Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-30
ADVISORY BOARD
STANDS BY CHIEF
NO COMPROMISE DECISION OF
GOOD ROADS COMMITTEE
NAMING OF GEORGE BIXeY is NO
STOP TO CONFLICT
Letter of Chairman Butler Is Em-
phatc Refusal to Approve Half
Measures on Road
Project

Eleven members Of the Los Angeles
good roads advisory committee assem-
bled in the chamber of commerce yes
terday and, after a lengthy conference
regarding the action of the board OF
supervisors in ignoring them when two
appointments were made on the high
way commission, those Of j. w. Cal
vert and Martin Marsh, and asking
their opinion only as to the appoint
ment of George II. Bixby, decided TO
stand by the action of their chairman,
Sidney A. Butler, in declining TO con-
slider Bixby's name unless the ap-
pointments of Calvert and Marsh were
also referred to them.
The sentiment of the committee was
expressed in a letter addressed to the
supervisors by Mr.. Butler, in which he
says the committee should not be
called upon to consider the qualifica-
tions of one member of the highway
commission to the exclusion OF other
members, and suggesting that the
names of Mr.. Calvert and Mr.. Marsh
be submitted before any action is
taken with reference to Mr.. Bixby' S
appointment.
Mr.. Buffers letter is as follows:
"To chairman and members of the
board of supervisors-Gentle AT
a meeting of the advisory committee
held in the directors room OF the
chamber of commerce on the 18th day
of July, 1909, the matter Of the ap-
pointment by you of George ii. BlXpy
as a member of the highway commls-
sion was by me presented to that BODY.
After a careful and thorough discus
sion of the matter Of the appointment
the letter under date of July "a, which,
under instructions. 1 submitted to your
honorable body touching these appoint
ments, was read and UNANIMOUSLY IN
dorsed and approved as the action OF
the advisory committee, and by unanl-
nous vote of the committee | am dl-
rected to state to you that this COM
mittee declines to either approve or
disapprove the appointment of Mr.
Bixby for the reason that it cannot
consistently see how it should be called
upon to approve one member and not
have the privilege of passing upon the
other two, and | am, therefore, directed
to say to you that, unless the three
names are submitted for approval or
disapproval to this body, we decline
to act in the matter.
81 am further directed to ask you
whether or not you will submit to this
body, for approval or rejection, the
three members of the highway COM
mission. We will appreciate a prompt
answer"
The members present at yesterdays
meeting were Sidney A. Butler, chair
man; Philo ]. Beveridge, temporary
secretary: A. P. Fleming, secretary OF
the consolidation committee; e. c.
Bichousky, Pomona: Mayor Thomas
Farley, Pasadena: j. M. Schneider
president of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' association; Harry Barn
dollar, Long Beach; William Mulhol-
land, chief engineer of the aqueduct;
James Slauson, vice president of the
chamber of commerce; A. A. Hubbard
member of the board of public works,
and Homer Hamlin. city engineer.
District Attorney Fredelicks was
also present in response to an invita-
ton from the committee and discussed
the letter of Chairman Nellis of the
supervisors addressed to him several
days ago, in which the writer re-
uuested an opinion as to the legal
status of the advisory committee. This
opinion probably will be delivered to
the supervisors when 1t meets next
Monday.
The advisory committee also dis
cussed specifications for the Long
Beach boulevard and bids for grading
Wiltshire boulevard, submitted last
Monday These were referred to the
executive committee, with instructions
to embody it's recommendations in a
report to be made direct to the su-
DerViSOrS.