Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-18
STATE WATCHING
BOND CAMPAIGN
GOOD ROADS ENTHUSIASTS
HOPE FOR BOND ISSUE
SECRETARY COMES FROM STOCK
TON TO HELP
Local Election Furnishes Inspiration
for All California, Hence Efforts
to Get Big Vote Are Being
Redoubled

In the accession of ]. w. Eddy, sec
rotary of the State Good Roads associ-
alton, the Los Angeles forces who are
pushing the good roads bond election
campaign have received substantial
help.
Secretary Eddy came in Friday to
spend the rest of the time till the cleo
ton advising and helping the earnest
workers i'm Los Angeles county. Mr..
Eddy, who knows the good roads prob
lens backward, having studied the
questions for years, will be ABOUT
headquarters for about two weeks ana
will doubtless make several addresses
in the county. He will probably ad-
dress a Pomona audience first on MON
day night or soon thereafter.
your campaign is going splendld1
and looks like a winner" said he Fri
day. II cannot see how you can lose.
In fact you cannot lose, as you are
furnishing an inspiration to the whole
of the state. They tell me all along
the line that if Los Angeles county,
the best in the state, cannot carry good
roads bonds it is useless for other coun-
ties to try; but if this region goes with
a. whoop for the betterment of high
ways it is certain that all other dis
tricts will likewise feel encouraged
$50 far Sacramento county Is the
only one in the state that has voted
on county road bonds, and this was
under the general law. But they car
ried to 1 there.
"Our own county, San Joaquin, is to
vote for $1,500,000 worth, with when
we expect to construct 200 miles OF
highways. They will radiate out from
Stockton on the old miners trails, ana
will be easy of construction because
of lack of grades and corners. But the
individual cost will be four times yours,
because we are not so wealthy. IN
other words, you figure on 40 per cent
per $1,000 valuation, while our tax vii
be slightly above S1.6O on the $lOOO
Your valuation is increasing so tast
that you will be soon paying Tar less'
ours doesn't change much from year 10
year. If you had to face SLIGO on the
$1,000 you might object. but 40 cents IS
| foolshly small.
"Again, we have no natural ROAD
materials in our county, we nave TO
import rock, oil and gravel, While you
have all of them within your borders.
We will probably have to go TO the
Sierras for our rock unless we can de-
velop a deposit twenty-five miles from
Stockton, which we hope to DO You
nave rock all along your highways
You can see your great advantage.
At expect your bonds to be voted
7 will be keenly disappointed If they
are not carried by a tremendous ma
iority. You ought to beat the cltys
record on the Owens river bonds, Whlch
was 10 to 1. You can make this good
roads movement a success throughout
the state if you carry through your
election by a rousing vote; you can
kill it if you do not"
Mr.. Eddy says the campaign so tar
hove has heen most skilfully and ade-
ouately handled. He has loaded up
with literature got out here as models
for campaign documents in other
nlaces He will be here for some days
now, taking active part in the cam
paign ,L
Mrs. Willoughby Rodman has called
a meeting of the Civic association Tor
Saturday afternoon at the chamber OF
commerce assembly room. 1t will be
held at 4:30 p. m. and will be devoted
10 the cause of good roads In this
county.
The women have begun to take
most lively interest in good ROADS, ana
many of them have expressed their IN
tention of helping on the movement
Mrs Rodmans call to the CIVIC teuer-
alton is the first official step.
The meeting will be open to any
one. and women are especially invited.
The residents of the Sunland district
will hold meeting tonight at to
talk good roads. w. ]. Walker ana Il.
II. Wilson will speak and explain the
proposition.
whittier residents will hold a rousing
meeting at o'clock tonight. They are
strong for good roads and promise to
whoop 1t up. c. H. Burnett of Re-