Los Angeles herald., 1890-05-15
The Crown Hillites Adopt
Spicy Resolutions.
They Object to the Way They
are Treated.
A Sudden Death and Inquest at
Lancaster.
Mr.. G. P. Huntington Will Not Visit
Los Angeles-Other Matters of
Local Interest.

The Crown Hills board of trade met
Tuesday evening and discussed several
matters of Importance to the West End.
The following resolutions regarding the
First-street grade were adopted:
WHEREAS, Nature has undesignedly
interposed an unimportant hill between
us and the business center Of the city !;
and,
WHEREAS, Perched on said hill, few
citizens inherit rights of possession su-
perior to the universal and immemorial
right of eminent domain; and,
WHEREAS, The just demands and
rights of the many to go through said
hill is obstructed by the few, in the face
of an intention and offer to pay all costs
and damages; and,
WHEREAS, 1t is sought by the few to
establish a grade over said hill of one
foot in nine and one-sixth, grade much
worse than that now being destroyed
and revised on the Temple-street hill f.;
and,
WHEREAS, The foregoing grade is a
local improvement, precluding an assess
ment district and involving heavy dam
ages to property on cross streets which a
better grade with short tunnel will
mainly avoid; and,
WHEREAS, The estimates of the en-
gineers, less than our own estimate,
have efectually disproved the wild and
misleading assertions of excessive cost,
and have shown that good grrde can
be paid for within the means of an as
sessment district; now, therefore, be it
Resolred, That we place ourselves on
record as follows: We will not cease in
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into the city until such thoroughfare is
try another, and then another and in
due lapse OF time we will try each in
turn again. If we are denied by one
council or blocked by one mayor, we
will demand our rights by each succeed
ing mayor and council, and will take
hand in the election of city officials. If
grade is established that ignores our
rights, we will overthrow it and bring
it down at the earliest opportunity.
We call on all fair-minded citizens to aid
us by word and deed in opening pass
age-way through a barrier that must
eventually give way before the unani-
nous demands of large and rapidly
increasing portion of the city.
The following resolution as regards
water rates was adopted
ResOlyed, That if meters are used at
all by the Citizens Water Company,
every consumer should be supplied with
one, in order that no discrimination be
made.
The following resolution was also
adopted:
That we recommend to the Crown
Hills improvement Society and to the
West End board of trade to request the
the city council to give immediate no.
tice of intention to terminate the lease
of the Citizens Water Company of the
water obtained from the Los Angeles
river.
The following resolution was then in
troduced by Messrs. G. M. Wells and j.
M. Davies and adopted:
Resolved, That the citizens are re-
quested to report to the Crown Hills
improvement Society or West End
board of trade all cases of extortionate
charges for water or unjust discrimina-
ton in charges or violation of the water
ordinance.
Resolved, That we recommend citizens
to refuse to pay unreasonable meter and
other water rates.
Resolved, That we counsel organiza-
tion for the purpose of resisting discrim-
ination and extortion.