The San Francisco call., 1906-05-27
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DELEGATION APPEARS.

wv nen the JOlQl llISI Dc-
gan its laborS of collecting data re-
garding the needed legislation for the
relief of California in its hour of
need, the committee entered into an
agreement with Governor Pardee that
only matters growing out of the re-
cent disaster would be included in the
proposed call.
committees deliberations, commits
sion from Los Angeles, claiming to
represent that city and county
through the Board of Supervisors.
Chamber of Commerce, Board of
Trade and other civic institutions, ap-
peared before the joint committee
with a request that instant and i'm
mediate relief be given Los Angeles
in the securing of an adequate water
supply so that the possibility of a
confiagration similar to the San Fran
cisco fire might be avoided.
In response to questioning the Los
Angeles delegation informed the joint
committee that the only way this
water supply could possibly be OBJ
joint committee was positively as
sured by the visiting Angelenos that
there was no opposition to the con-
solidation in the adjacent cities, but
they could not assure the committee
that the southern legislative delega-
ton was undivided in the matter.
LEGISLATORS PROTEST.
Hardly had the delegation left the
city and the proposition been ex-
plotted in the public press. than a
delegation of southern State Senators,
oStensibly visiting the city on pleas
ure trip, dropped in on the commit
tee and expressed the views of their
constituents regarding the consolid-
alton scheme. Senator Hahn of Pasa-
dena assured the committee that the
sentiments of the people of Pasadena
were clearly and strongly. against con-
solidation, although the water supply
was matter of urgent need. Sena-
tor Pendleton of Los Angeles, in the
presence of Senator Hahn, after re-
peated questioning by r. H. Country
man, was forced to admit that even
in Los Angeles the people were not
unit on the matter of consolida-
ton.
At the time the southern legislators
were present, George Francis. sec
retary of the committee, was waiting
TO read a protest against annexation,
signed by over 100 residents of Long
Beach, including the editors of three
daily papers, the officials of the city
and also civic bodies and leading busi-
ness houses.
In addition to this later in the week
izens of Long Beach and considered
the leading orator of that city. ap-
peared to lodge a formal protest. He
declared that Long Beach was in favor
of Los Angeles securing adequate wa
ter supply, but that his city was not
willing to lose her identity and the ad-
vantages that the residents have
worked for.
Long Beach refuses to be gobled UP
because :. outnumbered," were his
words.
FEELING MISREPRESENTE
In the executive sessions of the joint
committee, when each paragraph of
the call was brought up for discussion
and supervision. the general express
sion of the members was that Los An
geles had used Misrepresentation re-
garding the strength of opposition to
obtain her desire in having the oppor-
tunity for voting upon the question of
consolidation submitted to the people.
1t was regarded with particular sus-
piston that the southern city did not
go about securing it's water supply in
the most plainly feasible way.
that of amending the water
act, and SO strongly were
the suspicious of the members of the
joint committee aroused by the pro-
tests of adjacent cities to the proposed
annexation that it was thought expe-
recommendation for consolidation
from the proposed call.
After reconsideration the committee
decided that the act adopted in March.
1903, for the purpose of allowing Oak
land to obtain water supply in con-
junction with other cities would meet
the requirements of Los Angeles with