Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-09
LEAGUE WILL ASK
RATE REFERENDUM
Attempt to Be Made to Secure
5000 Signatures to
Petition
VOTE TO BE CALLED JUNE 30
Method Taken to Save City Ex-
pense of $4,000 for Spe-
CiaI Election
IoTE TO BE CALLED JUNE 30
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dunn petition on said ordinance, but
In response to a request from the
mayor that they Immediately file
their petition, so that the question
could be submitted to the people on
June 30, they have refused to do so,
thereby showing that their purpose
in appealing to the law is not to
obtain action from the people, but
to avail themselves of a technical
delay; and
whereas, The effect of this delay
will be to continue the present high
rates in force for q considerable
period, costing the people tens OF
thousands of dollars, even though a
special referendum election, with
the additional expense is held at the
earliest possible date after the time
allowed for filing their petition;
therefore be 1t
"Resolved, That the Municipal
league, for the purpose of avoiding
this expense, and in order to bring
this matter to submission on June
30, complying with request from
the mayor, will circulate petitions
for a referendum on the lighting
ordinance, which citizens are urged
to sign without delay"
(Signed) EDWIN o. EDGERTON,
Secretary.
ASKS SUPPORT
Just before closing hour at the city
hall, Mayor Alexander, to better In
form the voters of the city as to the
situation, and to ask the
support of the voters in bringing the
light corporations to bay, gave out
an appeal to voters, a copy of which
will be given to each, circulator of g
petition to be shown to voters in or
der to testify to the authenticity OF
the leagues instrument. His appea
To the oVters of Los Angeles:
On May 10 the city council passed
an ordinance reducing the electric
lighting rate from cents to cents
per kilowatt hour. The lighting
companies claim to have a petition
signed by many more than a sutt1-
cient number Of electors to require
the reference of that ordinance to
the vote of the people. They have
refused to file that petition in time
to have the question of the adop-
tion of the ordinance decided at the
election already called for June 30.
If the petition be filed too late for
that election, 1t means either that
the ordinance be imperative until
the general city election a year
from next December, or that the
council call special election upon
that question. A special election
will cost the city more than $4,000.
Believing it to be in the interest
of the city that this question of
lighting rates be decided at once,
and without the expense of a spe-
cial election, the Municipal league
has determined to circulate a ref
erendum petition on the rate ordi-
nance and to file the same in time
to submit the matter at the cleo
ton of June 30.
Believing that cents per kilo-
watt hour is rate fair to the light
ings companies, and one that will
yield a good return on their in
vestments, and rate that will
result in a direct benefit to all the
consumers of electricity in the city,
I urge all voters to sign and to as
sist in the circulating of the Mu-
nicipal league lighting rate refer
endum petition.
GEORGE ALEXANDER, Mayor.
June 8, 1910.