Today in Piedmont History: Citizens Vote to Incorporate

From the San Francisco Call, Volume 101, Number 58, 27 January 1907:

ANNEXATION PLANS ARE OPPOSED

Citizens of Upper Piedmont Vote in Favor of Incorporating Thriving Town

HOLD AN ELECTION

OAKLAND. Jan. 26.— Upper Piedmont today voted in favor of Incorporation. The vote was 79 for and 39 against the proposition. The lines of the new town stretch from Mountain View Cemetery across the upper district, including Blair Park, Piedmont Springs Park as far as upper Thirteenth avenue and Dimond Canyon.

The election was held as an expression of opposition to the proposed annexation of Piedmont to the city of Oakland. The Realty Syndicate owns considerable land in the upper Piedmont district, and interests not unfriendly to the syndicate promoted the scheme of incorporation as against the annexation project.

The Board of Supervisors granted the Piedmont residents the right to hold the election today in the face of a flat decision by. the District Attorney that the annexation proceedings should take precedence. The Supervisors have ignored the city of Oakland in the annexation movement. The board's action has tended to create a public sentiment that the Supervisors and their allied political interests are afraid that annexation would relieve many of the office-holders south of Seventh street of the arduous task of drawing their salaries. 

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