Los Angeles herald., 1909-08-17
ATTITUDE OF
SOLID THREE is
CONCILIATORY
SUPERVISORS REFER BIDS TO
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MAKE ESTIMATES ON PAVING OF
LONG BEACH BOULEVARD
More Than Fifty Thousand Dollars
Difference in Prices Named
by Contractors-Job
Is Big One

That the "solid three" of the board
of supervisors has decided to adopt
a more conclliatory attitude toward the
advisory committee following the ac-
tion Of civic bodies in deciding to. take
an active part in seeing that the wishes
of the public are carried out and that
there shall be no opportunity to expend
reckessly money voted for good roads
work, was evidenced at the meeting of
the board yesterday Mention of the
advisory committee was not greeted as
heretofore, with a dsgruntled pooh
pooh" or a silence indicative of how
superfluous its existence was regarded.
On the contrary there was no opposition
when the suggestion was made that
the good roads plans coming to the
boards attention yesterday should be
referred to the advisory committee.
1t was hardly to be expected, how
ever, that the suggestion should not
meet with some comment, manifesting
the feeling of soreness still existing.
The reference to the advisory COM
mittee came up when bids for the grad
ing and paving of Long Beach boule-
ward from Compton to Long Beach
were opened These bids were four in
number, and show a remarkable range
in figures, the lowest offer being less
ny nlOIe THAN 9OViVVV Iii"iA NiiS AAoANSN'
Communications Returned
The bids are as follows: C. w.
Brashear, $107 267.41;. Gurnsey & Pitzer,
$780, 563 SS: Rife & Cave, $74,7OO; Oil
Macadam Paving company, Long
Beach, $56, 742.
The bids were ordered referred to the
highway commission and County Sur
veyor Noble for recommendation.
"I am in favor of referring them to
the advisory committee" said super
visor Manning, elancing around the
table to see how the other members or
the board would greet his suggestion.
Heretofore the mention of the ad-
visory committee has had similar ef-
feet on Supervisor Eldridge as the
waving of a red rag in front of a bull
But the supervisor was silent yeSter-
day
Clerk A. NJ. McPherron told the board
he had forwarded to the advisory COM
mittee through Sydney A. Butler, It's
chairman, several matters pertaining TO
good roads work last week and that his
communications had been returned un-
opened The step was taken by the ad-
visers following the action of the super
visors in breaking faith with the ad-
visory committee when they neglected
to consult with 1t regarding highway
commission appointments.
don't Know any IedSOh why w
should discontinue sending these mat
ters to the advisory committee" re-
marked Chairman Nellis, testify. lf
II wants to look into them, all right.
We have done nothing to be ashamed
of II 1t wants to send these things
back, that's its affair"
Referred to Advisers
And so the clerk was ordered to
"carrv out the rules" which, by the
way has not been carried out in all
instances, and refer the Long Beacn
boulevard bids to the advisory commit
tee. II is probab the latter body Will
take the same action as in the recent
mast returning the communicatlons
without any recommendation, still hold
ing to the view that they should not be
called on to consider certain matters
pertaining to the good roads work ana
allow the "solid three" of the super
visorial board to do as 1t sees MT with
reference to others.
In spite of the well-def1ned and gem
eral opinion that the recently appointed
members of the highway commission
should resign and place themselves
Alright before the public by demanding
that their selection shall be approved
bv the advisory committee, the three
members of that body yesterday as
claimed any intention to give up thelr
positions.
at have no intention to resign" said
Martin Marsh. IF matters develop
later where l will be interested per
sonally in bids for good roads work l
will then give up the office, as l be-
lieve it would be proper"
Chairman Bixby said he saw no rea-
son why he should resign. and he be-
lieved such a request would be un-
fair. -
Calvert to Retain Position
]. w. Calvert, who was chosen to MI
The position of c. d, Daggett an ap-
pointment marking the first breach OF
trust with the advisory committee IN
the matter of appointments, stated ne
would stay where he is and that the
suggestions of the advisory committee
and civic bodies would have no IN
duence so far as he was concerned.
The work of paving and grading, the
Long Beach boulevard, bids for Whlch
were opened yesterday, involves the
oiiing and grading of 534,O15 square feet
of road, the grading of 46l, 500 square
feet of gravel shoulders, abutting on
the macadamized pavement; ol'le'
cubiv Yards of excavation; 43,721 cubic
wards of embankment and III lineal
feet of corrugated iron pipe. The dis
tance is 1859 feet.
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