Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-08-02
a Desirable Movoment.


There is a project on foot to have an
electric mast placed at the San Pedro
wharf that would not only light the
whole settlement along the bluff and the
wharf, but would light the harbor SO
that vessels could go in and out Mt all
times OF day or night. Such project
cannot be too earnestly urged. II would
increase the business Of our port to q
large extent. Vessels, when in a hurry,
could unload by night as well as by day,
and steamers could sail into the harbor
at midnight as we'll as at midday. No
measure could be more popular for our
shipping port than the setting up of an
electric light at San Pedro. The Island
Of Santa Catalina has now become
very popular resort and belated vessels
from that place do not like to beat their
way into the harbor by the present fee
BILE guides. An electric light would re-
move all terrors from belated tourists,
besides furnishing a good opportunity
for fishing at night, so that fresh fish
could be delivered in the city early in
the morning in tanks of water, and the
fisherman get returns for his toll inside
Of twenty-four hours.
Many parties complain that the trains
to and from Willmore, Wilmington and
San Pedro do not run at hours that ac-
commodate them most. They desire to
go down to Willmore early in the morn
ing, or about o'clock, and remain all
day to enjoy boat race, bath, or a
drive on the beach. Now they
say they leave here at 10 A. M, arrive
at Willmore about noon and then turn
round and hurry back to the junction to
catch the return train. and be brought
home in the heat of the day, at 2:20 P.
M, without time to get even lunch on
the beach. Ii person desires to visit
Willmore City by rail it now requires
twenty -four hours to make the trip and
stay Of all night at the beach. This is
very inconveuent for busine men, and
many trip is omitted and the railroad
loses a round trip passage. A train that
would leave here at A.. NJ, and return
at 5 P. ~, would be Of great advantage
to the settlement and a profit to the
railway. The present schedule is about
as bad as il can be and does not meet
the needs of passengers.
The Willmore settlers will furnish
much business to the railroad if trains
can be run to accommodate the people.
They are building houses and planting
trees, and wish to go back and forth
often, il they can. Carpenters, painters,
builders and other workmen, who live in
the city and work at Willmore, desire
to come on a Saturday evening to the
city to see their families or friends, but
cannot by the present time schedule.
Ladies' and gentlemen would like TO 60
down to the beach in the morning and
return in the evening, but cannot do it
at present. Several Of the residents Of
Willmore have desired the HERALD to
call attention to this matter, in the hope
that tho railway company will see the
reasonableness of their wants and make
a change OF time, so that morning and
evening train can be run to and from
Willmore. With this change of time,
and grand electric light at the harbor
at San Pedro, that part Of the country
would be made much more popular, and
the business would be largely increased.
Both movements we hope to see accom-
plished at an early day.