Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-19
TO HAVE BIC MEETING
TO TALK SCHOOL BONDS
Directors of Civic Bodies Pass
Resolutions to Assemble All
interests in Discussion

PASADENA, July 19.-With only
three days before the school bond cleo
tion to be held at the Wilson school
building Friday the question of voting
$5OO,OOO bonds for a polytechnic high
school is now receiving the attention
of Pasadenas civic and semi-civic
bodies. At joint meeting of the di-
rectors of two Of the organizations last
evening the following resolution was
passed:
whereas, There is a bond election
now pending for the voting of school
bonds, and in view of the Importance
of the issue, we, the directors of the
Pasadena board of trade and the Pasa-
dena Merchants association, hereby
call a public meeting of electors for
the purpose of hearing the proposition
and discussing the same, and we invite
the board of education to participate
in the meeting and request all electors
to be present, believing that a fair
hearing and discussion will result IA
vorably to the voting of the bonds;
said meeting to be held in Maccabee
hall on Thursday evening, July q, at
1880 o'clock"
The meeting last evening was the
outcome of the report Of representa-
tives of the two bodies who ATTENDED
the advisory meeting of the board of
education on the evening of July 8,
when representatives of all interests
were invited to appear before the
school board and ask questions per-
tanning to the proposed bond issue.
The Pasadena board of labor held
special meeting last night to receive
reports from representatives who wait
ed upon the school board, and the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, That the Pasadena poard
of labor go on record as opposed to the
high school bond issued in the shape in
which it is presented at this time;
Because the board Of education
would give the representatives of labor
no satisfaction as to whether organized
labor will be given a fair show in the
building of a high school if bonds are
voted
because, while we believe that Pas
adena needs a polytechnic high school,
we believe that we can do without 1t
until such time as we can get one un-
der the right terms.
Because we believe it advisable to
add to the present high school building
and grounds for the time being and
until such time as the future center of
population of the city is more firmly
established.
Because we do not believe that the
best location from an educational
standpoint or from the point of con-
Venience is being considered, but that
the only points which seem to have
any weight are as to the property en-
hancing value of the several sites.
Because the terms of payment Of
the bonds are so arranged as to give
the greatest possible advantage to the
bond buyers namely, $225,O00 interest
paid in the first ten years without any
decrease in the principal, and because
from the tenth year on the bonds are
so graduated as to retain the bulk of
them to the latter part of the term,
$4,000 being paid in the ninth to the
fourteenth years of their life and $110,-
900 to be paid in the last five years"
The East Side Improvement assOcia-
tion held its second meeting of the
campaign yesterday morning and ap-
pointed committees to electioneer for
the site at Wilson avenue and Colorado
street. c.. M. Cole was elected chair
man and r. G. Hill secretary. 1t is
planned to wage an active campaign
to crystalline sentiment in favor of the
east side site. Much excitement is
promised between now and the election
next Friday.