Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-14
WOULD. EMPLOY
MEN TO WATCH
WORKON ROADS
CIVIC BODIES ADOPT REPORT
OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE
RESIGNATION OF HIGHWAY CON-
MISSION SUGGESTED
Urged That Engineers Be Secured to
Make Investigations Into Con-
tracts Let by Board of
Supervisors

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H\ He designations Of the highway
comission, an expert investigation
- into the contracts made and work
| done on the good roads with the en-
| ployment of necessary engineers to re-
port to the advisory board and their
| retention as a permanent check on the
work of highway construction are re-
commendations urged by James Slau
son, J. M. Schneider and J. o. Koepfli
in their report submitted yesterday as
a special committee at the joint meet
ing of the directors of the civic bodies
considering the attitude Of the super
visors and the highway commission
| toward the advisory committee.
The special committees report was
made following an adjournment of the
joint body Monday at which the men,
bers of the special committee, as eX-
ecutives of the chamber of commerce,
Merchants and Manufacturers as
socation and the Municipal league,
were asked to formulate definite plan
of action. In doing this the members
of the committee did not hesitate to
express themselve vigorously yester-
day.
Accuse Supervisors
They accuse the supervisors and the
highways commission of carrying out
patronage deal'' and the attitude
of the supervisors toward their con-
stitutents is denounced vigorously. The
efforts of the advisory committee to
bring the "solid three supervisors to
time is commended.
The .oint body unanimously accepted
the report of the committee and asked
| it to continue permanently. The joint
| body will meet in the near future to
| consider further action. No date was
! set for this meeting, which will be
| called by James Slauson president of
the joint body.
| The report of the special committee
is as follows
To the boards of Directors of:
The Los Angeles chamber of COM
merce.
The Merchants and Manufactur-
ers association.
The Municipal league and
The Good Roads association,
Sitting as a joint body.
Gentlemen:
Your committee appointed at your
meeting of August 8, to investigate
and report on the relations exist
ing between the board of super
visors of the county and the high
way commission, on the one hand,
and the advisory committee of the
board of supervisors on the other,
respectfully reports that while it
has given the subject as thorough
an examination and consideration
as the time allotted to it has per-
mitted, it is fully aware that it
has not by any means exhausted
the subject. 1t has, however,
reached certain conclusions, which,
in accordance with your instruc-
tions, it now begs leave to submit
Charges Sustained
First-That the charges made
against the majority of the board
of supervisors by the advisory COM
mittee in its communication to the
civil associations represented by
you, dated July 10, and in the re-
sponse to said communication by a
joint committee of your bodies,
dated July g. and in the final COM
munication of the advisory commit
tee to the board of supervisors Of
date August are fully sustained.
That the majority of the former
board of supervisors and the ma
tority of the present board have de-
liberately and persistently, and both
in letter and in spirit, broken their
personal pledges given to the tax
payers and voters of Los Angeles
county, that the good roads enter
prise "should be removed from all
political, partisan and other Interior
influences" and that to that end and
for the purpose of securing the
fullest confidence on the part of the
taxpayers of Los Angeles county"
they would consult and advise with
the advisory committee appointed
bv them in the matter of letting
contracts for road improvements
and in filling any vacancy that may
occur upon the Los Angeles county
highway commission"
That there may be no mistake as
to the nature and scope of the per-
sonal pledges taken, your committee
has used the language of the origin
al resolution passed by the board
of Supervisors June 20. 1908, as
sumed and adopted by Messrs Nc
Cabe and Nelis by their personal
letters when they were soliciting the
votes of their fellow citizens for
election to the present board, and
again ratified and confirmed by
resolution of the present board,
adopted April 27, 1909.
Solid Three Stand Pat
Second-So far as your committee
has been able to ascertain the pres
ent attitude of the majority of the
board of supervisors, it continues
to maintain it's policy of breach of
personal faith to the public. In
other words, it Stands pat and
virtually says to the people, in Ian
guage only too familiar to the long
suffering American citizens, "What
are you going to do about it,
Third-That the present mem
bers of the highway commission
have accepted their positions with
full knowledge that their appoint
ments We're made in breach of the
pledges given by the majority of
the supervisors. and according to
their own statement have carried