The herald., 1897-09-21

Est. taxes 1851 unapp'd........ 2400 $500
$10s. 40
1t will be noted that the sum Of SIS, 900
is set apart for land and improvements.
The purchase of certain lands have been
contemplated by the board, and now the
plan may be carried to completion.
WINS THE LEATHER MEDAL
For those who desire to do little fig
uring upon the above funds it may be
stated that the assessed valuation of
the county, after having been passed
upon by the state board of equalization,
was $92, $4,000, and from this amount
the auditor has allowed s per cent off
for delinquents, 1850, 900, leaving $685.
900 900.
Long Beach has won the leather medal
by breaking the record for the highest
rate. At that seaside town the rate is
made up as follows: State and county,
81 81 Is; IS; roads, 33 1-3: school bonds and
interest, 25; high school, 155; special
tax under the disincorporation act, 81;
total, $4.SS 1-3.
LONG BEACH INCORPORATIONS
The petition of residents of Long
Beach, comprising 244 names, asking
for the Incorporation of the territory
described as city of the sixth class un-
der the corporate name of the City OF
Long Beach. came up before the board
for consideration.
The territory is described as follows:
Commencing at the southwest corner OF
Anaheim road and Alamitos avenue
and running thence westerly along the
south boundary line of said road to its
intersection with the west boundary
Of Long Beach township; thence south
erly along the said westerly boundary
of Long Beach township to the shore
Of the Pacific ocean; theDce due south
three English miles; thence running
easterly and parallel with the shore OF
the Pacific ocean to point three English
miles due south of the west boundary
Of Sixteenth place, as shown by map
of Alamitos Beach townsite; thence
north to the intersection of the west
boundary line of said Sixteenth place
with the shore of the Pacific ocean;
thence northerly along the west bound
airy line Of Sixteenth place to Ocean
avenue; thence across Ocean avenue
northerly to the southeast corner OF In
dependence and Ocean avenues; thence
northely along the east boundary line
of Independence avenue to the south
boundary line Of Bishop street; thence
westerly along the south boundary line
OF Bishop street to the southwest corner
Of Bishop street and Descanso avenue;
thence northerly along the west bound
ary line Of Decanso avenue to the south
boundary line Of Fourth street; thence
westerly along the south boundary line.
of Fourth street to the east boundary
| line Of Alamitos avenue; thence north
erly along the east boundary line of
Alamitos avenue to the place Of begin
ming.
Within these specified boundaries
there are 1900 residents, upon all of whom
the petitioners want to thrust the honor
Of being citizens Of Long Beach whether
they desire it or not. But there are
some residents Of Alamitos who object
very strongly to being scooped in and
give their reasons. A petition was re-
ceived from forty-three Of these tax
payers and property owners at Alamitos,
protesting against the annexation of
that portion of the Alamitos townste
to the city of Long Beach as proposed by
the signers of the petition of re-incor-
poration. The reasons advanced for not
desiring to be swallowed up in the big
little city are:
That the property owners In the said
portion of Alamitos are opposed to it.
That this portion of Alamitos has al
ways been outside the original city limits
of Long Beach.
That it was never intended by those
who laid out the townsite of Alamitos
that it ever should be annexed. mas
much as the streets were not mapped
or laid out to follow continuous lines
with those Of Long Beach.
That no practical benefits would ac-
crue to Alamitos by annexation.
That great injury would be caused TO
the property owners and residents al
Alamitos by the proposed annexation.
That the proposed boundary lines of
the new city Of Long Beach are as ir-
regular in form as they are illogical
| in fact.
That the evident intention of the Pc
| titioners is to absorb a portion of terri
tory heretofore Independent Of Long
Beach. but which owing to it's improved
condition would yield goodly portion of
revenue to defray their current munich
pal expenses.
| Then, too, the Alamitos Land company
| also filed a petition of protest against
| its lands being ircluded within the dis
| trict proposed to be Incorporated. 1t is
pointed out that certain tract Of land
lying between Descanso avenue and
Sixth place on the west, and Sixteenth
place and Indeperdencia avenue on the
east, Bishop street on the north, and the
Pacific ocean on the south, ought not to
be included in any such municipal cor
poration for the people living on the
tract do not exceed ten, that the lands
are used for farming and stock pur-
poses and no control Of the municipal
corpora tion could possibly be of ad-
vantage.
Yesterday was the time set to consid-
er these petitions but they were not
taken up until very late and were then
Continued for hearing until Wednesday
next
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS
The following not very lucid COM
municatio was received by Clerk Bell
He has succeeded in deciphering it, and
hopes to be able to puzzle out the mean
ing by the time II comes before the
board:
THE PALMS.
c. w. Bell: vii you please cal up petition
NJ w r. MutaW for Conaf q tla NJ Rn1Ioua