Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-11-12
gos Aaaeles AtMla.
the PORT or WILMINGTON.

The whole truth i'm regard to this
port has never been fairly given to the
people. Having no journal of her own
to present her claims to the public, she
has fallen prey to the envy and
jealousy of other parts. We are sorry
to record the fact, that the press is too
prone to deal with the disagreeable
features of all things. How differep'
the life of humanity would look, II
instead of publishing all the sgd ami
evil things committed by the worst
type of our race, faithful record OF
all the noble, honest, and benevolent
actions were given. The same is true
of any city or country There is much
that Is really desirable and pleasant,
in and around Wilmington. But the
attention of the public has never been
directed to it. They have 6eautifui
bay for pleasure excursions, they have
a sea beach of eight miles, unsur-
passed on the Pacific coast; indeed We
do not know of any superior, for car
riage driving and sea bathing, except
1t be at Galveston, Texas. There Is a
small mountain northwest OF the city
that cuts off the strong, chilly sea
winds, and gives taem delightful,
balmy atmosphere, making it one
of the most agreeable places for sea
side residence on this coast. But none
of these pleasant features are ever
mentioned by the press, and why?
Because Santa Barbara, San Buena-
ventura, and San Diego are jealous. 1t
is time to stop this strife. Whining
ton is our port, and the natural outlet
to Los Angeles county and a large
territory back of us, and it is the duty
as well as the best interest of this 9lty
and county; to unitedly Dc all they
can to build up an important shipplhg
port at that place.
But we are met with the objection
that at Is in the hands OF monopo-
ly, and stands between US and our in
terest. In the first place Gen. Ban
ming, TichenOr & Co. have established
q System of extortiOn by lightering,
and charge three prices for every thing
that passes that way, and that for
lumber, merchandise, produce and
travel, this county pays an annual
tribute! to that concern Of over $2OO0,-
OOO." There Is too much truth in this.
But the spirit Of anti-mOnopoly is
strong enough now for the people to
assert their right, and force such men
out of the way.
+. The Government Of the United
State, recognizing the Importance OF
this harbor to Commerce, have began
and will continue, to appropriate
funds to make it good and safe har-
Dor, if we will unitedly demand it.
We are informed that there is nearly
100000, yet left. of the former appro-
priation. Let that be expended in
dredging the channel and in three
months the s1Orizaba" and "Mohongo"
willland at the wharf, and meet the
cars. The fact is, this is our only hope
for harbor. If we foolishly go to
work to run the railroad out to Dead
Mans Island, or build road to Shoo-
fly, we will only have an open road
stead at best. At Wilmington we can
have safe harbor-a beautiful bay,
and the most prosperous shipping port
in Southern California, if our people
will unitedly demand it. We may as
we'll say to the monopolist, "Your
days are numbered, dry upyour cursed
monopoly; the people will not stand
this any longer If you are disposed
to act for the good OF the people, we
now give you a chance, but if you un-
dertake to keep up this extortion, you
may look out for trouble"
More anOon. PATIENCE.