Los Angeles herald., 1906-05-06
SIX THOUSAND
ASK ANNEXATION
C0LEGR0VE AND NEARBY
RESIDENTS PETITION
cahuenaa valleyItes Express Thsm-
selves ss Willing to Pay for Ad-
vantases TO Be Derived
From Greater City

The first step toward the making Of
a Greater Los Angeles has been taken.
This is In the shape OF q petition
asking that the city boundaries OF Los
Angeles be extended so as TO include
Colegrove, East Hollywood, Prospect
park, Griffith park and the greater
portion of the Los Feliz school dis
trict.
The petition is signed by $50 Los
Angeles voters. 1t Is now in the hands
Of the city clerk and the customary
legal procedure will be taken by that
official
To the residents Of Cahuenga val
ley, say city officials, is due the praise
for the movement toward the estab-
lishment of a Greater Los Angeles.
That the petition which was filed yes
terday will be granted almost imme-
diately Is the opinion Of every city
official and publlc-spirited resident Of
Los Angeles.
The people thatare back of the
movement want all metropolitan inn
provements. They realize they cannot
obtain these unless their cities become
Incorporated with the city of Los An
geles.
The spontaneous response of the res
idents of Cahuenga valley for Great
er Los Angeles Is deserving of the
highest praise, say the business men
Of Los Angeles who are in favor Of
a Greater Los Angeles.
Willing to Pay
The members Of the annexation COM
mittee of the Cahuenga Valley I'm
provement association want to share
the advantages of a city. They are
willing to pay for the benefits thus
derived and have expressed themselves
to that effect
That the annexation of Cahuenga
valley will be Of great benefit to Los
Angeles as well as the residents Of
the surrounding country is regarded as
q fact by many prominent business
men and officials of Los Angeles.
The statement of Frank w. Hovey
is regarded as typical of the spirit
which prompted the filing of the petit
ton with the city clerk. This was:
I'VE can see that Los Angeles is
destined to become the greatest city
on the Pacific coast and In the west.
We can help Los Angeles and all we
ask in return Is to become part of
II. We expect to bear our full share
Of the Owens river bonded indebted
ness and Los Angeles shall incur abb
solutely no expense by the acquisition
Of the area named in our petition
Holidays Delay Action
Owing to the legal holidays that are
being declared by Governor Pardee 1t
is said no definite action can be taken
at present. But at the earliest oppor-
tunity the city clerk will be instructed
to commence verifying the names in
the petition by a comparison with
those in the great register.
In order to call a special election
5000 names are required. The petition
filed with the city clerk yesterday
contained $40 names more than was
necessary to warrant the calling of
such an election.
The assertions in certain evening
newspapers that residents of Cahuenga
valley would draw upon the water
supply for Los Angeles if allowed to
be included in the Los Angeles city
boundaries is declared by the petit
toners to be absolutely false.
1t is said upon excellent authority
that Cahuenga valley has more water
supply than is needed, and that the
present conditions indicate 1t will be
twenty-five years before provision for
more will be necessarily made. The
members of the Cahuenga Valley I'M
provement association are emphatic in
their assertions in this respect and de-
nounce the allegations in the evening
neWspaUerS as base falSehOOdS,