Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-19
GREAT PARADE
BOOSTS BONDS
GOOD ROADS VOTERS MARCH
IN PASADENA
LARGE DEMONSTRATION URGES
ALL TO AID CAUSE
Father of Movement, Mayor Farley,
Among Speakers at Library Park.
Benefits to Be Derived
Are Cited
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Special to The Herald
PASADENA. July 18.-Carrying
huge transparency reading Fall into
Line for Good Roads," a parade
marched from the board of trade rooms
to Library park at o'clock this even
ing, while more voters and taxpayers
fell into line all along the way.
At the park Prof. Albert Shaw led
the Crown City band, reinforced for
the occasion and tuned up to concert
pitch, through half hour of music.
All the while more people kept joining
the throng, and when resident Ed i.
Off of the board of trade mounted the
platform he spoke to about as large
crowd as could hear his words.
I'VE wonder whether you people re-
alige that the whole state is looking
toward Los Angeles county now" said
Mr.. Off. Fully one-third of the coun-
ties will be directly controlled In their
action regarding good roads by what
Los Angeles county does in the matter.
"And in this regard 1t is particularly
pleasing to us to remember that Pasa-
dena is the originator of the move
ment, and that our honored mayor,
Thomas Farley, Is the father of all the
workers."
The mayor then spoke, laying empha-
sis on the fact that the proposed boule-
ward system would unite every town In
the county. 1T is not movement Tor
farmers alone, by any MEANS" he
stated.
1--WE don't forget what debt we owe
to the Los Angeles chamber Of com
merce," he continued. IF 1t had not
been for that generous and public
spirited body of men this movement,
which is to take concrete form in the
election of July 30, would never have
been possible. And when that day
comes every man must get out and cast
his vote. We will carry the bonds by
Is to l."
What Roads Would Do
The mayor also stated that s30,000,000
a year, now spent by American tourists
In Europe, could eventually be brought
to Southern California, If the system OF
roads here were sufficiently good.
j. w. Eddy of Sacramento, secretary
of the State Good Roads aSsociatlon'
was the next speaker.
You have plenty of side ROADS, plen-
-tv of laterals, in this section" he SAID.
'You have between five and seven
thousand miles of them But you DO
need one central system of thorough
fares, and these proposed 307 miles OF
road will furnish 1t.
1.-THE interest on the bonds Will, at
conservative estimate, figured by sta-
fisticians, be far outweighed by the
saving each year in transporting farm
products to shipping points.
your enthusiasm is inspiring the
whole state. MY county has just de,
cided to build 200 miles of roads, and
viii tax herself four times as heavily
as you are doing. ,,o
Congressman James McLachlan, j.
Howard Patton, prominent contIS'c %
or. Seward A. Simons, lawyer; D. %.
Soplston, president of the Crown City
bank, and G. A Day, a rancher, gave We
. of'1 talks. as we'll as C. D. Daggett OF
pasadena chairman of the county gooo
roads committee. ..o,. e tho
Ringing resolutions In tavor , o, OF + too
cannaign were adopted by acclamatloh
~ the close of the meeting.