The herald., 1895-04-26
FOR A GREATER LOS ANGELES

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sympathy with the movement for annex
alton which is now under full headway.
The report was as follows:
During the time that has intervened
between the last meeting of the South
west improvement association. when the
subject of annexation was considered.
and the present meeting, the general
question has lost nothing in popular in
terest In the several districts on the
west and south of Los Angeles City. which
it is proposed to annex as one district
of that city. all the residents have be-
come aware of the earnestness of the
movement and discussions of it have been
had, in some instances, in called assem-
blages of the people. in others at acci-
dental gatherings at street corners, while
in multitudes of homes annexation has
continued to be the main feature of family
concern in public affairs. Meantime the
stress OF circumstances has induced very
great enlargement of the original plan.
Now. therefore. that at last definite, and
it is thought. final shape has been given
the plan, the cooperating committees
having the whole matter in charge, sub
nit their second and concluding report.
In the former report of the committees
the legal fact was made to appear that
with Los Angeles City, in this business,
rests the initiative. A two-fold response
bility is upon the city, it's citizens that
take the initial step, must be satisfied in
their own minds that it is desirable for
public and corporate reasons to extend
the city's limits and they must have
good grounds upon which to base the be
lief that msjority of the electors in the
district proposed to be annexed will vote
atfirmatively upon the proposition. On
both OF these points the comm ttees are
well advised. All but two of the seven
teen members of whom the committees
are composed are residents, and have
long been residents of one or another of
the portions OF the district seeking admis-
sion. Those fifteen committeeman have
diligently sought to ascertain the senti-
ment upon this question of the people
among whom they live. OF course there
is diversity of opinion in the dis trict
but the evident majority of opinion is
that to be admitted to the city would be
a vast good to all interested. The two
mitteemen who reside in the city are
informed and believe that the majority
opinion of the electors OF the city is over
whelmingly favorable to extending the
limits. Therefore the committees have
decided definitely and finally to petition
the common council of the city of Los
Angeles in manner conformably to the
law and to the notorious facts of the case.
To this end the petition heretofore made
public has been modified SO that the re-
vised petition now reads:
'.To the Honorable, the Common Council
of the City of Los Angeles and State
of California:
Your petitioners, qualified electors of
the city of Los Angeles, county of Los
Angeles and state of California. respect
fully represent to your honorable body:
"First-That it is desirable that the
boundaries of said city be altered and
that new territory be annexed thereto,
incorporated and included therein and
made part thereof.
"Second-That adjoining and adjacent
to the said city are several desirable tracts
of territory upon which are resident
about 10. 900 inhabitants whose accession
to the SAID city would be advantageous
to the growth and prosperity of the same.
'.Third-That no portion of said territory
forms any part of any incorporated town
or city.
"Your petitioners therefore pray that
your honorable body may inaugurate
such proceedings as are provided for in
| chapter DAT of the session laws of 1889,
state of California, for the alteration of
the boundaries of cities and the annexa-
tion of new territory"
| Snr iS tho Of the npfitjOn
Then will follow particular description
of the new territory sought to be an
nexed. 1t many be found necessary un-
der further legal advice to make more
scientific description than the committees
have as yet been able to effect, but for
purposes of publicity the description now
maue will suffice.
1t is this: Beginning at point in the
! center of Alameda street at its intersec-
ton with the south line of the city of Los
Angeles. thence southerly along the CEN
| ter line of Alameda street to the south
line of Stevenson avenue; thence west
along the south line Of Slauson avenue to
| point $50 feet west of the west line of
| FiguerOa street, thence north on direct
line parallel with Figueroa street to
point $50 feet west of the south line OF
University school district; thence west
to a point 150 feet west of the southwest
corner of the northwest quarter of section
II. township ., south range IA west;
thence due north to point $50 feet north
of the southwest corner of the southeast
quarter of section %, township l, south.
range IA west: thence east to a point $50
feet north of Sixth street where Sixth
street intersects with the western bound
ary of the city of Los Angeles; thence
east along the southerly boundary line to
the center of Alameda street to the place
of beginning.
Thus it will be seen that the original
intention of limiting the general plan to
include the Harper tract Rosedae and
Pico Heights has been abandoned. The
amended proposition is a much larger
one. Now is included as well Vernon and
the University district.
| In considering the question of enlarg-
| ing the scope of the original scheme. the
committees have spent much time and
anxious thought To deal fairly by the
| city--to do no injustice to any one of the
districts in view--to avoid coming to any
conclusion that might possibly i'm
peril annexation at the polls-these have