Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-11
REPORT PROVES
VICE PROTECTED
SERIOUS CHARGES AGAINST
HIGH OFFICIALS
Grand Jurors Assert Evidence Showed
Harper and Kern Bought anc
Drank Liquors at Disor-
derIy Houses
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t.a,e,+s of the hospital for some years
to come In addition to the improve elilell1 H
contemplated by the hospital authorizes "
would recommend to the superElso5S a' ~
nurchasing of a tract of cheap lana heal
the mountains for the purpose Oh Ihere co
tablishing a sanitarium, for the caring 81 -
tubercular patients. The plan OF cairns ~ u
+basa 1Infortunates in large NUMBERS WlInll
the citv limits even the hospital grouhus
meets with our disapprovaL 40 prefent a. a.
influx of such patients to TINS county .o LesIlr ~
tions should be placed upon Ihose coI1olI ~
plating receiving the chdA4'S u ~
commonwealth. , -. ~
We fnd the hospital fairly well kept; the
comfort of the patients caretully coLsluei e - -
We would suggest the mstltuIloh VI q q
elevator in the administration bulldngs St
+bo+ natients could be conveniently ahC
safely handled in their removal from ON ON
building to another. At present an pi pattellr
unable to walk are carried on 81 i .no.7
such mode of transportation may IN many many
sns+arcass he inirnical to the life of the per-
son so transported
JaiIs in the County
M County jail. We have made, IN :
t,od,y an examination of this Jail, and 1t i
T3ieasn for us to report that, under the
MANAGEMENT of Sheriff Hammei II Is ms nLos
excellent It is very clean and wen KePt
The comfort of prisoners carefully conslq
ored as +o food. bedding and clothing. II
This regard too much praise cannot pc @ salC
in i+s behalf. It certainly is model pena
institution. of which the county can o'
proud. .z 49, io;1s a.
pasadena Long Beach, San Pedro, santa
Monica Venice, Redondo, Whittier ana - ~
mona Most of these city jails are IN very
good condition due regard being given 10 san
fiction and ventilation, the exception belne
the San Pedro jail, which is stll the "OoueH
structure built by the county over gen Ie a.
tion ago; it consists of three wooden ceHs IN
a wooden building, without any SANITARY coh-
tod in
THE citv of San Pedro has recently bullt a
new city hall, and it is the purpose VI [ne
trustees to fit up, in the basement, cells Aor
iai1 purposes so we may expect an early I'M
nrovement in Jail conditions there. We rec
ommend its prompt completion
The citv iaii in Pomona deserves our severe
condemnation: it is built in the basement
under a wooden building, known by courtesy
as citv hall The matter of sanitation ana
cleanliness of its unfortunate inmates-tortu-
natelv these are few-has not been considered
from a humanitarian point of view.
The beautiful city of Pomona, WIN us
wealth and educational endowments, should
no longer tolerate such structure to remainn I
in its locality than it will take time 10 pulio
a new one. patterned after the up 70 ID -
structures in Pasadena, Long Beach or Re-
dondo.
The interests of Los Angeles county are
considerable in this institution, as we furnish
number of the inmates. Its management 5
good, and air of cleanliness perVaues III
the buildings and grounds; the inmates are
we'll housed and cared for. The farm adJolh-
ing the site is splendidly kept; all work cone
by the inmates under proper instructions. ms ms
plant should have additional GROUNDS % Ior
scientific farm work-say, forty acres. Two
cottages should be erected for boys as homes,
without supervision of guards; one hospital
building and furnishings complete, also a
small morgue. The blacksmith shop shoui9 Z
have power TOOLS such as drill presses and
hammers A boy having only a comm IN
crossroads blacksmith education cannot enter
the race for a livelihood with men who nave
been educated in biacksnllth SHOPS "neie
machinery is installed.
On Roads, Bridges, Etc.
We have visited the First, Third Fourth ana
Fifth supervisorial districts, examining roads,
culverts and bridges therein, and also consul
ering the expenditure of road money.
We note the improvement generally in sub
stituting concrete for the old wooden culverts
formerly in vogue. Concrete bridges should,
where practicable, take the place Of old
Having our attention called to the matter
bv a complaint laid before this body, we Wis
tied the Laurel Canyon road and investigated
the facts in connection with that work.
In the lower portion Of the canyon road
has existed for many years, but it was only
within the last year that the road was ac-
tually decided to the county. Up to within a
year ago there were not a dozen people living
in the canyon and the demand for a public
road was consequently limited. On January
o. 1908, the board of supervisors passed a
resolution appproprating the sum of $4,000 for
work to be done county highways by un-
employed men, wages to be S1.50 per day for
men and S4 per day for a man and two-horse
team On March and on April following
the board passed similar resolutions, appro-
priating each time the same sum, TO De PAID
out of the general road fund.- making in all
a total of S15 900. Acting, presumably, under
the authority of these resolutions, the super
visor Of the Third district, having in his own
district full authority in regard to road eX-
perdtures, used a large amount of money In
the building of a main road and branch or
branches from the same into Laurel canyon
Cnear HOLLYWOOD, the same being turned over
TO the county by deed, dated January 6. 1908,
this deed describing the property conveyed as
ending in the southwest corner of lot A
bungalow ladn'' of the Laurel Canyon Land
company. On June IS following the continua-
tion of the road was decided to the county,
terminating at the base line at or in the vi
cinity of the top of the ridge separateing the
Hollywood section from San Fernando valley.
About the same time deed made to the
county of the old portion of the road at the
mouth of the canon leading up from Sunset
boulevard. At the present time a considerable
portion of the roadway near the top of the
ridge is as yet impossible for teams.
It is claimed that this road. as laid out, and
a portion of which is completed in a very
thorough manner, will ultimately be extended
up over the ridge and down into the San
that section to get to the coast by a route
several miles shorter than the one leading uT
through the Cahuenga pass, by which they
travel to Santa Monica and other coast towns
at present. Before the people of that section
can secure this benefit. however, it will be
necessary for the county to expend a large
sum of money in building a mountain road
several miles in length. Meanwhile the land
company, whose property has been made ac-
cessible by this work, will be the principal
beneficiary.
our laws governing road expenditures, which
gives the complete control of the funds in this
district to the supervisor representing the
same. There should be some limitation to this
one-man power.
The general fund is contributed by taxpayers
all over the county, and the taking of a large
sum from that fund for the benefit of one par
ticular district, except under unusual circum-
stances justifying the same, should be discour-
aged if not prohibited. In this connection we
recommend that the law be so changed Cf il
is at present properly construed) as to impose
upon the county no responsibility for the care
Of roads and streets laid out upon subdivis-
ions the maps of which may be accepted by
the county. AS it is at present, it does not
seem impossible for persons subdividing tracts
of land to have the streets and roads thereon
improved at county expense, although Of nc
general benefit to the public at large
We most earnestly recommend that the board
of supervisors work in harmony with the
highway commission building permanent
roads in the county, and that the present ad-
visory board be made continuous body
We recommend in accordance with the ideas
above expressed that the district attorney
frame a law and present the same to the
present Legislature prohibiting supervisors from
taking money out of the general tax fund fol-
use on county roads, and covering the defects
pointed out above.
(See section 2643 pol, CODE giving rights t.
draw on general fund for roads, and section
2712 pol, code, applying to bridges)
The board has already a general road func
and district road fund, and over $2O5 900 fol
immediate use each year, while the highwaS
commission will have SS,5O000O of bonds ant
SO per cent Of the taxpayers have no voice ii