Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-01-06
ELDRIDGE HAS
BIG PATRONAGE
CHAIRMAN OF SUPERVISORS
NAMES COMMITTEES
Pridham Says He VIII Give His Con-
stituents SeIf-GoVernment
as Regards Road
Foremen

Chairman c. j. Nellis of the board of
supervisors announced the list Of his
committee appointments yesterday as
follows:
Court house-Supervisors Eldridge,
McCabe and Nellis.
County jail-Nellis, McCabe and Pr1d-
ham.
County hospital-McCabe, Eldridge
and Manning.
County farm-Eldridge, McCabe and
Nellis.
Finance-Pridham, Nellis and Man
ming.
Bridges-Manning McCabe and Prid-
ham.
Oil pit-Manning, Pridham and Nellis.
The bridge and oil pit committees are
new additions to the standing commit
tees. By the new arrangement the
bridge committee will have supervision
of all bridges in the county, instead Of
placing this work in the hands Of the
supervisors in whose district bridges
are located.
The board has always had a finance
committee, but it existed in name only,
for nothingw sa submitted to it. Chair
man Nellis however, promises that this
committee shall be one of the most i'm
portant on the board. The committee
will act as an auditing body and every
bill against the county must hence
forth pass through its hands and re-
ceive its approval before being paid.
EIdridge Powerful Factor
Supervisor Eldridge has been chair
man Of the county farm committee for
several years and his reappOintment to
that Office and also to the chairman of
the court house committee makes him
one of the strongest men, so far as
patronage is concerned, on the board.
Supervisor PriGham of the Fifth dis
trict, who was elected to succeed G. e.
Patterson, announced yesterday that lie
would make a new departure in select
ing the foremen for road work in his
district. There are now fifteen road
districts in Mr.. Pridham's territory and
one will be added soon. Mr.. Pridham
has decided to reappoint Foreman
Shoemaker of the Plano district, but
says in all other cases he will leave the
selection of the foremen to residents of
the districts.
''This will mean f-government on a
small SCALE" said the new supervisor,
land the people living in the districts
will I believe, take a greater pride in
their roads,"
Protests against the rates charged by
the Union Hollywood Water company
were made to the board by water users
living near Hollywood, and the board
was asked to regulate the prices. A
reduction Of 25 per cent from present
schedule is asked. The matter will be
taken up at a future meeting of the
board.
Appoints Engineer
The most important work done by the
board during it's two days existence
was the appointment of A. E. Loder as
chief engineer of the highway commits
sion to superintend the good roads
project. Ray L. Chesebro was reap
pointed secretary. Loder's salary was
fixed at $333.33 a month and Chesebro
will receive $125. At the same time the
board authorized the commission to
draw $1,000 from the general fund for
the purchase of instruments for the
surveying department, and next Mon
day the highway commission will ap-
pear before the board with the names
of q number Of sub-engineers for ap-
pointment. This means that prelim-
mary work on the good roads will be
begun within few days.
The board denied a saloon license to
Reuben A. Brown, who wanted to es-
tablish a saloon on the corner Of
Louisiana and Hodge streets, Laguna
precinct. A protest signed by 300 resi-
dents Of the section had the desired
effect.
Nick Stambook, who several weeks
ago applied for a license to run a saloon
at Neenach, near the aqueduct, with
drew his application yesterday. He
says he will file another application in
a few days to establish his business
still farther from the line Of the new
waterway.