Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-02
WOULD IMPROVE,
CENTER OF CITY
ASSOCIATION is FORMED TO
PROMOTE INTERESTS
Taxpayers Who Own Property in Ter
ritory Near Heart of Los An
eeles Meet to Organize
for Advancement

The Northern and Northwest I'M
proVement association of Los Angeles
was organized yesterday at meeting
of the prominent property owners nav
ing property in the territory north ana
northwest of Third street, at 2lS New
High street.
owing to the growth of Los Angeles
toward a southerly direction it has
been thought advisable by many of the
property owners in the districts west
of Third street to take active steps
towards reviving interest in and i'm
proving that section of the city,
The facts of the case were we'll set
forth by VIII d. Gould in a brief ad-
dress to the assembled company, IN
which he said "The Plaza is the nat
ural center of Los Angeles. When the
city was planned this was seen to be
the natural center of the town. ana
there is no reason why the city should
grow more rapidly in one direction
than another. Geographical conditions
favor the northwest section of Los
Angeles. 1t has better climate, better
drainage, and is in every way better
equipped than any other section of the
city.
Sunset boulevard should merge into
Main street at the Plaza, thus making
Main street the business artery of the
Angel city A giant subway probably
will be constructed in time for the en-
tire length of Main street, and do
not believe the day is far away when,
by means of this subway, a person
will be able to travel from Pasadena
to Long Beach in half an hour.
"The residents of our section of the
city must wake up. All we need is a
little more enterprise and we will be
on an equal footing with the rest of
Los Angeles.
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ing completion. 1t is there to stay.
The county courthouse is also here,
and I believe the city hall, which is
q nuisance on Broadway, should also
be located in this. section of the city.
There is much work ahead of this Or
ganization, but believe we shall ac-
complish great things"
Officers Are Elected
Officers were elected to serve the fol-
lowing year, as follows: Joseph Mes
mer president; Oscar C. Mueller, viii
D. Gould, f. M. Coulter Victor Ponet,
Marshall Stimson, M. H. Newmark,
Philip L. Wilson and M. L. Wicks, vice
presidents and directors; John Castera,
treasurer, and J. Mills Davies, secre-
tary. Many prominent business men
of Los Angeles were present, includ-
ing L. N. Brunswig, Marshall Stimson,
A. C. Harper and f. M. Coulter. Many
OF them expressed their grauhcatlon
that such a movement should have
been started and promised their sup
port. 1t was pointed out by nearly
every speaker that rents had fallen Off
in the northern section of the city
nearly so per cent and that something
must be done quickly to retrieve its
fortunes.
A document was presented to which
nearly fifty prominent firms and prop
erty owners had affixed their sigma
lures promising to support the asso-
citation and to contribute 81 per month
dues.
Among the questions which will be
dealt with will be the building of a
union station near the Plaza, the con-
struction of a large tunnel on Second
street from Broadway to Figueroa
street, and the development of streets,
parkways and public Fairgrounds in
the northwest section of the city
Meetings of the Northern and North
west Improvement association of Los
Angeles will be held on the first and
third Thursdays of every month, ana
1t is expected before long the total en-
rollment will be more than 500 persons.