The San Francisco call., 1897-01-31

boundary of Berkeley will be annexed to
this city. Next Wednesday evening q
meeting will be held in the City Hall for
the purpose of forming a permanent
organization to carry out the desired end.
Many of the leading property-owners
have decided that the outlying districts
cannot be developed until they become a
part of the city of Oakland. Among those
who are of this opinion are: George Nor
row of Temescal, Captain McMeEomy of
Golden Gate, Payne Shafter of Temescal,
J. Rea of Linda Vista, Edison Adams, Mr.
Montgomery and many others.
Oakland at the present time suffers by
comparison with Los Angeles" said
George Morrow to-day. There is some
civic pride in this matter of annexation.
Los Angeles takes in everything that Is
possible and poses before the country as a
city of 10000 people. Oakland is looked
upon as being much smaller, and is talked
about as being a city of $4,000 people.
This state of affairs should not exist, and
if we have our way will not exist much
longer. The natural advantages OF the
two cities are not to be compared, and
Oakland cannot nelp but grow. The
amount of taxable property that we wish
to add to the city of Oakland is assessed
for $6, 100000 at this time. After annexa-
ton there Will come an era OF improve
ment, and the assessed value of the an
nexed property would al once increase,
and we should be the means of decreasing
general taxation, for we should not cost
the city as much as we would pay in taxes :
"a glance at the map of this section OF
the county shows that there Is really no
dividing line between Oakland and this
large outlying district so faI as street rail-
ways are concerned. There are three
roads which go through this territory and
all unite at Fourteenth and Broadway,
right in the heart OF the city. These roads
bring the furthermost points of the terri
to the heart of Oakland than the
city limits were ten years ago.
Every day there is an increased de-
sire for annexation, and many people
who few months ago were violently OPP
posed to it now favor the scheme. The
more the facts are looked into the more
anxious are the property-owners 10 be-
come part of the city OF Oakland.
Charles A. Bon, the San Francisco wine
merchant who resides at North Temescal,
is very ardent in his efforts toward annex
alton.
sThis is a matter" he said, 'in which
the people of Oakland need to be enlight-
ened and interested. 1t would De bene-
fit TO the whole community to take in this
territory, which is naturally part of the
city It includes Temescal, Golden Gate,
Peralta ana Piedmont, and has large
population and there is no valid reason
to be advanced against the Greater Oak
land plan"
The boundaries of the territory which it
is proposed toannex are as follows:
On the west by the eastern line of the
town of Emeryville, on the south by the
charter line of the city of Oakland. on the
east by the continuation of the eastern
line OF the town of Berkeley, running
south to the city of Oakland, on the north
by the town of Berkeley.
Edison Adams, G. A. Scoville and Payne
Shafter have been appointed committee
to confer with those property-owners who
are still in doubt as to the advisability OF
annexation.