Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-09
ARE ASKED TO VOTE
AGAINST EXCLUSION
CONSOLIDATION is EFFECTED
WITHOUT DIVISION
Election to Be Held Wednesday Was
for Purpose of Forcing Issue
of Jonture with Los
Angeles
Correspondent Home 31e.
Circulation 1873 9TH st.

SAN PEDRO, March S.-As the con-
solidatfon act has passed the state ieg-
islature and will be signed by Governor
Gillett in few Gays, the citizens con-
solidation committee has decided to ask
all the voters of San Pedro to vote
Against Exclusion" at the election on
Wednesday.
The petition for the election to di-
vide the city at Fifth street was pre-
scented to the trustees November II,
and after many obstacles had been
overcome the call finally was made in
accordance with orders from the dis
trict court of appeals of the Second dis
trict, and all indications pointed to a
big majority vote in favor of this very
drastic move to unite with Los An
geles.
Undoubtedly the fact that $50 votere
signed the petition for the exclusion
election did much to show the members
of the legislature that the voters here
were in earnest in asking for a law al
lowing the consolidation of all classes
of cities.
But now the fight has been won at
Sacramento, the need for the exclusion
election has passed and therefore the
committee which has had the fight In
charge here has seen the wisdom OF
asking that the election be defeated.
The text of the circular which tomor-
cry voter is as follows:
THE people of San Pedro and South
ern California have won a signal vic
tory by the adoption by the Legislature
of California of an act whereby the
city of San Pedro is enabled to consoli-
date with Los Angeles, the great COM
mercial center of the southwest.
when the two cities are CONSOLIDATED
the great harbor being built by the
federal government will be thrown open
to the commerce of the world, and by
the construction of municipal docks il
the outer harbor, the embargo which
now exists on commerce will be re-
moved and the city of San Pedro viii
enter upon a commercial growth which
will make it one of the greatest sea-
ports of the world.
Conditions Protested
1.-THE petition which resulted in call
ing for an election to cut off a portion
of the city of San Pedro was partly 6
protest against local government con-
ditions which had grown intolerable tt
our taxpayers. and partly an expires
sion of our citizens to accomplish con
solidation in the only way open under
the then existing laws.
THE passage of the consolidation ac
now permits the city of San Pedro t
| consolidate as a whole, which is mucf
Il
and this committee now urgently call
on our voters to turn out on March i
and vote against the proposition to Gu
| off the portion of the city lying nortf
of Fifth street.
TT is important that the vote agains
| the cut off should be a strong one, a.
reliable information has reached thi;
committee that Long Beach, bathinf
resort to the east of us, is preparing t
annex a portion of the upper harbor i
the exclusion election carries.
Before the proposition of consolida
ton with Los Angeles is submitted II
our people, this committee would ad
wise that our people by the proper com
mittee ask the Los Angeles authoritie
| to support by proper representation
| from the commercial and official bodies
| of that city the application of San Pc
| dro to be made a terminal point, ant
! also the board of public works of Lo
Angeles determine the nature, extern
and location of the proposed improve
ments to be made. The deep sea ship
ping will always be done in the QUITE
harbor, and it is important to our PEG
pie that adequate doclSage should b.
provided at as early date as possible.
provision will also have to be mad
for a fire and police department unde
the consolidated city until, such tim
as our people desire to organize
| borough.
1.-THE question is asked by some VIII
! oppose consolidation as to what guar
antees are to be given that the i'm
provements will be carried out afte
consolidation is effected and to tina
we reply that we can safely trust tn
good faith of the city of Los Angelo
! in the carrying out of improvement
proposed and outlined by its board o
public works, and which has the in
dorsement of its press and commercial
bodies and without which the harbo
would be of no benefit to that grea
progressive city without whose assist
! ance there would be no harbor at Sal
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