Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-20
CONSOLIDATION
RALLY IS HELD
MEETING AT HOLLYWOOD Is
WELL ATTENDED
PROMINENT MEN ADVOCATE
UNION WITH LOS ANGELES
Two Resolutions Adopted Urging City
Officials and School Trustees
to Prepare for Merger
e with City
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HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 19.-At a mass
meeting of Hollywood citizens in Will
cox auditorium this evening two mo-
tions were adopted regarding CONSOLE
dation. The first was introduced by
A. u. Taft and was in substance that
it was the sense of the meeting that
the board of trade and the city trus-
tees should shape matters up for con-
solidation as fast as possible. The
other was introduced by Philo ]. Bev-
eridge and recommended to the gram
mar school trustees and the trustee
board of the Hollywood Union high
school that they push matters toward
consolidation as rapidly as possible.
The meeting was the largest gath
ering of taxpayers that has ever been
held in this city and everyone present
seemed favorable TO consolidation with
the exception of one. 1t was estimated
that there were over 500 at the meet
ing.
The speakers for the evening were
Mayor George H Dunlop, Judge A. E.
Merrill, l.. G.. Somers, Philo j. Bev-
eridge, Joseph Scott, president Of the
board of education of Los Angeles;
John Law, president Of the First Ma
tional bank of Hollywood, and Dr. %.
o. Palmer. president Of the Hollywood
National bank.
the longest speeches of the evening,
the former outlining the work of the
consolidation committee and the lat
ter speaking for the board OF educa-
tion of Los Angeles regarding the at
titude of that board toward the Holly
wood grammar schools and the Holly
wood Union high school, should con-
solidation take place.
Mayor Dunlop told of the attitude
taken by each of the bodies the COM
mittee visited and of the courteous
treatment at their hands. He gave
in detail the representations the COM
mittee had made to each OF these
bodies. which was satisfactory to the
hearers. as was evidenced by the long
apnlause given him. He explained the
situation in which Hollywood would
find itself in regard to sewage and
water in the event of consolidation,
which seemed to satisfy his hearers.
commends School Board
Judea A. E. Merrill, who is one of
the grammar school trustees, was de-
tailed by the committee to learn the
attitude of the board of education OF
Los Angeles toward the grammar
schools and the Hollywood Union nigh
school. He assured his hearers that
the schools of this city would fare as
well inside the city Of Los Angeles
a
very highly the efficiency of the board
Of education. The assurances he had
received from the individual members
of the board he said, would be acted
upon officially at the meeting of the
board next Monday evening.
l.. G. Somers, a member OF the pup
lie library board. was detailed by the
committee to learn the attitude of the
Los Angeles library board toward the
nublic library of this city. He said
that he had been assured by the city
board that the present library torce
would be retained and the present
methods of the library would remain IN
force, The principal difference W9uId
he that a Hollywood resident would be
given the privileges of the Los Angeles
citv library. He spoke of the reference
library that is being developed at the
library. which, he said, he was assured
would be increased by the Los Angeles
board.
sition that had been advanced on ac-
count of the alleged dissatisfaction or
the Wilmington and San Pedro resi-
dents. He asserted that he had taken
the matter up with A., B. Fleming of
Los Angeles who, he thought, would
be as good an authority on the sub
iect as could be obtained. He asserted
that he had been informed by Mr..
Fleming that the majority of the resi-
dents Of those two cities were well
pleased with matters since consolida-
tion, and that If the election were held
now the vote would be more than %
per cent greater for consolidation than
it was at the election.
All Urge Consolidation
Mr.. Scott also spoke on the feeling in
the harbor cities. He said that those
who had opposed consolidation at the
election aud at the present day were
the corporation interests, and he ex-
planned why they were opposed to it. |
With a municipal railroad, the freight |
rates would be more reasonable and |
the corporation control would bel