Los Angeles herald., 1906-10-15
OTHER ANNEXERS
ARE WONDERING
PLAN TO EXTEND CITY LIMITS
STARTS QUESTIONS
Petition to Bring coIegrove District
and Griffith Park Into Bounds-
ries Has Not Been
Acted Upon

with the proposed annexation Of the
long strip OF land from Los Angeles
to the sea, others who have been seek
ing annexation to Los Angeles
are wondering where they come in.
This Is particularly true Of the pro-
moters of the plan to annex Grifhth
park and a portion of the Colegrove
district.
Although a petition, containing a
sufficient number Of signatures to make
II mandatorv on the council to call a
special election for the Colegrove dis
trict, has been pending before the
council for several months no action
has yet been taken and there is no in
dication of any being taken very soon.
The petitioners for the annexation of
the Colegrove district. however, are
safe in their certain knowledge that
their petition is on file and that at any
time they can invoke the machinery
whereby a special election can be
called. A halt was brought to these
proceedings. at the request of the
consolidation committee, which at the
time the petition was filed expected
that the consolidation of city and
county governments would come
speedily.
Consolidation Far of
The plan to annex the strip sixteen
miles long by half mile wide in or
der to bring the city's boundaries con-
tiguous wit, those of San Pedro is
fol n
consolidation commission has no very
high hopes that the union of city and
county governments will be effected as
soon as desired.
The water commission was adverse
to the annexation of the Colegrove ter
ritory, claiming that there was no
water bearing land in the district and
city to be compelled to furnish water
until the supply is made big enough
for all corners by the completion of the
Owens river aqueduct.
The petitioners, however, claim they
will not demand water of Los An
geles until the aqueduct is completed,
that they are seeking annexation now
In order to help pay the cost of bring
ing the Owens river water to Los An
geles and share in its benefits when it
does come. The district designed to
be embraced is already well supplied
by water from three private water
companies and some of 1t Is furnished
by the cit. department..
Can Demand Election
But it makes no difference how
much the water department may COM
plain, there is nothing for it but for
the council to call a special election
for the annexation of the Colegrope
territory whenever the petitioners de-
sire 1t done and if a sufficient number
of Los Angeles voters see fit to ex-
tend the boundaries to take in the
territory, they will come in.
1t Is said that the harbor committee
OF the chamber of commerce has pre-
vailed on the promoters of the plan
to annex Colegrove and Griffith park
to wait until the issue of annexing the
territory tc San Pedro has been settled
before demanding the special election
to which they are entitled. The harbor
committee does not want any annexa-
tion scheme considered before that of
reaching to San Pedro, as it is feared
any other proposition might have the
effect of 'jeopardizing the seaport plan.
AS the general election is but few
weeks off it is probable that the Cole
grove problem will not be brought Up
before that time.