Los Angeles herald., 1907-02-21
3 CoUNCILMEN URGE
8 DEFEAT IN ELECTION
q CALLED FOR TODAY

o Following resolution wns adopt g
o ed by the Los Angeles city coun- =
@ ell Monday, the day before the 9
o annexation elections "
@ "whereas, An election has been e
O called for February 81, 1907. for 9
o the purpose of nnncxing to the "
o city of Los Angeles IA large pOr- g
o tion of the county of Los Angeles q.
o contiguous to the city, containing 9
@ about twenty-four square miles of 6
o territory, only a portion of which g
@ It IL desirable mt the present time 6
@ to incorporate in the city; and &
o "Whereas, The inclusion of such &.
@ territory, large parts of which are .
g but spnrseIy inhabited, would s.
@ greatly Increase the burdens in g.
@ certain departments of the city &.
% government, particularly the &.
@ water department, the police and &.
@ fire departments and the board of &.
@ public works, at n time when the &.
O. city is not prepared to provide for e
O. the necessities of the people in the G
O. new territory; and
o "Whereas, There are certain q,
@ serious Irregularities i'm the de- d,
@ scriptiOn of the boundaries of the 6
@ territory proposed to he annexed {
@ which may lead TO legal complica- 6
@ tions and require judicial con- e
@ struction to determine; now, g
@ therefore he it
@ "Resolved, That ii is the sense .
@ of the council that il is not adviS- &.
@ able that said territory he annexed .
@ to The city at this time, and that .
g the citizens of Los Angeles he re- &.
@ questcd to vote against said an e
o. nexati0n; that while the council g.
@ and the city would regard the an &.
@ nexation of certain portions of said G.
<> territory as desirable, the prOpO- G.
g sition presented as n whole is OBJ e.
Ss jectionabIe and for the best inter- .
@ ests of the city should be de- 6.
% feated." "
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In special session the city council OF
Los Angeles yesterday performed the
unusual act of asking voters to work
against an election which it had called
on petition.
The election is for the purpose OF
admitting the Cahuenga- Eagle Rock
district
Unable to recall their action the
councilmen could only call attention to
the difficulties in the way.
City Attorney Hewitt addressed the
council on the vague features of tho
election, especially the boundary lines
which are not clearly defined.
This election if carried calls for the
annexation of twenty-four square
miles," said he. The city engineers
office has raised points which will re
quire judicial determination of lines in
certain parts of the boundaries.
There are gaps in the lines of de
scription as they come to us which
may or may not be closed by reading
the petition carefully. But in supply
ing these missing links we tread OF
dangerous ground.
Il am not pointing out these things
for the purpose of picking flaws, but
to show you that it is a delicate ques-
tion. Some Of the lines cut across lots
and may in time place one part of the
houses in the city and part IN lm4
county"
Councilmen Wallace, DromCold
Clampitt, Healy. Yonkin and Presi-
dent Pease all had a few words to say
Councilmen Wren and Blanchard being
absent
Chairman Butler of the consolidation
sons are of the opinion that the com
mission is in favor of Cahuenga an,
neXation. He declares that this body
has maintained a neutral position or
the question at all times