it's phases, and is therefore
a most suitable body for the work here
matter set forth: now therefore be 1t
.Resolved, That the executive COM
mfttee of the Los Angeles County GOOD
Roads association, together with the
president of the Los Angeles chamber
of commerce, the president or the Los
Angeles Merchants and Manufacturers
association, the president Of the NUM-
cipal league, the chairman of the Los
Angeles board of public works and
William Mulholland. be and the same
are hereby appointed as an advisory
committee to act In an ADVISORY
capacity to both the supervisors and
the highway commission. and this
board of supervisors pledges itself and
each and every member thereon prom
action in the matter of letting contracts
for road improvements, in making ap-
pointments to positions connected with
such road improvements or In hlling
any vacancy that may occur upon the
Los Angeles county highway commits
sion unless the same shall first be ap-
proved by the said advisory COMMITTEES.
"Resolved further, That the members
of said advisory committee shall serve
without pay or compensation"
There was filed with the board q
vigorous protest from the civic bodies
of ocean Park, Venice and Santa
Monica against the adoption OF that
norton of the highway commission
report, providing for the Improvement
of the Santa Susana road instead OF
the Calabasas highway. The signers OF
the communication declared the change
must be made IL the votes OF their sec
tion were to be registered in favor or
the bonds.
This opposition is based on the argu,
ment that the Calabasas road Is Ei
Canine Real, and that 1t would shorten
the distance between Ocean Park and
Ventura by fifteen miles.