Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-18
HERMOSA BEACH MAY
Be DlSlNCORPORATED
WOMEN TAKE HAND IN THE
MOVEMENT
Residents of the Dirt, or East Side,
Declare Trustees Have Dis
criminated Against Them.
Situation Is Acute
Especial to The Herald.1

uERMOSA BEACH. Nov. 1I-For the third
time In the short life Of this little city
movement has been set on foot TO dlslhcor-
porate, because OF dissatlsfaction with the
actions of the present board Of trustees
This time the initiative is taken by women
particularly those who reside alohs, OF III
the vicinity Of, Canine Real, one OF tle IIIh-
cipal thoroughfares Of the city II al comes
about because of the improvement OF CamIho
Real by grading, the contract for ~hlch was
recently let by the trustees. L.,
The city engineer Of Hermosa Beach uTeW
IN plans and specifications for the improve
,nent of Canine Real, which were adopted
bv the board and the usual proceedings gone
through with TO carry on the work; IL rep
resents an expenditure Of about Slo,OJo.
Property owners along the street declare
that II carried out the grading plans Will
damage a number Of the lots to great eN-
tent by raising some above the level OF the
street and setting others below the level.
1 In some cases this is said 10 be as great
difference as six feet, few Of the property
owners affected are very poor, and as the
work is to be done under the cash provision
Of the NrOoman act IL is expected the eN-
pense will deprive some Of them of their hold
ings when they are called on TO pay their
There are less than 1000 persons at Hermosa
Beach. even in the heavy tourist season. It
IS probable the total vote that could be pOlled
at an election would not exceed 100. REGARD
less of this Hermosa Beach IS a city OF the
sixth class and has been such for several
years.
There are two distinct divisions TO the city,
created by the Santa Fe railway tracks Ihe
part of the city lying west Of the tracks is
spoken of locally the "sand." That lying
east Of the tracks is called the dirt This
IS due TO the fact that hardly a blade Of
grass can be grown in the sand district, while
fine gardens and lawns developed in the
other side Of town.
There has been dissatisfaction on the part
of citizens with the work of the trustees
for some time. This is especially true Of the
residents of the east side They nurse the
idea they would like to draw away altogether
from the west side and probably be annexed
10 Redondo Beach, Herm0sa Beach adj
Joins the city to the south.
on the two former occasions when attempts
were made to compel the board to vote on
disincorporation, insufficient numbers of names
of voters were signed to the petitions and
they were consequently laid On the table.
the last petition Of the kind was filed about
six months ago.
Finding that the citizens were unable
to accomplish the purposes desired, the women
have taken up the question and are actively
engaged in a campaign which they assert will
result in success II Is not generally expected
that the plan can be carried out at this time,
but must be delayed until after another cleo
ton is held and a new list Of voters can he
made, as previous TO the filing of the last
petition there were many temporary citizens
here who were entitled TO vote who have since
moved away, depicting the ranks Of electors
considerably. The law requires the petitions
to bear the signatures Of at least tWo-thirds
of the voters at the last election