Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-03
IS
CALLED FINALLY
SUPERVISORS SEEK TALK WITH
ADVISORY BOARD
HIGHWAY COMMISSION CANDl-
DATE TO BE DISCUSSED
Letters from Chief Deputy District
Attorney and Engineers on Good
Roads Project Sound Note
of Warning

Letters were showered upon the
board of supervisors yesterday, ana
were given serious consideration even
by the solid three. One was from
Chief Deputy District Attorney Hartley
Shaw, in answer to communication
from the supervisors asking for lntor-
nation as to their legal status in rela-
tion to the advisory committee, or,
rather, if the advisory committee had
any standing whatever.
Mr.. Shaw, while taking the ground
that there was no provision of law un-
der which the board of SUPERVISORS
could be compelled to defer to the
wishes of the advisory committee, went
on to state:
''With this answer as to the status
of the situation from a strictly legal
viewpoint, l believe / would be going
outside of my duties in the premises
to make a suggestion to your body not
based entirely on matters of law"
Due Notice Recommended
The gravity of the situation, beyond
the reach of written law, impelled Mr..
Shaw to tender his advice to the effect
that the board of supervisors should
give notice to the advisory committee
of any important matter connected
with the god roads project that, Is TO
come up, such as the expenditure OIL
money or appointment to any posltioh'
ten DAYS in advance of the time when
action is to be taken, with an invita-
ton to the advisory committee to be
present at the meeting.
Another letter, inclosing a communl-
cation from Engineers William Mui-
holland and Homer Hamlin, was from
the advisory committee, as follows;
ITO the Board of Supervisors Cen
tlemen: Under date of July q you
p L. pOn0l
tion of four bridges on Long Beach
boulevard, and for the Improvement OF
sunset and Wiltshire bouleVards, ana
reuuested> the committee to send It's
Recommendation in these two matters
today.
'I inclose herewith a letter received
this morning from William Mulhoiialu
and Homer Hamlin, TO Whon hais theS9
matters were referred, and on nehail
of the committee I request that IN ~
ture ample time be given this commit
tee to report on matters submitted
to it,
Not TING Enough Given
The letter from the engineers states
the inpossibility, in the time given, OF
making an intelligent report on the
matters submitted inasmuch as not
only considerable office work Woulu
have to be done, but field investlga-
tions also. 49,, .,.
Acting on these communications, the
board voted to invite the advisory com
mittee to meet with them TO-DAY, TO
discuss the various questions whlcn
have been raised. The appointment of
George Bixby on the highway commits
sion was laid over to that meeting.
A letter from Chief of Police Dish
man, resulting from the recent escape
from the county hospital of two prison
er patients. recommending that tHe ne
nurses at the hospital be made deputy
sberiffs to enable them to cope more
effectivelv et with the problem of pre-
Venting escapes of patients who, re
ouirine medical attention, cannot be
Kent in the cells. The matter was lald
over - . -,ol,
Bids for the establishment of rock
crushing plant We're taken under au-
yisement.