Los Angeles herald., 1906-06-14
PLANS
ON ANNEXATION
ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONERS
CAUSES PoSTP0NEMENT
Meeting Proposed for Friday VIII Be
Held Possibly Noxt Week.
Beach Cities to Send
Delegates

It was decided late yesterday after
noon to postpone the meeting of the
consolidation commission scheduled to
be held Friday night, owing to the
probability of difficulty in securing a
quorum at that time. Several mem
Ders already are out of town and
others say they expect to be called
away i'm the next day or two.
Messrs. Flint, Booth and Jess are in
The east and President Butler also
has been called out of town rather un-
expectedly for few DAYS. Messrs
Dillon and Mott notified the secretary
yesterday that they, too, probably
would be unable to attend the meeting
Friday night. In view OF this it was
decided to call the meeting off.
The conditions which have made Il
necessary to take this action are
rather unfortunate as the meeting
promised to be highly important one
Delegates Were Expected
Delegations from San Pedro, will
mington, Long Beach and Hollywood
were expected to be present for the
purpose of discussing the consolidation
question, arrangements with that end in
view having been made about ten days
ago.
These delegations yesterday were
notified that in all probability the presi-
dent of the commission would call an
other meeting within the next two
weeks and that possibly the members
would be able TO get together next
week.
When this meeting is held 1t is expect
ed that considerable progress toward
the annexation of San Pedro will be
made.
The citizens of that town have shown
a disposition to agree to the PROPOSE
tions of the consolidation commission
and to become part of Greater Los
Angeles. The commission has by no
means abandoned hope of winning over
Long Beach also, although there is
manifestly more opposition to the move
ment there than in the harbor town.
San Pedro Sympathetic
The outlook with respect to San
Pedro at present is so encouraging that
in the opinion of several members OF
the commission there is a possibility
that affairs can be arranged in time
for a vote on the question of the an
neXation Of that city at the November
elections.
The leading citizens of San Pedro
appear fully to recognize the fact that
while Los Angeles would gain much by
the annexation of the harbor city, the
latter probably would gain much more
as the result of merger through the
borough system advocated by the con-
solidation commission, or by direct
annexa ton.
If the latter course is chosen it would
be largely with view to saving time,
and provision doubtless would be made
for protecting all Of San Pedros rights
and privileges under the borough sys-
tenn If that system eventually Is
adopted.
Meantime San Pedro would be in a
position to pull with Los Angeles in
the effort to bring the Owens river
water supply to this city.
San Pedro annexation has not yet
got down to the discussion of the ques-
tion of details. but the progress already
made gives reason to believe that this
point soon will be reached.
Invitations to meet the members of
the commission have been sent to the
San Pedro chamber of commerce and
city council, and also to J. w. Craig,
secretary of the federation of labor of
that city.
Similar invitations have been sent to
Long Beach.