Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-10-27
SEEING THE COUNTRY.
The Visitors Put in Their
Time That Way.
TO SAN PEDRO AND PASADENA.
Senator Frye on the HarbOr-Some
Rude Remarks-SenatOr STAN
ford Answers.

10fQ Answers.
The Senatorial party left the city yes
terday at the untimely hour of seven
O'Clock in the morning to visit the bar
Dor of San Pedro. The special train of
five directors cars made the run in about
three. quarters Of an hour. Most of the
party were up and dressed and taking
breakfast when the train started, and
such Of the citizens Of Los Angeles as had
failed to breakfast before starting were
invited to partake Of the ample stores
provided in the cars.
In spite of the fact that the time set for
starting was 80 early that the street cars
we're not running, a very good number of
representative men were on hand to &C.
company the party. Among them were
Major Jones, President Of the Chamber
of Commerce, Gen. j. r. Briefly, Baron
Roguiat, Hervey Lindley, J. H.
Book, o. w. Baldwin, M. R. Higgins,
Capt. w. H. Seamans, A. ii. Denker,
L. N. Breed, H. @. Wilmer, Col. A. B.
Hotchkiss, J. B. Early, Hon. s. @.
Houghton and Hon. Poindexter Dunn.
The Southern Pacific was represented
by Col. Hewitt, w. G. Curtis, j. A.
Muir and DR.. Ainsworth. President
Fischer,.of the San Diego Chamber of
Commerce, Representative Vandever
and Governor Waterman were also with
the party.
The train got into the town of San
Pedro at about o'clock and was drawn
ont to the end OF the bluff, from which
IN excellent view of the harbor could be
obtained. General Briefly unrolled a
chart of the harbor, and explained to
several of the Senators who had come
out of the cars and were looking out
over the expanse of calm water. what
was needed to make safe resting place
for large ships.
As chance would have it, but one single
large vessel was in sight from the bluff,
the Santa Rosa, which lay at anchor in
deep water outside the channel. Sem
ator Frye, who, a. he is the Chairman of
the Senate Committee on Commerce, is
one of the most influential men in that
body and the one who would be most
likely to influence legislation for or
against appropriations for the harbor,
stepped forward to the edge of the bluff
where General Briefly was holding open
the map and began to ask some ques-
tions.
"Where are all your ships?" said he.
81 was given to understand that there
was something of a harbor here as it is,
and that great deal of traffic was car
ried on through here, although under
r1ufavorQhln cOnditiona -
cat this season of the year." answered
General Briefly, "the conditions are es-
pecially uufavorable, and as no work,
either dredging or anything else, has
been done for some time, they have been
growing steadily worse. Never in all
my experience since San Pedro has beer
harbor have I seen il SO bare of yes
sells as it is today"
Several others of those present corrob.
4. grated this statement. Major Jones said
that there were plenty of figures which
could be easily supplied, and which
would show very plainly that an i'm.
mense amount of traffic had passed
through this harbor in the last two OF
three years.
"Well, let me look at this map?" said
the Senator, and General Briefly spread
it out before him. The others formed q
group around, Senator Stanford standing
Southern Pacific, directly behind. "Rat.
tlesnake island and Dead Mans island p
read the Maine statesman aloud. "Whai
names! 1t is enough to scare an ordi-
nary sea-faring man to death to come
into such place."
eff that is all the trouble with the
plan," said Senator Stanford, ''just lei
us have the needed appropriations and
We will change the names to anything
that you like"
General Briefly then explained what
it was proposed the Government should
do. The Maine Senator asked few
questions, such as were necessary to in.
sure his perfect understanding of the
plan. The Senator has plain, blunt
way of expressing himself, and does not
hesitate to speak out what he thinks. In
the course of the year number of differ.
ent members of the Senate and the
House of Representatives have visited
the harbor, and, as q rule, they have in.
dulged in pleasant generalities, evil
IDENTITY DESTROYS of not saying anything
which should offend the people Of this
section. It is very different with Mr.
Frye:
"Well," he said, Gas near as 1 can
make out you propose to ask the Gov.
eminent to create a harbor for you al
most out of the whole cloth. The Lord
has not given you much to start with,
that is certain"
s'In default of friend in Providence, !"
said Secretary Higgins, 1--WE call upon
Congress-"
"Where is the money to come from for
this 9 upendous undertaking" asked the
Senator.
"Out of that surplus which needs to be
reduced" said General Briefly.
Glow much will it cost, do you esti-
mate?"
"Four or five millions of dollars" was
the answer.
care you sure that your whole country
Is worth that much ?" asked the Senator
In tone of voice which left his hearers
. little in doubt as to whether he was
joking or not
Here Senator Stamford, who had thus
lar not taken q very active hand in the
conversation, now spoke up. "Back of
this harbor lies one Of the most wonder.
fully fertile sections of country in the
whole United States, capable Of support.
ing a en- enormous population, and already
people: 1t is rich. in stores of
minerals AID blest with one of
the most perfect climates upon the globe,
It il all undeveloped, yet enough has
been accomplished to forecast it's future.
To the north there 10 no port nearer than