Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-06
m HE first gun in the campaign for

NN HE first gun in the campaign for
the harbor and power bond elec-
n tlon was fired yesterday when
final preparations were arranged at a
meeting of the general committee In
the chamber OF commerce directors
room at 1915 o'clock to campaign for
the success of the two great bond pro-
jects on which, say the city's most
prominent business men, the future of
Los Angeles as a seaport and manu-
featuring center now depends.
subcommittee were appointed at this
meeting to attend to the various de-
tails of the campaign and the press
and publicity committee later held a
special meeting at 4:SO o'clock to dis
cuss plans for educating the voters as
to the Importance of the proposed
bond issues.
George II. Stewart, chairman of the
general committee, named the subcom-
mittees. It is probable the campaign
will be conducted vigorously to insure
the success of the two projects, al
though so far there has developed no
opposition to the bond issues except
among a small coterie of railroad al
lies and others whose selfish interests
have caused them TO combat every
progressive step contemplated by the
cItv in the attainment of greater elec-
trlcal energy and better harbor facil-
tiles.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
The chairman of the general commit
tee is also an ex-offlcio member of all
the subcommittee, as well as chair
man of the executive committee, and
with this exception the personnel OF
the committees is as follows:
Executive committee-George Il
Stewart, chairman; Albert A. Hubbard,
Stoddard Jess, r. M. Lusk, G. H.
Plummer, Joseph Scott.
Finance committee-Frank Virgins,
chairman; John Anderson. F. S. Carey,
John r. Mathews, John H. Norton.
Laws committee-J. A. Anderson,
chairman: T. e. Gibbon, Leslie R..
Hewitt, H T. Lee.
Press and publicity committee-Wil-
liam d. stephens. chairman; Adna r.
Chaffee. A. P. Fleming, secretary;
Stoddard Jess. NJ. H. Newmark.
General utility committee-A. r.
Fleming, chairman; ]. A. Anderson
Iohn r. Mathews, John H. Norton, R..
r. Del Vale.
Election day committee-W. NJ. Hum
phreys, chairman; John Anderson, F.
s. Carey, A. P. Fleming, Frank Wig
gins.
Frank Virgins stated last night that
the finance committee would pegin
work today TO raise the funds neces-
sary for the work, which is estimated
Mt about $2500, of which he said 10
ner cent had already been secured. -.
The general utility committee VIII
take charge of any question not COW
cred hy the other committees, ana the
election day committee will look after
the work OF getting out the fun vote
on election day April 10.
w. D. Stephens, discussing the pros
poets of the bond election, said last
night ..,o. A,,4
that the bonds will be voted by safe
majority. as the citizenship of Los An
peles is equal II not superior In IN
telligence to that of almost any COM
munity In the country, and the people
are alive to the great needs or Los
Angeles. When a proposition Is right.
as this one is, the voters Will STAND
by IT,"
bor commission is much enthused over
the hond election and says that nothing
must be left undone to convince ev-
ervone OF the primary Importance or
the projects involved. He said;
BONDS ARE NECESSARY
There may be a few who will agree that the
mower bonds are necessary. put VINO VIII quos
tion the advisabiitY OF narpor HhPfOf
and others who will concede tho necessity OF
developing our harbor. yet will dispute the
need Of power development. Perhaps some
viii ask the question: "Of what use VIII DO
the 120 900 horse power developed by the owens
river auueductY' To those persons 1 would
say; ,.s.so,.
The two propositions are interdepenoent'
each doye-tailing with the other. If Los An
qeIes is TO have one of the worlds great
harbors II must have something to support
that harbor. and this means that It must en-
courage its industrial and manufacturing en-
terprises; that It must be prepared 70 utlllIe
the vast electrical energy afforded oy aque-
Duct that It must take advantage OF the
countless opportunities which Will accrue from
the possession OF this immense water power
that It must develop power plants whlch III
turn must be supported by manufacturing en-
terprises. -. ,,o,,,,-
with this electrical energy we can manu-
facture pig iron in vast quantities we can
,yhirI the wheels OF a thousand money-makihs
Industries we can utilize innumeraole waste
products maintain hundreds Of mills retain
our convertible outputs, manufacture uh,
dreamed Of bi- products, have the best llghteu
city in the world and be able to command the
attention of capital and the worlds great cap
tans Of industry, who will flock to our midst
with progressive plans which will make US
one OF the worlds most marvellous metropoh
with this electrical energy we Will be pre-